Interior Trim and Underhood LED's

Did some under-hood led's.. i promise they're not as bright as they seem in the pics lol. Used a momentary-on switch that gets pressed down by the hood when closed and shuts the led's off. Wired straight to the battery. They cast the right amount of light, and cover the whole engine bay nicely.
Im ordering some more for the trunk and footwells.

got some interior trim from Mr. Mikes, this stuff is magic.

Let me live with it for a few days to give you my final verdict, im still 50/50 about the trim around the gear shifter. The doors came out great. I used a little extra to fill a gap above the radio. Nice little touch too.
I put some around the map light console and it looks really neat and clean.

Used a hairdryer to fit it nicely and the stuff really works well. Easy to mold and conforms like a private schoolboy does to rules.

Overall, I would definitely recommend mr mikes trim, fast shipping and 15ft was only $20 shipped.

Apologies in advanced on the iphone pics.. only camera i have at the moment.

cliff

saweeettt

I've been wanting to install an underhood light as well. Would come in very handy. I installed some of MrMikes welt as well. I now have it around the shifter boot as well and I too am 50/50 on whether I like it or not.

you wouldnt have to apologize about iphone pics if you had a droid

Turned out pretty good though

yea let me see over a few days about the trim around the gear shifter...
idk if its tacky or not. oh well its not permanent so...

lol iphones are shit. i hate mine but Im not yet ready for an upgrade so still a few months till another phone..

Looks good!

I have the silver tinsel welt around the shifter, does not stand out as much as the white.

Yea even though the white matches the shifter knob and exterior, the black makes it stand out quite a lot

Added some more.....

Changed all the bulbs in the car to LED bulbs, MUCH brigher and whiter. Look a million times better.
EVERYONE should do it.
i got mine from Virtual Village...
Also added an LED strip in the trunk. turned out awesome...

that looks really bad ass!!! I don't think I would have done the license plates though.. haha.

alloy6ix said:

that looks really bad ass!!! I don't think I would have done the license plates though.. haha.

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yea its not THAT bright lol, the pictures make it seem like that. Its just ALOT whiter, so it seems brighter....

Im going to be doing the footwells next to match my mycolor...

And then im going to put some LEDs in my exhaust, what color do you think would be the best?......

nah, ill be done after the footwells...

SilentScope said:

yea its not THAT bright lol, the pictures make it seem like that. Its just ALOT whiter, so it seems brighter....

Im going to be doing the footwells next to match my mycolor...

And then im going to put some LEDs in my exhaust, what color do you think would be the best?......

nah, ill be done after the footwells...

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That's EXACTLY what I was going to suggest!!! Then afterwards do some LEDs inside the intake tube, and proly some more in the cats so you know what's going on inside those tricky bastards...

alloy6ix said:

That's EXACTLY what I was going to suggest!!! Then afterwards do some LEDs inside the intake tube, and proly some more in the cats so you know what's going on inside those tricky bastards...

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do you know how much HP i would get if I put some LED's in my cats? and do i need a tune?

SilentScope said:

do you know how much HP i would get if I put some LED's in my cats? and do i need a tune?

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Let me go drink 30 beers and find out for you.

(as per request):
Trunk LED's:
http://www.virtualvillage.com/120cm...on-strip-light-for-car-or-van-002510-100.html

and

http://www.virtualvillage.com/2-xenon-white-42mm-c5w-led-car-bulbs-with-9-leds-each-002510-068.html

License Plate:
http://www.virtualvillage.com/2-white-led-car-bulbs-with-4-leds-each-for-side-lights-002510-045.html

Dome/Map Lights:
http://www.virtualvillage.com/2-xenon-white-led-t15-car-bulbs-with-9-leds-in-each-002510-095.html
(available in blue too, the bulbs are T-15 Wedge base, but pretty much any wedge base works.. T-10 etc)

The dome and license plate use the same wedge (T-15/11/12/ also known as 194)

The trunk light is a 42mm (anything from 39-44mm will work) festoon bulb.

lights and trim look great, I need to look into doing some sort of light under my hood aswell

paydirt said:

lights and trim look great, I need to look into doing some sort of light under my hood aswell

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yea the light under the hood is the best addition so far.
It comes on automatically when the hood is open, real attention grabber and really looks good. nice broad, clean light.

Do you have a writeup on how you did the underhood light?

Parts, links, etc?

VERY interested in that!

waketek516 said:

Do you have a writeup on how you did the underhood light?

Parts, links, etc?

VERY interested in that!

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I have this kit
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15689&highlight=underhood+led

Looks like his pics are gone now though.


Its really simple, get leds that run off 12vdc and run the power wire off the battery under the hood blanket and up to a spot under the hood where you want to mount them, 3m tape them on to the hood to shine down in the engine bay. Then ground the black wire and install either a momentray pressure switch so it comes on when you pop the hood or you can install any kind of switch you want and then you can turn them on/off whenever.

yup, LEDS and a momentary switch is all u need

Cool! Thanks guys. I guess I always think of momentary switches as being ON when pressed down. Gotta find one that shuts OFF when pressed