Well, true to my nature, I can't leave well enough alone. I have to have LED fog/running lights, and I thought the interior was very very dim at night, and of course wanted to add a little light when backing up. And I did not have my tripod so some may be blurry.

Let me know what you think... sometimes I go overboard, but you'll have that I guess.

First off, the fogs/DRL's/parking. They are 100ma white superflux LED's. 12 of them per side, running at about 90ma (to prolong life) off a 8V regulator (so they never dim with voltage drops). I do have the TRD intake so that side is kinda ghetto as I have the LED's right in the vent, exposed to the weather...I do have 15 coats of clear coat on there to help with that.. we'll see. The other side is just drilled enough for the 5mm head of the LED to poke through. Most of these are with my Nikon and as close to real life light output as I could dial in.. so, they are hella bright!








LED backups, just drilled into plexi and mounted to some metal underneath.. Same LED's as the fogs, 8V regulators, running at full 100ma as they are not on long enough. And the LED's in the TBL are the same way, but I made a custom diffuser to hide the actual LED's and any wires you might see...













And as for the interior, I added orange 5mm straw hat LED's everywhere. All 4 vents, under the front seats facing forward and backwards, 2 under each footwell one aiming down and one aiming toward the door pocket, two in the center console aiming down right below the shifter, and on sniper one in the center console latch hole aiming toward the shifter/cupholders. They are all tapped into the dash lights so they dim with the rest of the interior lights and come on/off with the parking lights.

 

Cool! Pretty good job, I can tell you that!

 

Nice job, and very professional looking. I like the look of your vent lights much better than the Audi/Benz look-alikes out there. Yours matched the flow of the car much better. What voltage reg did you use? And what are "straw hat" LEDs? I imagine it's a shape, but I'm not familiar with that description. And where did you get your parts from? And why am I asking so many questions??? And....I better quit here before I put my foot in my mouth. But again, very nice work, well thought out and cleanly done!

 

That's a lot of backup lights...

What's that plug hanging down from the right side bumper?

 

Thanks for the comments!

The voltage regulator is a 7808 that I found a LOT of on ebay couple years ago.. its nothing fancy, but keeps the lights the exact brightness everytime, car on or off..

Straw hat is sort of a slang term for a short/stubby 5mm led, where the die is closer to the tip which allows for 120 degree viewing angle VS a 15 degree regular 5mm..

Most of my stuff comes from ebay.. jkled, besthk, ledcar, and a couple others in the past, but the last stuff came from some other seller, but they are working great..

 

You know, for the toaster!

 

Aaaah, I gotcha I gotcha. And my "right", I clearly meant left.

I wish I was better at electrical...

 

should LED the fogs!

 

LEDs aren't bright enough for foglights yet. You'll need multiple side emitting 3w units with individual reflectors to make it happen. Even in the home and theatrical market, LEDs still don't have the lumen output as compared to their halogen bretheren.

 

and i thought i was the LED king. good work sir

 

Very slick, looks great!

 

do you have a write up for how to do the LED running lights? They look awesome.

 

I'm hoping for a detailed "How-To" as well. Looks better than the solution(s) I've been thinking about. Some new ideas here I have to digest. I have a nice LED replacement unit I purchased from LED-Mods for the single back-up, but I'd still like better passenger side brightness.

 

Thanks guys, I do not have a how too.. its a little involved, but not too bad. I've wanted to do a write up, but my 2 yr old keeps me busy plus I got one coming in March.. so pretty busy these days...

 

Yeah, I understand. But, would money motivate you? Because I would buy them

 

Negative.

 

Okay, well maybe you can point me in the right direction, then?