glad to see you jumping on the addressable train. It can be so hard to price out some of the projects people want. And people NEVER understand the sheer amount of time this shit takes. Especially if you want it to look good and be perfect. How do you deal with customers that try to rush you Chris? It always drives me nuts... or when they decide all of a sudden they need it done twice as fast as the alloted time they originally gave you. How do you do this stuff? Do you just lay down the law and tell them this is how it is or beat it?
I don’t rush. However, I’m not the guy to ask about how to run a smooth operation. I’m always doing a million things at once, and I’m much more long term focused. Short term I look like a disaster. I have TERRIBLE reviews from people that decided I was a criminal stealing money because I take so long, or scamming people for things I was never going to finish. With zero context, I look like a pretty bad dude from BBB and other places that people are normally mortified to see bad remarks about them. I don’t rush. I get better and better (skill wise), take a CRAZY amount hits on the chin, financial kicks to the balls, and deal with pretty scary threats on a daily basis, just so I can earn 40K a year with building lights. People aren’t going to understand, or sympathize. They just want cool stuff, and they want it now. In a perfect world you could do the work and not charge till it’s done, or charge 50/50, but my reality has shown me, that it’s not a safe basket to put all your eggs in. Be up front, and tell them you’re slow, and set ground rules about rushing. If you feel like telling them that will cost you the sale, that’s your red flag. There are some amazing people out there, and they’ll support you by doing things the way you set them to be. All the other people have damn near killed FlyRyde every few months for the last 10 years 🤷♂️
@@flyryde Man I don't know how you do it but you have my serious props for going so far in this game. Sometimes I want to just give it all up because clients can be so crazy and irritating and rude and even con artists sometimes! Keep making more content man!
For those of us with adressable Halo's (lightingtrendz flow) how would you hook up multiple seperate Halo's/boards? Daisy chain them then use the device seperation on the app to control when they fire? Splitting wouldn't work as the controller would consider them all the same rather than a long strip broken down? Maybe a video explaining how to hook up single units rather than a long strip? Love your work!
Thanks!! So the issue with many addressable halos (aside from heat, failure, exposed LEDs, yada yada), is the IN and OUT connection, or lack out OUT connection I should say. You can scratch off the coating and solder on out connectors on some, but it might be a crapshoot if it’ll work or not. I’ll ask LightingTrends if they have a good video about it.
@@flyryde Meh if they don't I'll just buy some that do. I know you have spoken about the ACL cuttable strip but do you know if the ACL Halo's have a ground wire? I'm getting no luck emailing the company is all.
Question for you... I bought the profile prism halos with the xbt controller. I hate the morimoto app. Would the ghozt lighting controller work with profile prism halos?
dumb question but I don't know the answer, I have 4 halos, and two blinker switch backs, would I need the control module to have 6 outputs? one for each light or can 4 halos be controlled with one output?
just recently found your channel, and I'm super intrigued. I have an extra set of tail lights that I'd like to build for more car. I was wondering if it would be necessary to get the blueghozt lite if I just want the show mode (RGB)? I love the idea of being able to "plug and play" with this product so I'm definitely down to get it I just don't want the tail lights to look crazy bright when I go to hit the brakes or while I just have the running lights on. Love the content, watching many more tutorials for this build.
Dude man's work is hella dope! Wow! I have a t-rex coming to me in my future so... ima need something crazy! Is the controller have a music reactive feature?
Quick Question. BlueGhozt for Exterior and Interior ? Or Blueghozt for exterior ( also custom Audio trunk) and XKGLOW RGB footwells w/Fiber optics for interior w Trunk since it has zones ? Im trying to plan this out correctly. I already have the XKGLOW fiber optics inside and footwell and now im super interested in the blueghozt and flowseries leds ? What would you think would be the best route ?
D D it is.its also a lot more recognizable than addressable. There’s also NeoPrism, but it’s all just branding. I should private label a line called Uni-neorainbow-corn
@@flyryde sorry for the late reply I've been messing around with 5v dc ws2812b and was wondering if you have came across a 12v dc equivalent www.amazon.com/BTF-LIGHTING-SK6812RGBW-WS2812B-Individually-Addressable/dp/B07C1XGD1X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=ws2812b+chip&qid=1581023824&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVUhINzFQTTNFQ09RJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjczNjAxMlA5QUNEMEhMVklTJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNDE1MDA4TTVESTE1Q1ZXRU4md2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
It’s not that you’d need separate units, is that you’ll run out of LEDs that you can safely run on one unit. You can do all kinds of stuff to one car and have them dialed in with one Blueghozt. The more I learn the more I’ll talk about it 👍
Adevern Jobe stick to easy to repeat, low hassle, quick turn around stuff, aka NOT this stuff, lol. Do what you know works, and only show what you want people to want 👍
Whatever people are into learning I’m happy to make videos on. I haven’t changed my mind about using them in high profile projects, but this channel is for you guys, not my customers.
