Wel... I tried to post pics, but I couldn't seem to get it to work. So check this out:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4286375501

I know....it's blue....everyone does blue....but, hey, I like it! Anyway, I thought I needed a little more color than just blue, so I added the red to the AC *****. I have a few more ideas, but money (and the wife!) are an issue....(sigh)

 

hey!

what did you do to the oven???

 

Looks like a cold cathode in there. . . correct me if I'm wrong

 

Actually, they're LEDs. It's an LED tube that came as a set. I put the other one in the opening below and aimed them toward the cup holders. Who needs to spend a bunch of money to have illuminated cup holders installed by the dealer?

I left the stock amber lights installed in the oven so when I open my doors and I have the LED on, it glows purple.

 

Good job man, looks great! Thanks for sharing your mods! Wish I could see em in person, must look super sweet. . .

 

Kewl! Did you tap the cig lighter? how did you put the RED LEDs inside the A/C *****? Can you post pics how you wired them.. i wanna do the same on my A/C *****. Thanks....

VERY NICE MOD>>>>

 

nice job!

need to redo mine

 

Looks really good....keep up the good work bro

 

I'd like to know how you got two colors in the heater control area too. Good Mod!

 

The red on the ***** was a real simple Mod, actually (even though it took me for freakin' ever to think of it!) I just bought a set of three ready-to-install red LEDs from AutoZone, popped off the clear window housing that they came in, squeezed them into the clear housing on the ***** (tight fit, but they go in) sealed the back of the **** with black tape so no light would leak through (couldn't think of anything better at the moment), ran my wires through the A/C unit to the power.

I'll get some pictures if you want.

To answer the power question, no I didn't tap into the cig lighter, I ran another line from the ACC in the fuse block and threw a switch on it. I'm considering connecting my interior lighting with a T-tap to the radio illumination line so they come on with my running lights. Any suggestions?

 

What lights did you use for the blue on the center console? I heard the covers make them look green.

 

That one took a little brainstorming. I tried the covers...too dark for my taste. I tried a cold cathode inside there...didn't like the inconsistent lighting on the ends. So I decided I needed something that would distribute light brightly and evenly. What I came up with was blue neon rope. Here is what I did....

I found a kit from AutoZone (I seem to be there a lot) that allows you to cut the rope to any length you want. Of course it needed to be one continuous strand, so I took a look behind the control panel and discovered that you can run a continuous line around there. So I broke out my trusty black tape and began to run the neon rope around on the inside of the panel. I made sure that the rope ran behind every place that it would shine through. I even took out the clear plastic pieces that leads light up to the A/C, rear defrost, and emergency flasher buttons, and ran the rope up into each one of those, making sure, of course, that it didn't interfere with the button movement. I used black tape because, once again, I wanted the light to shine only where I put it, and super glue is messy and, well....permanent. I didn't want to take the chance of damaging anything either.

One thing I have to mention....this all needs to be redone again. While working on something else back in there, I accidentally cut the neon rope.... :oops: Don't ask me how, cuz I don't even know. I was so ____ed!

Bottom line is, I finally achieved the look that I was going for, and as a plus, the wife loves (loved ) it too! So now I'm back to the stock amber, but the red LEDs are still there.

 

Thanks for the description of what you have done, it sounds like it took a while to do but it was definitely worth the work you did. Sorry you have to do it again though.