cool $5 mod
03-15-2008, 08:54 AM
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cool $5 mod
saturday night and im bored so heres what i did i installed some leds in my cup holders these are the leds in place
heres a pic of the leds and the voltage regulator i put together
heres a pic of these badboys in action notice where i mounted the switch its a tiny switch and i didnt want to cough the extra cash for the oem switch and i like it its out of sight
here they are in low lighting
and here they are in total darkness
well people let me know what you think oh by the way Coronas look bad a$$ with blue lighting
heres a pic of the leds and the voltage regulator i put together
heres a pic of these badboys in action notice where i mounted the switch its a tiny switch and i didnt want to cough the extra cash for the oem switch and i like it its out of sight
here they are in low lighting
and here they are in total darkness
well people let me know what you think oh by the way Coronas look bad a$$ with blue lighting
03-16-2008, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
heat shrink would of worked better then electrical tape
03-16-2008, 11:48 PM
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Good job! The dealer installed LED kit provides cup holder illumination at about 2000% what you paid.
I'm always amazed at true owners that are willing to mod their box using parts and ideas--not kits.
Nice work!
I'm always amazed at true owners that are willing to mod their box using parts and ideas--not kits.
Nice work!
03-18-2008, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by daneisthegreatest
where did you get the LEDS???
03-21-2008, 02:08 PM
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Always cool to see another LED mod, very nice. I've done mods with bare LEDs and resistors before and its a pain having to solder them up, so I know that you must have put a lot of work into these. The only thing I would have done different was use a rocker style switch instead of the toggle kind, excellent job tho. 
03-24-2008, 02:17 AM
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nice set up
bassically its just a resistor
all you need to know is ohms law
V=IR or Voltage equal amps times ohms (resistance)
so say you want to wire some 10 LEDS that have 50 ohms of resistance so thats a total of 500 ohs up in one of the spare slots in your fuse box rated at 15 millamp
assuming you are hooking the leds up in series there for you know that you have 12 volts and 12mill amps which gives you 800 ohms but in order for the system to work correctly you will need to add a 300 ohms resistor which will add up to 12 volts
but if you were running them parralel you would only need 1 750 ohm resistor due to the fact that there is minimal voltage drop in a parrelel circuit
i know it may sound confusing and i cant type worth poo but i hoped it helped
but check out www.the12volt.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm's_law
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Originally Posted by TackBradley
please help me learn wiring!!! what the hell is a voltage regulator? isnt it all just 12 volts? PLEASE HELP ME...I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS BUT CANT EVEN WIRE MONEY!!! HA! pweeeeeeesssee?
all you need to know is ohms law
V=IR or Voltage equal amps times ohms (resistance)
so say you want to wire some 10 LEDS that have 50 ohms of resistance so thats a total of 500 ohs up in one of the spare slots in your fuse box rated at 15 millamp
assuming you are hooking the leds up in series there for you know that you have 12 volts and 12mill amps which gives you 800 ohms but in order for the system to work correctly you will need to add a 300 ohms resistor which will add up to 12 volts
but if you were running them parralel you would only need 1 750 ohm resistor due to the fact that there is minimal voltage drop in a parrelel circuit
i know it may sound confusing and i cant type worth poo but i hoped it helped
but check out www.the12volt.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm's_law
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03-24-2008, 06:01 AM
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to be honest...it does sound very confusing but it did help a bit imma read the 2 links (and this again) in the morning cause im shot right now hahaha!!!
thank you soooo much though! you helped me get my foot in the door with understanding wiring!
thank you soooo much though! you helped me get my foot in the door with understanding wiring!