I would recommend not using SK6812 LEDs... The updated versions are better, SK6822 or SK9822... If you have a strip of 20 SK6812 LEDs and the 3rd LED down the line fails, then none of the 17 pixels that follow it will light up either... But when a pixel on a SK6822 or 9822 fails, only that single LED pixel is affected, all of the other pixels will function as normal... WS2813, WS2815, and WS2818 also offer a similarly upgraded technology and should be used instead of using WS2812B or WS2811 LEDs... The SK style chip is slightly preferred over the WS chips... However the Cadillac of addressable LEDs is probably the HD107S, which is similar to the APA102/107, commonly referred to as Dotstars... My preferred addressable LEDs 1. HD107S, APA107, APA102, APA102C 2. SK9822, SK6822 3. WS2818, WS2815, WS2813
People w money understand custom takes times and its about finding a builder who delivers the product. People wo such purchase experience think theyre king of the world for being a customer, but in a busy shop their project is just another dusty thing on a to do list.
Quick question , so 1 module controls one tail light correct ?? What's the difference between ghost light and ghost plus ?? Sorry if it's simple answers just trying to learn more to do this on my own car
Lol not a smart move, but hey, be my guest dude. Regardless of which path you take, actually DO SOMETHING. Don’t just shit on options that help other people who want to dive right in without jumping through 10x the hoops.
Thanks for featuring some of our work featuring Ghozt controllers. Enjoyed collaborating with you on this video. Cheers buddy!
I'm going to get more into all of this after I do my headlights! Cool stuff Chris! Thanks for all the info!
please dont sped 3000Gs on fuckin headlights it aint that hard do it yourself , buy used parts n buff them up cause thats fukin insane bro !
Yes, I would like to see more videos focusing on using addressable LEDs. And the Blue Ghost controller looks dope af.
Sk6812 for the win!! Awesome video Chris. BlueGhozt controller is truly one of a kind
Blueghostz has a very informative video on their channel. That component can do soo much its mind blowing
Thanks for the video! I just got a ghost controller and I am still learning how to use it
Love the BlueGhozt. Don’t care for the unsecured wire connections for the output leads!
glad to see you jumping on the addressable train.
It can be so hard to price out some of the projects people want. And people NEVER understand the sheer amount of time this shit takes. Especially if you want it to look good and be perfect.
How do you deal with customers that try to rush you Chris? It always drives me nuts... or when they decide all of a sudden they need it done twice as fast as the alloted time they originally gave you. How do you do this stuff? Do you just lay down the law and tell them this is how it is or beat it?
I don’t rush. However, I’m not the guy to ask about how to run a smooth operation. I’m always doing a million things at once, and I’m much more long term focused. Short term I look like a disaster. I have TERRIBLE reviews from people that decided I was a criminal stealing money because I take so long, or scamming people for things I was never going to finish. With zero context, I look like a pretty bad dude from BBB and other places that people are normally mortified to see bad remarks about them.
I don’t rush. I get better and better (skill wise), take a CRAZY amount hits on the chin, financial kicks to the balls, and deal with pretty scary threats on a daily basis, just so I can earn 40K a year with building lights.
People aren’t going to understand, or sympathize. They just want cool stuff, and they want it now. In a perfect world you could do the work and not charge till it’s done, or charge 50/50, but my reality has shown me, that it’s not a safe basket to put all your eggs in. Be up front, and tell them you’re slow, and set ground rules about rushing. If you feel like telling them that will cost you the sale, that’s your red flag. There are some amazing people out there, and they’ll support you by doing things the way you set them to be. All the other people have damn near killed FlyRyde every few months for the last 10 years 🤷♂️
@@flyryde Man I don't know how you do it but you have my serious props for going so far in this game. Sometimes I want to just give it all up because clients can be so crazy and irritating and rude and even con artists sometimes! Keep making more content man!
great demonstration! love your Work!
ok you just gave me a sweet idea for my lights
For those of us with adressable Halo's (lightingtrendz flow) how would you hook up multiple seperate Halo's/boards? Daisy chain them then use the device seperation on the app to control when they fire? Splitting wouldn't work as the controller would consider them all the same rather than a long strip broken down?
Maybe a video explaining how to hook up single units rather than a long strip?
Love your work!
Thanks!! So the issue with many addressable halos (aside from heat, failure, exposed LEDs, yada yada), is the IN and OUT connection, or lack out OUT connection I should say. You can scratch off the coating and solder on out connectors on some, but it might be a crapshoot if it’ll work or not.
I’ll ask LightingTrends if they have a good video about it.
@@flyryde Meh if they don't I'll just buy some that do. I know you have spoken about the ACL cuttable strip but do you know if the ACL Halo's have a ground wire? I'm getting no luck emailing the company is all.
I’m really thinking about doing custom tail lights on my 1999 Honda prelude.
Do it!
FlyRyde bet! Once I gather the money to get all the parts I’ll definitely give it a go!
What’s the amazon link the leds that you used with the ghozt lighting app? Your work is hella cool
Can you control , wheel ringz, headlight halos, Demon eyes, and underglow etc with 1 controller or you need multiple?
Question for you... I bought the profile prism halos with the xbt controller. I hate the morimoto app. Would the ghozt lighting controller work with profile prism halos?
