Cheap Alternative to Interior Ambient Lighting

[S197 GT]

Well, I'll start off saying that this is definately not for everyone. It's something only a few will appreciate, but I've always wanted to do this.

I really like the mood lighting you can get out of LEDs, and after seeing the pics of the '08+ option for Ambient Lighting, I had to make a LED kit for my ride.

Since I have the MyColor option and NEXUS gauges, it was a given that I'd have to make multiple colors. Since I always run with the gauges blue and sometimes red, I decided those were the colors I'd use for the harness.

I got my LEDs here http://www.oznium.com/prewired-superflux and they had fast shipping and had no issues. Really inexpensive too.

I am running 10 red and 10 blue LEDs. 2 of each color under each side of the dash, 2 of each color along each door sill, and 1 of each color on each side of the back seat. This way I am illuminating the floor in front of the driver and passenger as well as the floor in the back seat. I've left spots to easily tap into on my harness to add more LEDs under the hood and in the trunk.

Here's an extremely rough sketch of how I ran the harness and where the LEDs lie...

I am using my Speed of Sound Switch Panel to activate the LEDs. I ran the red LEDs to one switch and the blue LEDs to another switch. This way I can have each light on it's own or I can have both on at the same time to make a purplish white hue.

Here are some pics...(I apologize in advance because the pics are pretty bad, but I haven't been able to get good pics)

 

[marcspaz]

Pretty cool...I like how well they blend for a nice purple...

 

[94tbird]

thats HOTTTTT

 

[don_w]

If Donna sees this, she's gonna want me to put the blue in my car. Hell, she wants me to put underlighting on my tool box.

 

[freebass55]

Looks cool.

 

[Charlie Sheen]

Looks cool Nick! I just ordered some myself. In the rare color of green.

 

[Hawgman]

Sorry man....

 

[S197 GT]

Sorry man....

Like I said, it's not for everyone. It's much cheaper than the $200 retrofit for the Ford Version, and this way I can change colors with my gauges.

It's not as bright as it shows up in some of the pictures.

 

[stkjock]

I can appreciate the look, however it's not my taste....

 

[ulev1st]

It's not for everybody...but I sorta like the effect.

 

[andyman]

I like the red..... need to do that on mine. I would like to do it with a fader though, to adjust the brightness

AND THEY HAVE BLACKLIGHT!!! aweseom!!

 

[Clay]

I like the way it looks in your car, you did it very tastefully, but I've just seen too many ricers with underglow and interior glow that I can't stop associating lighting with ricer.

Either way, really great work man, it does look fantastic =)

 

[S197 GT]

I like the red..... need to do that on mine. I would like to do it with a fader though, to adjust the brightness

AND THEY HAVE BLACKLIGHT!!! aweseom!!

I don't think you can get an LED to fade. I may be wrong, but I think they are pretty much ON/OFF.

I like the way it looks in your car, you did it very tastefully, but I've just seen too many ricers with underglow and interior glow that I can't stop associating lighting with ricer.

Either way, really great work man, it does look fantastic =)

I'd never put any kind of underglow kit or wheel well lighting, but I agree with you that this setp-up is still tasteful and not too dramatic. In all honesty, the blue is pretty bright, but the red really gives off a nice red glow.

 

[nmeofdst82]

Fading is possible..just not sure how

I have the Center Dome lights replaced with Blacklight LEDs, looks pretty frickin cool at night.

When they go off, they fade down and out like the stock bulbs did. However that module in the dome light assembly does it, it works to fade them.

 

[KIMMER]

Looks pretty sweet man! You did a damn nice job!

 

[KIMMER]

I'm doing orange and UV...lol

 

[don_w]

I'm going to use infrared... so my french fries will stay warm.

 

[KIMMER]

I'm going to use infrared... so my french fries will stay warm.

LOL! I like the cup holder pics on there website. The look damn bright!

 

[KIMMER]

Got all my lights yesterday, packaged well and look like they are very high quality! Thanks for the link to these!

 

[GIG4FUN]

anyone think about doing white? I may do it in white lights. I have mycolor option but I don't know... I must be too old for "mood lighting" in the rest of the car.