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[caribou17]

Well last night i put in some LED glow strips in the footwell area they are colour changing and the other ones are just regular blue, i wired the switches into the glovebox. I think it looks pretty good i love having the lights in my car! What do you guys think?





Also cleaned the carpet and seats, Looks good for being 18 years old!

[zfjohnson07]

put some clear plastic mats, and it'll make the whole car glow! mine use to do that

[caribou17]

put some clear plastic mats, and it'll make the whole car glow! mine use to do that

Thats a great idea, thanks!

[mkernz22]

Have the same LEDs in my car, I love them! Also, I put a blue LED board in the map light so it's blue when you open the doors up haha

[caribou17]

Have the same LEDs in my car, I love them! Also, I put a blue LED board in the map light so it's blue when you open the doors up haha

I wanted to get a coloured map light too but i couldn't find one!, I just got the regular white LED board, Also put one in the trunk it was a perfect fit if you remove the sticky plastic on the back of the light, Lights up the trunk just awesome too.

[Kaizee93]

Love the leds in the car man, i've just changed the basic interior lights in mine but I have a blue led shifter thats pretty cool:

[mgnt232]

If ur really into it you can put them like anywhere lol.
I have leds in all the vents, parking brake, center console, headlights, ect. I have a pic from a while back ill try to find

Kind of hard to see, but since you know the celica its not too hard lol


Daytime vents


Handles


map light


Old crappy phone doesn't rally pic it up


Lights

[caribou17]

Love the leds in the car man, i've just changed the basic interior lights in mine but I have a blue led shifter thats pretty cool:

Damn! I always wondered if they made a shifter knob with lights in it haha. Ive never been able to find a decent one, I have to ask where you got that!? Looks awesome!

This post has been edited by caribou17: Jun 24, 2012 - 2:38 PM

[caribou17]

If ur really into it you can put them like anywhere lol.
I have leds in all the vents, parking brake, center console, headlights, ect. I have a pic from a while back ill try to find

I really like them in the vents that would light it up really nice!. Im curious what do you have all your lights wired to for power? Is it all from the same source?,,Love your car man.

[Kaizee93]

Love the leds in the car man, i've just changed the basic interior lights in mine but I have a blue led shifter thats pretty cool:

Damn! I always wondered if they made a shifter knob with lights in it haha. Ive never been able to find a decent one, I have to ask where you got that!? Looks awesome!

Haha yer it is sick hey! just off ebay hey only cost round the $30 - $40 mark and it looks awesome!

Lights

How did you get them here? that is pretty cool

[mgnt232]

If ur really into it you can put them like anywhere lol.
I have leds in all the vents, parking brake, center console, headlights, ect. I have a pic from a while back ill try to find

I really like them in the vents that would light it up really nice!. Im curious what do you have all your lights wired to for power? Is it all from the same source?,,Love your car man.

Thanks again, and ill get back to you tomorrow about all the wiring and what not for the vents. I know i have a thread somewhere for it, but don't have the time to find it. You can look if u want , or ill just find it and explain some stuff.

And which lights are u talking about kaizee? the fogs, headlights, washers (on the hood)?

[caribou17]

Thanks again, and ill get back to you tomorrow about all the wiring and what not for the vents. I know i have a thread somewhere for it, but don't have the time to find it. You can look if u want , or ill just find it and explain some stuff

I searched it up I like that idea for the vents ill definitely have to do that eventually

This post has been edited by caribou17: Jun 25, 2012 - 10:34 PM

[Kaizee93]

And which lights are u talking about kaizee? the fogs, headlights, washers (on the hood)?

Sorry I meant to say the headlights

[mgnt232]

kaizee: sorry my schedule is crazy
I don't have the pics cause I'm not where the car is stored. But all I did was use 3mm or 5mm (can't remember) prewired 12v LEDs from radio shack. There are like $1-2 each? Used two per light. (store had like red, blue and free, but online has any color obviously).
And then you just drill a small hole in the top of the headlight (the grey plastic piece, behind the glass). there is only one spot that really makes any sense to do it. Feed them through the headlight (little bit of a pain) and they come with washers and nuts to tighten them into the headlamp. And just wire them to a switch, as its illegal to actually drive like that lol. and turn them on when u want.

caribou: the vent lights and handles are all wire together. I had the wired a bit complicated (not took complicated, but they could go just to a main power and a switch). I use the power from the cig lighter, light. On the back of the cig lighter there are two wires just for a little light (ground and power) and it turns on with the headlights (and gauges). Also used LEDs from radioshack that are prewired to be 12v and work in the car.
Then just take the vents out individually and run wires to the power source. Drill out the correct size hole for the LED. You gotta get a little creative with the wiring, but if u know basic wiring. + to + and - to - its pretty simple.
I also had a manual switch incase I got pulled over. The drivers side vent has a small circle on the top right (just look). I used a normal toggle switch (also red) to manually turn the power off.
And LEDs consume like no power so you can add quite a few of them. Let me know if not all of the made sense

[Kaizee93]

Wow man thats awesome, nice to see some one going the next level

[caribou17]

caribou: the vent lights and handles are all wire together. I had the wired a bit complicated (not took complicated, but they could go just to a main power and a switch). I use the power from the cig lighter, light. On the back of the cig lighter there are two wires just for a little light (ground and power) and it turns on with the headlights (and gauges). Also used LEDs from radioshack that are prewired to be 12v and work in the car.
Then just take the vents out individually and run wires to the power source. Drill out the correct size hole for the LED. You gotta get a little creative with the wiring, but if u know basic wiring. + to + and - to - its pretty simple.
I also had a manual switch incase I got pulled over. The drivers side vent has a small circle on the top right (just look). I used a normal toggle switch (also red) to manually turn the power off.
And LEDs consume like no power so you can add quite a few of them. Let me know if not all of the made sense

Thanks a lot for the info man I'm definitely going to get on this soon, i just love the look of them in there!

[jordisonjr]

Have leds under my seats, dash and in the vents.
I regret putting them in.
Only think I like about it is how the switches are mounted haha

[caribou17]

Have leds under my seats, dash and in the vents.
I regret putting them in.
Only think I like about it is how the switches are mounted haha

Just curious, why do you regret putting them in?

[mgnt232]

I'm curious to that as well. If you wire them to a switch its not like they need to even be on all the time lol. And if they are wired correctly, they shouldn't be in the way, or cause any problems, or even look like they are there if they're off. And if u like working on cars the time put in (it does take a while) shouldn't be a big deal. So I'm curious as well

[jordisonjr]

Just not a fan of them anymore, I guess I outgrew the trend or whatever you want to call it.
I still have them in, just barely ever use them.
I just hate getting asked, "Are the switches for Nitrous?" "Are the switches for your hydraulics" and other stupid crap like that.
Its also a pain in the ass having them in the vents everytime I have to take my deck out. (Everywinter before storing it)

Here's a pic of the switches: