NEW Interior LED Mod Thread
Running Guns & Moonshine
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Agreed!
Red seemed logical to me, but I REALLY liked some of the blue I was seeing. And Toque's pics of the white interior were impressive.
In the end, seeing it in person (ordered a couple of each bulb color to try) red won hands down for me.
Now if I can kick this cold that has be stuck in bed on the 4th of July, I will get my darned new gauges installed and see how the whole kit looks together.
ps - woot! - 1,000th reply to thread
Red seemed logical to me, but I REALLY liked some of the blue I was seeing. And Toque's pics of the white interior were impressive.
In the end, seeing it in person (ordered a couple of each bulb color to try) red won hands down for me.
Now if I can kick this cold that has be stuck in bed on the 4th of July, I will get my darned new gauges installed and see how the whole kit looks together.
ps - woot! - 1,000th reply to thread
Melting Slicks
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Wow. This thread has been active for just over 5 years.
Tim, where has the time gone. It seems like it was not that long ago that you were emailing several of the early LED adopters for help with putting together the parts list and techniques for installation.
Gary
Tim, where has the time gone. It seems like it was not that long ago that you were emailing several of the early LED adopters for help with putting together the parts list and techniques for installation.
Gary
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I know!!! It was you, Carlton and the OP of that one Thread who I've forgotten that started all this... Bell was instrumental back then also.
I first used Red silicone bulb covers and thought I was the Cat's a$$!!!
That first thread was what... 8 years ago???? Couldn't be... Could it??? 
I first used Red silicone bulb covers and thought I was the Cat's a$$!!!
That first thread was what... 8 years ago???? Couldn't be... Could it???
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Le Mans Master
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From: DuBois PA
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Yeah... There was like 4 of us here in the Forum that hammered all this out I believe... It took awhile to learn how everything was wired and the lighting layout in the HVAC and Radio and how to even get the Radio to light up nicely with LEDs!!
That was a good time back then, pioneering days!!
Remind me when it's close to your trip... I'm going to try and hook up with you for lunch or something!
Tim
That was a good time back then, pioneering days!!
Remind me when it's close to your trip... I'm going to try and hook up with you for lunch or something!
Tim
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Has anybody used ebay LEDs? The prices are very reasonable, but I'm not sure if an LED is an LED, or if these are just going to burn out. Or if the ones purchased from a website at $.50 each aren't just China ones anyway..
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Im thinking about buying 100 PLCC-2 for $5 off of ebay and see how they are
Running Guns & Moonshine
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The underhood festoon.
I had initially bought a piece off a vendor which did not at all match the car. The instructions were also daft and in bending the brass mount to work with their product, the tip snapped off.
I tried a festoon from autolumination, but due to the missing piece on the bottom the array will bounce out easily when jarred. I attempted soldering the lower connection together, but did not have enough hands to hold the array in place while doing it.
Is there an alternative you can suggest? Maybe yank the parts which are there, hardwire the array and then double-side tape it to the location? Seems like a bit jury rig idea.... that's why I'm looking for ideas.
I had initially bought a piece off a vendor which did not at all match the car. The instructions were also daft and in bending the brass mount to work with their product, the tip snapped off.
I tried a festoon from autolumination, but due to the missing piece on the bottom the array will bounce out easily when jarred. I attempted soldering the lower connection together, but did not have enough hands to hold the array in place while doing it.
Is there an alternative you can suggest? Maybe yank the parts which are there, hardwire the array and then double-side tape it to the location? Seems like a bit jury rig idea.... that's why I'm looking for ideas.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I work for JW Motoring, you can order whatever you need done through JW!
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As a caveat'.. Tim has to be one of the most stand up, honest men that I have done business with on this forum... No surprises w him... Good stuff Tim... you sell that car yet?
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17,'19,'22
let us know what you're looking to do.
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