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Glove Box Light Problem Solved!!!

Old May 9, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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so i was getting kinda annoyed about having no light in the glove box...
sorry about the low quality pics. only had my sidekick handy. Enjoy!




looking very very messy.



*whew* looking a lot less messy!




YAY it works!!!!

and that was this mornings project.
as soon as i can get hands on some more LEDs ill be lighting up the engine bay

Hope you enjoyed!
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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Ahh .. the pics dont work. Please fix =)


Anyhoo, not sure if you remembered me, but i asked if you could do the gauge led swap and all that stuff, you haven't pm'ed me in a while ... hit me back with pm if you ge tthe chance?
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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the pics really arent working? they are working for me.
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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i can see the pics.
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Pics look good. Is there going to be a walk through on what wires to tap, or if you had a switch set up so the light goes on when you open it?
Old May 9, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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^^
the way i have it set up, is that the light will go on when the rest of the interior LEDs are on.

Hmmm.... if there is enough interest on a walkthrough on a DIY LED kit for the interior and exterior of the car, im sure i could manage to put something together
Old May 9, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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There's alllllllllways interest
Old May 9, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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now with that light , theres no excuse for you to not clean it.
Old May 9, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by rolstc
now with that light , theres no excuse for you to not clean it.
Old May 9, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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Buy a "CLAPPER" and save some time. No wire tap necessary! J/K! Cool idea! Good job!
Old May 9, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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im interested! where did u get the light lamp from?
Old May 9, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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yeah i want to do this on my xb , damn dark cave at night , plus i want to add some more stuff after doing randode lighting
Old May 9, 2006 | 09:56 PM
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I thought about doing this same mod. Can you see any light leaking out of the glovebox at night?
Old May 9, 2006 | 11:28 PM
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Looks good, should get some night pics
Old May 10, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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I got the LED from superbrightleds.com, its the navy blue LED

as for the light leaking out of the box, at certain angles you can see a line, but it is definetely not blarring out.

Will take some night pics tomorrow night.
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