OBjeepGUY

I am looking into placing some LED light strips inside my two door. I noticed on some of the led strips you can cut a desired length (every 3 leds etc.). My question is after you cut the excess off, can you wire the left over and use it somewhere else?

This way, I would only have to buy one longer strip and cut it into pieces. Rather than two or three short ones.

Thanks!

orangedude71

yes. You can solder leads on the pads at the cut area. It's kind of a pain in the ass though. Might be easier to buy pieces that have already been cut and wired. That's what I ended up doing for under hood lights

OBjeepGUY

Thanks for the response! Do you have any pics of your under hood lights? That was an idea I had also.

orangedude71

I don't have the best photos.. But i used a version of these:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...gn-module/944/

I also used some multicolor ones in my poison spider vent too.. cause why not

bfschor

Nice! I love the lights under the hood. But what's the silver thingy above the drivers side wheel well?

2014Wrangler

I really like the under the hood lights. Looks like they put off a ton of light. Do you cut them on manually or did you somehow wire them to come on automatically when the hood is opened?

orangedude71

or fab vacuum pump relocation kit moved it to make room for winch

orangedude71

so, I have an aftermarket alarm that has a hood pin that goes to ground when the hood is opened. I tapped that ground for the negative side of the led so the lights come on. The hood pin switch is like 5 bucks on Amazon

2014Wrangler

Thanks for the info. Have to put this on my list of things to do.