LEDs Gone Wild!

[Arith]

Modifications of a rice nature. Sure, I'll admit I dabble in these .... ok ok. I am quite liberal in applying these to my vehicle.

What can I say? I likey my rice.

Well, I think I've become addicted to LEDs! Thus far I've replaced the following areas with some sort of LED:

• Parkers
• Foglights
• Brake lights
• Signal lights
• Dome lights
• Reverse lights
• Vanity mirror lights

Mind you I'm no LED King like Leo who has done more extensive work, but I think I've done more than the average person. On top of which, with the debut of the LED strips, finding new and creative ways to use them have become a challange! They are self-adhesive, flexible, and convenient. In any case, I welcome any other creative ways to use them.

Ok, putting the flame suit on and on the alert for the rice police. But this is what I've come up with so far (footwells are next!):


Boot

Many of you are familiar with my group buy for the boot strips, which probably kicked it all off.


The hard part was finding a place to fit an entire 90cm strip




Foglights

I wasn't a fan of where the placements of the OEM fogs were, so I got a set that were 6 horizontal LEDs




Rego

Trying to light up a black rego plate on a black car was difficult. I wasn't entirely happy with simple LED bulbs


So I opted for a LED strip instead!




Hood

Got this idea from the Phatman! Just need to tidy up my work


This is good for showcasing or simply used for auxiliary lighting when working under the hood




Door

Got this idea from the Trieu! Used a festoon adaptor to run the wiring from the original location


I tried positioning the strip under the door, but found lighting was adequate


Once I placed the strip in the area where the pocket was (yes, drilling was involved), lighting was quite good

[HellKnight]

Nice jim! thought I had too many LED's in my car. Was I wrong... lol

-Martin.

[gumbyy]

WOW, that is very impressive Jim. Anyway, whats so ricey about practical, functional illumination? It's when you start putting these on that I start to chime up a bit..
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[swingn]

Jim Boy, your car may have more LED's then killer wasps these days

Me thinks I may have to request your assistance with applying more LEDs to WASABI Maybe we could even get some LED action for Ze Beast!

[smythie]

Look good. The rear plate lights are a little much IMO but it's not my car. The rest all look like good implementations

[Arith]

The rear plate lights are a little much IMO but it's not my car.

LOL! I think so too. Might cover up every other LED to tone it down.

[Sentinel]

Looks Jim - as long as you don't do a "Knight Rider" to the front end...

[Digital]

i like the ones in the door! do they come on when u open the door or is there a switch or both?

[Arith]

do they come on when u open the door or is there a switch or both?

The door LEDs are connected to the factory door light sockets with the help of a festoon adapter. So yes, like the original door lights, they come on automatically when you open the door and turn off when the door is closed.

[gordy]

Hey Jim,

Did you do all 4 signal's? If so did you also replace the flasher unit or use load resistors?

Also do you remember what the type of globes for the signals + brake are?

Thanks

Gordon

[blacknwhite]

Those door lights are a bloody good Idea, I think I may have to look at the install to see if a white man can do....
Of course I will need approval from the Rice police, strangely silent on this thread

[Arith]

Did you do all 4 signal's? If so did you also replace the flasher unit or use load resistors?

The LED bulbs I used have built in resistors so there's no 'fast flash' or 'brake light warning'.

Also do you remember what the type of globes for the signals + brake are?

I think the signals are 7440, while the brake lights are 7443.

[NoOzL47]

lookin good there jimmy boy. I wouldnt personally classify any of them as rice.. seeing how to me they are quite useful

[Arith]

lookin good there jimmy boy. I wouldnt personally classify any of them as rice.. seeing how to me they are quite useful

LOL! The rego plate might be, but the doors should be ok!

[swingn]

Looks Jim - as long as you don't do a "Knight Rider" to the front end...

& what's wrong with Kitt?

I reckon some scrolling red LED's in the bonnet scoop could look the goods Especially on a hot black car like our Jim Boy's