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05-17-2009, 02:08 PM

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Well I got it done. LEDs in the bottom of the door panels wired up to the dome light to dim in and out and only come on when the door is open. 9 5 mm LEDs per door that I got from Garage 1217.

How far apart did you placed the LEDs? You think i can use those thin led strips oznium sells? Doesn't the LEDs scrap your door sill?

When I measured it out and did the math, I placed one every 4.25 niches. The hardest part is making sure you are measuring the same and starting from the same starting point on each door. I just got out of the car tonight, (dark and rainy) and they put out a good amount of light. I was able to see a big puddle and step around it.

You could try the strips, I don't know how you would mount them, I guess tape or glue. I really don't know how durable the LEDs need to be. I am assuming they might be exposed to some more moisture. and I see those strips are water proof. I know the flat part of our door panel is about 35" (it depends how you measure) so the 28" might be a good route. I don't know how thick they are, so I don't know if they will fit under the door and not interfere with the closing of the door.

I wanted to uses these guys http://www.oznium.com/led-modules since they have adhesive on them already and then I could stick them to the bottom of the door and just run the wire. But they are a little pricey so I opted for the way I did it.

How did you mount yours beside drilling the hole? glue? tape? or just pressure?

Most of them were in there pretty tight, but some I had to dill out the hole a little more to get them in easier. But I bought a duel temp hot glue gun and bought some of their strongest glue I could get. Then once all the LEDs were in I put a dab of glue right between the LED and the door panel. Let me tell you, that gule seems pretty tough, a lot better than the craft glue I have used in the past.

Once that was done, I ran two 18ga wires one for the + and one for the -. This way they are in parallel so if one LED goes out, they all don't go out.

I also wired them up so that they can be unplugged when you need to take the door panel back off.

05-17-2009, 11:47 PM

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^^ nice stuff...

i got tunes again

... new deck wired in, subs and amp wired in... need a tune i think... but i gots tunes.... hopefully next sat/sun will get the wood work done and i'll be almost presentable

05-18-2009, 01:48 AM

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kekai you got tone disks.......i got DMM and disks.

05-18-2009, 03:07 AM

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Brian...no specific tone disks... just whatevers on the radio or cd i happen to snag...

but im pretty sure subs aren't hitting as hard as they can... but overall sounds good/clean... not to shabby for two 20$ sub boxes....

05-18-2009, 03:07 AM

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I just ordered me up some drilled and slotted brake rotors and just recently painted all the light grey pillar post with a stone looking paint.

05-18-2009, 05:28 AM

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oh dear yes we gotta tune the amp and subs to work together,then you can go loud with no distortion and not blow it up so much easier to do,I can tune it in 20 minutes......heck it takes me longer to drink a beer and open the next one.

05-18-2009, 05:48 AM

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You need to pre-open both bottles and drink faster. jk. 20 minutes is pretty impressive.

05-18-2009, 06:23 AM

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well... next sat some time is prob when i'll have a chance or sunday.... i'll figure out what day to do it cuz where they are placed... i'll have to tune them first or rip out lots of wood to get to'm

05-18-2009, 02:47 PM

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cool sounds good,as long as we can get to the amp and the gain and crossover ***** and sub terminals we are good.

05-18-2009, 03:23 PM

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^Can I get in on the Amp Tuning day too?

05-18-2009, 10:30 PM

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me too , i wanna be there for moral support.

plus i'm sure i have some more wood working to do on the system to get it done!

05-18-2009, 11:12 PM

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thinking sunday maybe the best day... have family stuff in the afternoon of sat so... sunday maybe? can do bbq too??

05-18-2009, 11:50 PM

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sunday bbq sounds fun

05-19-2009, 12:07 AM

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let me check the schedule, but i may be able to pull a few strings & come over to kick it & eat some grub!

05-19-2009, 12:52 AM

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i wanna go to the bbq

05-19-2009, 05:05 AM

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can put extra hands too work... digging and stuff....lol only so many hands/bodies can fit working on my car at once...

plus no work on monday... so no early to bed issues

i'll keep ya'll posted