I'm looking for a car electrician in Cheshire to help me with an LED project at a reasonable price.

I plan on buying front and rear LED Ford emblems that will light up.

The front will light up (white) when the headlights are turned on, and the rear will light up (red) when the brakes are pressed. The rear one should also flash in sync with the hazard lights.

It must be done professionally with no apparent signs of wiring and no wires being connected directly to the battery. Splicing into existing wires is the preferred method.

I can come to you, or you can come to me, in Crewe. Please send quotes and run me through your thought process.

I potentially have another LED project if the first job is done well.

Vehicle is a 2016 Ford Focus Estate (MK3.5)

 

Cheers

5 hours ago, BenM91 said:

I'm looking for a car electrician in Cheshire to help me with an LED project at a reasonable price...

 

Sounds interesting, please post a YouTube when all done...

8 hours ago, BenM91 said:

and the rear will light up (red) when the brakes are pressed. The rear one should also flash in sync with the hazard lights.

The brake activation part of this is easy, but to make it flash when the hazard lights is on will require a custom made logic module. You will also need to decide what you want the light to do if the brake lights and the hazard lights are both on at the same time. Do you want the light to be 'on' or do you want it to 'flash' ?

I'm too far away to offer any assistance but I'd price the job at £60 per hour, provisionally about 3 hours. Plus the price for design and manufacture of the brake/hazard module and of course wire and connectors etc.

3 minutes ago, unofix said:

...Plus the price for design and manufacture of the brake/hazard module and of course wire and connectors etc.

Must admit if it was available, Chinese made, and on Ebay for £20, I'd be interested in 😂

I’d agree as above the activation from the brake light would be straight forward - for the hazards ideally you’d want it activating from the hazard switch so you don’t get it activating when the indicators are on.

Simpler to utilise a logic circuit to pick up when both side indicators are flashing together i.e an AND gate giving you the necessary output. Extra bit of logic would need working out for if you prioritise brake lights over hazards or vice versa, and possibly a relay to save the logic circuit from having to supply the current itself. 

No idea if any of the above would upset the canbus though. 

@StephenFord Here's a link to the emblems: https://www.carledlogo.co.uk/product/led-ford-badge/ (I haven't actually checked the sizes to make sure they fit... Should probably do that ASAP lol)

Once it's all done, I'll post a video of that and some other lighting mods.

 

@unofix Would you be willing to do this if I drove to Durham? I have no electrical experience, so I'd only be able to watch in awe. I'll also remove the hazard light idea and just have the rear emblem light up when the brakes light up, splicing into the third brake light, right?

Would the front emblem splice into one of the headlight wires?

Is all this CAN bus friendly, considering the low voltage LED input?

8 hours ago, BenM91 said:

@unofix Would you be willing to do this if I drove to Durham?

Hey, this could be the start of a fascinating new YouTub channel 🤣

8 hours ago, BenM91 said:

(I haven't actually checked the sizes to make sure they fit... Should probably do that ASAP lol)

The size is on the listing and they're ginormous LOL I feel they are designed for big American trucks, I would get your tape measure out before parting with you hard earned...

Have also realised that you'll need to drill a hole through the rear bodywork to feed the cable through, the original badge is stick on whereas I think the truck ones may be clipped...

Quite a few of the dollopers in my area have the formula 1 style flashing LED's on the rear, but i must say i find them distracting

5 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

Quite a few of the dollopers in my area have the formula 1 style flashing LED's on the rear, but i must say i find them distracting

Now, in the 70s, I added additional rear brake lights onto my Datsun 120Y, boys will be boys... 😂