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Old May 24, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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Have anyone installed small LED lights inside the door panel by the speaker grill so it would light up the speaker well...??

How do some one wire up the small LED lights??
Old May 24, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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You should just check out Oznium.com They have all your lighting needs at great prices with super cheap shipping. I get all my stuff from them and they have never treated me wrong....
Old May 24, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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i was thinking about this
trying to copy the new bB's lighting scheme
i was thinking about using Computer Fan Grilles
they sell cold cathode fan grilles
80mm (3.15") for the dash and 120mm(4.7") for the doors

something like this

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...1899_294052981

and this controller will let it beat to music!!!

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...1899_304016482

just some ideas

GOOD LUCK
Old May 24, 2006 | 11:52 PM
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Lol, I remember a while back seeing a speaker at Best Buy that had a built-in LED. I forgot the brand though.
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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The brand you're thinking about is Dual. The speakers were crap though. The only thing remotely cool was the LED mounted in the grill, and even then it was only one single blue LED so it wasn't the prettiest thing ever. lol.
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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Lol, I should have known. I just finished talking trash on Dual products in another post. :D
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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lmao, good. I think I've only met one person who likes Dual products and he used to drive a Chrysler LHS. LMFAO!

But yeah, a cold cathode would be your best bet for lighting up the grills on the speakers. You can actually buy just the cathode if I remember correctly.
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:20 AM
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Frozencpu.com for all your 80mm cathode needs

only 1.99 each plus shipping

http://www.frozencpu.com/scan/se=Fan...nu_search.html






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nice! I've also seen neon tubes that are made for speakers and subwoofers.
Old May 25, 2006 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Matts_xB
Frozencpu.com for all your 80mm cathode needs

only 1.99 each plus shipping

http://www.frozencpu.com/scan/se=Fan...nu_search.html






Yeah this is something which I am thinking of. But looking that your pictures, I believe your lights may be overwhelming bright. The pictures were taken during daylight and it is already so bright, when its darkness, it may be over powering.

I am thinking of 4 small LED lights around the circle........ just and ascent, not too brightly lit.
Old May 25, 2006 | 03:50 AM
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That's hot!
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I've done the CCFL fan grill thing. An LED would be easy to do if you know your way around lighting.
Old May 25, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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The lights in the tweeters are too bright and the police would prolly pull me over i have them all on switches.
Old May 25, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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Those green ones are really hott, i likey!! Thanks for that link!! Hey Matt, can you by any chance post pics with the speaker covers off?? I wanna know how you mounted the rings to the speakers... Thanks!!
Old May 25, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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Phoenix Gold Ti12D Elite has 3 Blue LED's in it.

And that is NOT a bad speaker...quite awesome really...

And Dual takes a beating for a long time...even when used to make gravy.
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You have to take the door pannels off and the rear pannels off to get at them and it takes a while i used hot glue to mount the lights to the grills that came with my kicker speeakers and i used clear double sided tape for the tweeters.

Originally Posted by mad-sciontist
Those green ones are really hott, i likey!! Thanks for that link!! Hey Matt, can you by any chance post pics with the speaker covers off?? I wanna know how you mounted the rings to the speakers... Thanks!!
Old May 25, 2006 | 09:56 PM
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nice info!
Old May 26, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by mad-sciontist
Those green ones are really hott, i likey!! Thanks for that link!! Hey Matt, can you by any chance post pics with the speaker covers off?? I wanna know how you mounted the rings to the speakers... Thanks!!
The best way to mount those is by zip tying them to the speaker grill on the door panel.
Old May 26, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mandos
And Dual takes a beating for a long time...even when used to make gravy.
I see where you're going with this
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