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268 LED's later...*PICS*

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Old 12-02-11, 01:31 PM
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Default 268 LED's later...*PICS*

I just completed most of my LED conversion, so I thought i'd post some of the pictures I took. Here's my LED count:


Dome light - 2x 36 LED board (wired in parallel)


Foot well lighting - 2x 36 LED board per foot well (1 per foot well)


Door lights - 4x 4 LED wedge per door (1 per door)

Trunk light - 1 x 36 LED board (Sorry no pics, my trunk was dirty as hell but take it from me its plenty bright)


Rear "coat hanger" lights - 2x 4 LED wedge (1per coat hanger)


Off from outside


On


Off


Through the tint


Off


On

And some puddle light shots...




And just to add to the LED count...

Puddle lights - 4 LED pods = 20 per side
License plate lights - 2x 4 LED wedge

I essentially only used two sources for my LED needs. The 36 LED boards I bought come with adapters to plug in to the dome light. Note that to get two boards to fit I had to shave down some of the plastic. For the foot well I was lazy and just hard wired them in (I was going to convert the socket to a 194 wedge type so I could just plug them in, but I couldn't source them in time). Everything else was a simple plug and play.

Here is the link for the boards I bought off ebay (I know, there's a crap load of options but I found these boards to be a perfect white color, super classy).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300622259201...84.m1497.l2649

and here is the link for the wedge type LED's I used (these are SLIGHTLY more yellow than the LED boards I used, so these aren't an exact match).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details

Let me know what you guys think.

Ryan
Old 12-02-11, 02:25 PM
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looks great, i have done the same with the led boards also, makes visibility a lot better and it really brings the interior of the car up to date!!!!!
Old 12-02-11, 03:24 PM
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dam i thought i had alot but u beat me lol...love it
Old 12-02-11, 04:19 PM
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When I read the title I thought this was going to be custom LED tail lamps lol

Nice job on the interior lights though, did you wire them in yourself?
Old 12-02-11, 06:47 PM
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Those LEDs look really nice!!

How hard was the puddle lights to install? was the wiring a pain?
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looks great, i have done the same with the led boards also, makes visibility a lot better and it really brings the interior of the car up to date!!!!!
Definitely agree, especially the foot well lights. The factory bulbs are tiny!

dam i thought i had alot but u beat me lol...love it
Apparently we're both LED *****s too lol

When I read the title I thought this was going to be custom LED tail lamps lol

Nice job on the interior lights though, did you wire them in yourself?
Depo tail lights to come to add to the LED count The interior lights are pretty easy to do, doesn't really make sense to have someone else do it. Takes all of 15 minutes haha.

Those LEDs look really nice!!

How hard was the puddle lights to install? was the wiring a pain?
Not at all, the hardest part is probably snaking the power wires into the cabin. The only solution that made sense was to route it through the existing rubber grommet where your door wires go through. Once you tap the wire, the actual drilling of the holes is easy. I tapped them to the foot well lights since they are the easiest to access. Some have wired it to the dome light so they can turn them on when they want, but this was good enough for me. I'm not trying to roll down the street with them on, I just wanted something pretty to look at when I locked and unlocked my car haha.
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Man........ if you'd just had 269.
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Looks really good. I was really happy after I did this mod to my car.
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Damn! The puddle lights looks good on the car!!!
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looks really good with the upgrade. can you take a picture of how you wire 2 board in parallel for the dome light?? and the footwell, by hardwire you mean you have to cut the wire which connects to the socket to hardwire it to the led board??? can you take a picture of how you hardwire it also?? i really appreciate it
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where did you get the puddle lights from? website? and price? thanks
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