Any update
Have a video of wheel light with the blueghozt? Haven’t seen a video yet besides this
I want to try this on my evo x tail lights thanks Chris
dumb question but I don't know the answer, I have 4 halos, and two blinker switch backs, would I need the control module to have 6 outputs? one for each light or can 4 halos be controlled with one output?
Can this be done with any rgb (or rgbw) led strip/halo?
Can you us 1 ghozt controller for 2 strip lights??
just recently found your channel, and I'm super intrigued. I have an extra set of tail lights that I'd like to build for more car. I was wondering if it would be necessary to get the blueghozt lite if I just want the show mode (RGB)? I love the idea of being able to "plug and play" with this product so I'm definitely down to get it I just don't want the tail lights to look crazy bright when I go to hit the brakes or while I just have the running lights on. Love the content, watching many more tutorials for this build.
Dude man's work is hella dope! Wow! I have a t-rex coming to me in my future so... ima need something crazy!
Is the controller have a music reactive feature?
Quick Question. BlueGhozt for Exterior and Interior ? Or Blueghozt for exterior ( also custom Audio trunk) and XKGLOW RGB footwells w/Fiber optics for interior w Trunk since it has zones ? Im trying to plan this out correctly. I already have the XKGLOW fiber optics inside and footwell and now im super interested in the blueghozt and flowseries leds ? What would you think would be the best route ?
How much for hallow "x" shaped cob for Jeep Renegade taillights?
Leandro Escobar lol so funny you did that.
Neopixel is that an adafruit product??
D D it is.its also a lot more recognizable than addressable. There’s also NeoPrism, but it’s all just branding. I should private label a line called Uni-neorainbow-corn
@@flyryde sorry for the late reply I've been messing around with 5v dc ws2812b and was wondering if you have came across a 12v dc equivalent www.amazon.com/BTF-LIGHTING-SK6812RGBW-WS2812B-Individually-Addressable/dp/B07C1XGD1X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=ws2812b+chip&qid=1581023824&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVUhINzFQTTNFQ09RJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjczNjAxMlA5QUNEMEhMVklTJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNDE1MDA4TTVESTE1Q1ZXRU4md2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
@@DD-jj2tc Maybe look into WS2815... They're 12v, and they're the newer style chip that doesn't ruin your whole strip if one pixel goes bad.
So it uses 5V output, arduino has the same option I wonder how it is weaker?
Ok I have a question on the ghozt can one module work the hole car front and back or do you need two modules
Super weird question mabye but do you need seperate blueghozts for back lights ands front lights?
It’s not that you’d need separate units, is that you’ll run out of LEDs that you can safely run on one unit. You can do all kinds of stuff to one car and have them dialed in with one Blueghozt. The more I learn the more I’ll talk about it 👍
Is the controller waterproof or do i have to mount it in the vehicle?
Have you modified the headlights for a Pontiac G8?
Cool 😎😎😎
dude i like addressable but i think im not going to be doing that for customers
Adevern Jobe stick to easy to repeat, low hassle, quick turn around stuff, aka NOT this stuff, lol. Do what you know works, and only show what you want people to want 👍
but dude are you going to be doing into addressable?
Whatever people are into learning I’m happy to make videos on. I haven’t changed my mind about using them in high profile projects, but this channel is for you guys, not my customers.
I would recommend not using SK6812 LEDs... The updated versions are better, SK6822 or SK9822... If you have a strip of 20 SK6812 LEDs and the 3rd LED down the line fails, then none of the 17 pixels that follow it will light up either... But when a pixel on a SK6822 or 9822 fails, only that single LED pixel is affected, all of the other pixels will function as normal...
WS2813, WS2815, and WS2818 also offer a similarly upgraded technology and should be used instead of using WS2812B or WS2811 LEDs...
The SK style chip is slightly preferred over the WS chips... However the Cadillac of addressable LEDs is probably the HD107S, which is similar to the APA102/107, commonly referred to as Dotstars...
My preferred addressable LEDs
1. HD107S, APA107, APA102, APA102C
2. SK9822, SK6822
3. WS2818, WS2815, WS2813
What are addressable leds
Where can I get the led strip that you are using ?
Amazon has a ton from BTF Lighting
@@flyryde Thanks bro
People w money understand custom takes times and its about finding a builder who delivers the product. People wo such purchase experience think theyre king of the world for being a customer, but in a busy shop their project is just another dusty thing on a to do list.
But your shops not dusty. Right on. ha
Haha my shop is GONE! Now the workshop has far too few projects that fit to be dusty lol. But yeah man, you’re right on with that 👌
Quick question , so 1 module controls one tail light correct ??
What's the difference between ghost light and ghost plus ??
Sorry if it's simple answers just trying to learn more to do this on my own car
10x the money for controller that has blue written on it? Just buy controllers directly from Adruino
Lol not a smart move, but hey, be my guest dude. Regardless of which path you take, actually DO SOMETHING. Don’t just shit on options that help other people who want to dive right in without jumping through 10x the hoops.
I mean NeoPixel was literally invented by Adafruit as an Arduino project. So of course it's a good idea