magyver
10-26-2011, 03:35 AM
Well, true to my nature, I can't leave well enough alone. I have to have LED fog/running lights, and I thought the interior was very very dim at night, and of course wanted to add a little light when backing up. And I did not have my tripod so some may be blurry.
Let me know what you think... sometimes I go overboard, but you'll have that I guess.
First off, the fogs/DRL's/parking. They are 100ma white superflux LED's. 12 of them per side, running at about 90ma (to prolong life) off a 8V regulator (so they never dim with voltage drops). I do have the TRD intake so that side is kinda ghetto as I have the LED's right in the vent, exposed to the weather...I do have 15 coats of clear coat on there to help with that.. we'll see. The other side is just drilled enough for the 5mm head of the LED to poke through. Most of these are with my Nikon and as close to real life light output as I could dial in.. so, they are hella bright!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1465.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1486.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1473.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1472.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1477.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1499.jpg
LED backups, just drilled into plexi and mounted to some metal underneath.. Same LED's as the fogs, 8V regulators, running at full 100ma as they are not on long enough. And the LED's in the TBL are the same way, but I made a custom diffuser to hide the actual LED's and any wires you might see...
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0009.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1487.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1490.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1491.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1497.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1495.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1493.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0006.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0002.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/IMAG0011.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/IMAG0009.jpg
And as for the interior, I added orange 5mm straw hat LED's everywhere. All 4 vents, under the front seats facing forward and backwards, 2 under each footwell one aiming down and one aiming toward the door pocket, two in the center console aiming down right below the shifter, and on sniper one in the center console latch hole aiming toward the shifter/cupholders. They are all tapped into the dash lights so they dim with the rest of the interior lights and come on/off with the parking lights.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1513.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1508.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1459.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1455.jpg
Let me know what you think... sometimes I go overboard, but you'll have that I guess.
First off, the fogs/DRL's/parking. They are 100ma white superflux LED's. 12 of them per side, running at about 90ma (to prolong life) off a 8V regulator (so they never dim with voltage drops). I do have the TRD intake so that side is kinda ghetto as I have the LED's right in the vent, exposed to the weather...I do have 15 coats of clear coat on there to help with that.. we'll see. The other side is just drilled enough for the 5mm head of the LED to poke through. Most of these are with my Nikon and as close to real life light output as I could dial in.. so, they are hella bright!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1465.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1486.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1473.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1472.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1477.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1499.jpg
LED backups, just drilled into plexi and mounted to some metal underneath.. Same LED's as the fogs, 8V regulators, running at full 100ma as they are not on long enough. And the LED's in the TBL are the same way, but I made a custom diffuser to hide the actual LED's and any wires you might see...
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0009.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1487.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1490.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1491.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1497.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1495.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1493.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0006.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_0002.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/IMAG0011.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/IMAG0009.jpg
And as for the interior, I added orange 5mm straw hat LED's everywhere. All 4 vents, under the front seats facing forward and backwards, 2 under each footwell one aiming down and one aiming toward the door pocket, two in the center console aiming down right below the shifter, and on sniper one in the center console latch hole aiming toward the shifter/cupholders. They are all tapped into the dash lights so they dim with the rest of the interior lights and come on/off with the parking lights.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1513.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1508.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1459.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f276/magyver1/xB/DSC_1455.jpg