Rock on! Again, awesome job, dude!

 

Great work Matt,

How is the color dash doing? Do you need me to custom any other panel for your xB. It is nice to meet you and Ted down here in LA. Take care!

George

 

question, what did you do with the stock light back there, and did you hook it where the stock light is so it will be controlled by the dimmer, if not where did you tie it into?

is it too bright compared to the stock lights and dash?

 

2nd question, I notice in your picture because the tube is only 4" the outer edges of the vent controls on the right and left are dimmer, is this the case, and if so do you think a 6" tube could fit?

 

I removed the stock bulbs. It's getting it's power from the 12v source wires that run from the battery through the firewall. Even though the cold cathode is really bright, I found that the LEDs I used to have were brighter. The only problem with the LEDs was that it wasn't an omni-directional light dispersement. That's why the cold cathode works much better for this situation.

And to answer your 2nd question... I made a typo at the top of the page. The cold cathode used to light the climate control area is actually a 6" with one end shaved so that it could be easily threaded.

Peace,
m@

 

You should have gone out to buy a diffusion gel sheet...That makes the light that hits the gel spread out making it look like the gel is one big light and it's only 6 bucks