Interior LED light mod
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St. Jude Donor '14
Interior LED light mod
I had a few blue LEDs so I decided to change the color of the back lighting in the car. I used 5 LEDs for the door ajar light (hard to see, but there are 5) and I replaced low glow light in the door that is on when the lights are on to illuminate the door handle. (hard to see in the pictures) I also replaced some of the button/instrument lighting.
what do you think?
what do you think?
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3mm and 5mm 'true blue' color. I soldered a resistor to the LED and replaced the bulbs with the LED/resistor. For the 5 leds in a row, I soldered everything to a piece of circuit board and gluded the board inplace of long bulb.
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I'm thinking about using red LEDs for the floor lights and the rear hatch lights. Not sure yet... THe car is blue and red, should look good.
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From: louseyville Ky
Originally Posted by Timmy!
Sounds complicated. Is that something you pick up at Radio Shack or the auto parts store or?
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I bought he LEDs off of Ebay. I bought several hundred from a guy in Hong Kong. 
Much cheaper then Radio Shack. He includes the resistors with the LED for .01 per resistor.
Much cheaper then Radio Shack. He includes the resistors with the LED for .01 per resistor.
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that looks pretty sweet I would love to have all my interior lights blue 
I'm not real hot on wiring
I still need to wire in my Keyless entry and a switch to disable the power antenna unless I'm using it.
I think LED brake lights would look pretty nice too
I'm not real hot on wiring
I still need to wire in my Keyless entry and a switch to disable the power antenna unless I'm using it. I think LED brake lights would look pretty nice too
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From: Boston, MA
Originally Posted by ToyC4
I think LED brake lights would look pretty nice too
They actually look like *** on C4s with the round taillights unless a lot of reflectors are used. You end up with pinpoints of lights which looks real funny.
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St. Jude Donor '14
Originally Posted by scorp508
Those door lights don't distract you at night?
I didn't add any additional lighting to the car. I just replaced bulbs with LEDs...
Last edited by Bluewasp; Apr 27, 2005 at 04:00 PM.
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Originally Posted by scorp508
They actually look like *** on C4s with the round taillights unless a lot of reflectors are used. You end up with pinpoints of lights which looks real funny.
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From: Lebanon KY
Originally Posted by Bluewasp
I'm going to try to make LED tail lights next...
anyhow, post some pics of it after you get it done if you decide to do it
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