Led footwell lighting.
04-13-2011, 11:00 AM
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Just got around to doing mine today. I bought a 10pk of pre-wired orange 5mm LEDs and recepticles. I originally intended to do all 4 vents, 1 above the light switch, 2 above the HVAC controls, and front and rear cup holders. I didn't have enough time to pull the center console, so the cup holders will have to wait.
Turns out the vents are not as bright as I had hoped with one LED per, so I'll need to order more.
I might do footwell lighting later, but for now I just wanted some ambient light on the dash so I could see what I was doing at night
Turns out the vents are not as bright as I had hoped with one LED per, so I'll need to order more.
I might do footwell lighting later, but for now I just wanted some ambient light on the dash so I could see what I was doing at night
04-13-2011, 03:49 PM
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04-13-2011, 07:57 PM
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Just to add, to do the vents I used four pre-wired surface mount LED's from Oznium and some wire. I spliced them in to the orange/gray going to the HVAC so they are on whenever the lights are on and are dimmable with the stock controls. I went out at night and played with different mounting locations to get the effect I was looking for. Turned out great and they don't bother you while driving at all. Now all I need to do is swap all the gauge, radio and hvac lights over to blue....
04-26-2011, 04:10 PM
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I went with green Attachment 149763
so has anyone had problems with switching their domelight bulb to a colored one and then the colored one not lasting very long and starting to flicker and die?
04-26-2011, 05:55 PM
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i put mine in at the beggining of winter....it said it was good for 10,000 hrs...its probably not even been on for two hrs total and its flickering...but its been 6 months or so id say...at least my order came with two bulbs for....$7.98 and free shipping =)
04-27-2011, 02:58 PM
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I got rid of the dome light all together and mounted LEDs in the sound bar.
04-27-2011, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jhen
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I got rid of the dome light all together and mounted LEDs in the sound bar.
04-27-2011, 05:06 PM
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hmmmm