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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 11:44 PM
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Made my own LED light for under the hood. Sorry for the sub par phone pics.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 11:48 PM
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Looks good, I'll have to note this down for a rainy day project
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Looks good, but could you post up what materials you used and a bit more details on how you put things together?
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Very clever mounting idea. I might have to steal this idea and use it myself!
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got the un plated circuit board at Radio Shack, 10-3mm warm white led's and 10-1/4 watt 470 ohm resistors from c-leds. The light fixture was riveted to the hood so I had to drill out the rivets. Used small screws to reattach fixture. Used four little blobs of silicone caulk to hold the board in place, held it in place with a small tie wrap while the caulk set up. It really makes it brighter under the hood.

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