Rear Light Conversion

[barbagris]

Thanks to @laraza I can attempt converting a rear light to LED as @1olbull wants.

So I have a question.

Has anybody ever seen the lens off at all. I am trying to work out if it is glued or has some clips as well?.

iirc @mexican had problems with the lens detaching.

 

[1olbull]

Thanks to @laraza I can attempt converting a rear light to LED as @1olbull wants.
So I have a question.
Has anybody ever seen the lens off at all. I am trying to work out if it is glued or has some clips as well?.
iirc @mexican had problems with the lens detaching.

Do not know about the lens removal, Chris, but I am stoked that you are addressing this much needed improvement!
Gratitude!

 

[dutch]

Don't know how to remove the lens. Installed a LED bulb. Works fine for me.

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[DEcosse]

I would suspect it's like most lamp modules and the lens is glued on.
You need to melt the glue to get the lens off - there are various techniques - baking in a low temp oven (225F), immersing in near boiiing hot water or using a heat gun.

Here's an example - just watch the first 5 minutes which demonstrates using the oven

I didn't watch his whole video - but typically you could just heat it back up and press it together to re-install it using the same original glue

 

[AnthonyD]

I had the lens off -- sorry, wish I had taken pics! No clips--just glue.

Not too difficult - immersed in boiling water for around 5min, then GENTLY pried off with a very small screwdriver.

Glue was left around the edges of both lens and base, so they wouldn't fit neatly back together. Trimmed all that off with careful use of Dremel and a semi-pointed grinding stone.

I'll post a pic of the huge oval led board I put in there

 

[Ygransom]

I'll post a pic of the huge oval led board I put in there

Where did you get the board?

 

[AnthonyD]

Here:

Large Oval Motorcycle LED Brake Light Board from Radiantz

That's what I have on another bike as well, and they're REALLY bright. BUT - If I'd realized all the recent advances in smaller LED packages I might have tried some of them before I splurged on that one...........

I like the look of these:


Live and learn...........

 

[Bernard Vinet]

Isn't the rear blub a 1157 ? If it is, why dismantle the lens ?

 

[Bigjaype]

Isn't the rear blub a 1157 ? If it is, why dismantle the lens ?

I installed a standard LED bulb in mine before I converted to what I have now. Not sure why you’d want to take the light apart?

 

[AnthonyD]

Big old-school LED boards that you can't get inside of the housing without taking it apart. VERY bright, but huge. The one I installed has 136 LED's.