somebody here needs to do a DIY for the tech section....

 

What is DIY?

 

DIY = Do It Yourself

I like to use these when mounting my LED's. 1.29 for 5 at Radio Shack



http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=276-079

they keep the bulbs in place and gives the hole a finished look...

 

I might have to get a bunch of those...

does anyone know why the 10mm might not fit behind the door handles? I mean there is plenty of space back there.

 

I'm talking about the handles above the doors, on the headliner. You'd just have to drill a bigger hole to fit it in the handle on the actual door.

 

oh ok I thought you were talking about the ones that open the door...I am still trying to find a place to use all 20 of them...right now I have:

One in each vet (4)
One in each door pocket (the handle you use to close it from the inside, 4)
One in each door handle (4)
One in each of the hooks (2)
One in each of the front door speakers (2)
One in each of the handles above the door (4)

That gives me all 20 feel free to suggest other locations...that is juat a list of what I am thinking now because I can't come up with anything better. Let me know what you are thinking!

 

pics, juniors. can't read your mind.

 

i buy the 10mm white i am replacing the bulbs in the back licens plate its going to look hot as whight and not nasty yellow. i am doing 4 back there mack sure the backen can see my plats. And i am doing all the speakers and i am doing the door handals and door pockets and door pulling thing (tech turms) and i am lighting up the dash shelf thats all my 20 now who else can say were to put them??

 

I put one at the bottom of the door panel facing down. Gives a nice blue dot when you open the door. I'm going to do two more to make 3 and give it the VIP look, but only when you open the door...

 

i so want to do this to but the thought of taking anything apart and not knowing anything about it is just so intimidating, anyone live near san antonio wanna hook me up? or know where i could get some one to do this with out paying a million dollars???

 

I felt the same way but you just got to be careful when taking it apart...once I decided to actually take mine apart it was really easy. But then again that might just be the xB I don't know about the tC. Just look for a thread that has a dash removal for a tC. Mine is as simple as 2 screws and pulling gently to get it off.

 

put 2 in each vent... get it brighter

 

wow i might have to reconsider were i am puting this things that hole VIP door things sounds like something i realy want to do what do u wier it to, to get them to come on when u open the doors i realy want to knwo and i might just do a hole DIY for this sit and mine. so pleas what u wiering them to my first thought is the dome light but then if u turn it one they will come one to. so wahts up u going to tell me or not?? lol i am geting all exited i am geting three things by this weekend to install. i am geting my ground stabolizer my ground wiering kit and my led lights.... i am so exited.

 

DIY is key for xbman'sattempt to install a/c vent lights

 

LED DIY:

select location, drill hole, insert grommet from front of hole, insert LED in back of hole until it seats in grommet. Ground neg, connect all positives together (assuming multiple LEDs) and run to your switch, then to your power source. Done.

I would also suggest using inverted tip LEDs in the vents.

Most of my lighting is connected to a switch. My 5 cupholder LEDs are wired into the shift indicator light on the shift console, the normal mood lighting is on one switch and the show lights are on another

 

here, you've got to think about whether you want you LED's on when the car is on or not. Depending on where you attach the power wire you could end up with LED's that dont turn off, ever. That is unless you get a switch to put inline.

If you attach them to a power line that is only on when the car is on (or in accessory position) then you will have to deal with them being on in the daylight, which you may or may not mind.

Just a few things to think about.

 

Yea I decided to get extra wire and put them all to one switch so if I get pulled over or if I by chance don't want them on I can just flick them off. I will probably put the switch at the 3rd switch panel on the center console next to my fog lights switch.

 

i hate quoting my self but i need to knwo were to wier this??^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

If you want them to light whenever you open the door then you have to find that switch on your door that when it opens turns on the dome light inside your car. If you hook up your wire to that then whenever you open that door the led's will light up as well.

 

i guess. i think i will have to run a shiot load of wier to get it to do that though cuz the only switch to turn the light on in the car when u open the door in not even on the door its on the mid. piller at the bottome. well i guess it might be worth it. hey u got your lights yet did we not order them the at the same time last sun?