Installed LED's (pics)

[Vmo]

Here you can see the LEDs I installed for the enjoyment of my passengers - I put in a total of 30. The pics are kind of grainy but you can see the light patterns. The ones that illuminate the leather door accents (rear only) and the overhead area light in the back (does the same thing as the center console light in the front) are orange. The courtesy lights in the doors (fron and rear) shine straight down and arranged as white, red, white, red, white so the make a pink puddle of light on the ground. They only come on when the doors are open.Wiring was straightforward and it was a simple matter of drilling holes and mounting them, but it was VEEEEEEERRRRRRRRY tedious (took 8 hours all told). The results speak for themselves, and it only cost about $40!

More pics on my cardomain site.....
Modified by Vmo at 7:05 PM 11/23/2005

[DrewQ45]

Vmo,

Forgive me for asking this but.... WHY?

[Q-less]

..............got rice?see I told you guys, no one is immune......lol

[Q-less]

BTW..........are you on PreludePower?

Your Preludes look very familiar.

[Vmo]

Actually the pic is way overexposed so it looks like they're a lot brighter than they are. I just wanted a little light in the back so it would match the front. I basically copied what you'll find in a BMW 745 stock. And yes, I'm on preludepower also under the same name

[Q-less]

I knew it!!! I was briefly on there after buying a black 1989 SI (89CherrySI)I followed your link before on PP and saw those Preludes..........small world Belated welcome to NICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do what you want man, just don't put a snow plow on it like this douche:zerothread?id=145995

[nchopp]

Not sure about the color, but I like the effect.

[Vmo]

just don't put a snow plow on it like this douche:zerothread?id=145995

good lord - hopefully he'll hit a good speed bump and have a car that smells like dead fish for a while.

My prelude is currently speed primer gray, and I sometimes wonder why I keep it, but it's so different from driving the Q (which is faster) it's nice to have the contrast.

The pics don't really show the color of the lights, just the light patterns. I'll have to get out my film camera to get a decent pic.

Thanks for the welcome! - I have to go change out the fuel pump tomorrow. No noise or anything like 99% of everybody else, it just wouldn't start one day....oh well at least it's easy to get to.

[Jesda]

Interesting. Its like what you find in limos.

[Raxephon]

4-door Luxury car + red interior lights = Escort Service



j/k

[Vmo]

hehe - when I started looking for a new car I seriously considered a 70" stretch lincoln town car - but I kept thinking about having to park that thing so I finally gave up. Plus how gay is it to go through a wendy's drive thru with that and then order off the 99cent menu?

[maxnix]

Don't know what to say except....RED???

Is the front next? Christmas lights on the rear parcel shelf?

[nchopp]

hehe - when I started looking for a new car I seriously considered a 70" stretch lincoln town car - but I kept thinking about having to park that thing so I finally gave up. Plus how gay is it to go through a wendy's drive thru with that and then order off the 99cent menu?

Bwa ha ha... That's what I run into sometimes when I go in to donate plasma. Had a buddy come up to me, "Hey, I thought you had some new kick-*** job or something?" Me: "Sure do, and it don't pay sh(t. Our Chief Engineer, Operations Manager, and Secretary all donate too."

[q45VIP]

Looks great.Can you post or e-mail me detailed instructions on how you wired the LEDs.

Thanks.

Julio C.

[Vmo]

Don't know what to say except....RED???

They're Orange (in the compartment anyway)

Is the front next? Christmas lights on the rear parcel shelf?

nothing in the front - VIPs ride in the back. My first car was a 1983 honda civic wagon - auto, 50hp, not cool in any way, shape, or form. I knew there was no hope so I put KC lights on it and a CB, Scanner, and VHF radio with big antennas on the back. As if that weren't enough, every year I strung christmas lights along the sides. People in high school actually liked it, but the chicks still wouldn't ride in it lol

I don't plan on doing that to the Q though...since it's not hard at all to get chicks to ride in it!

[qship96]

the brothas of baltimore would carjack you if you rolled through town!

[Falkdesigns]

I like the effect and placement, but I think it would be better in white, although, the red is more of an ambient glow. Nice work!

[nchopp]

I was thinking white, too. Might be kind of a fun mod...

[goody90q45]

It's not for me but I think they look great. I think they would be useful in the trunk or under the hood. OEM lighting doesn't quite light these areas enough. There's a lot of suggestions out there to change to white (clear) bulbs but they may put out too much light. If they are easily interchangeable I think you should try different colors depending on the season. Christmas- Red/green, Halloween- Orange, $th of July- Red, white and blue. The color combinations are endless. Good job on the install.

BTW- In their tool department Sears sells a baseball cap for $10 with 2 clear LED's built into the tip of the bill. They focus to a point about 1 or 2 feet away from your eyes. They put out a lot of light and the hat's great to wear while working on the Q, especially in the engine compartment. Next time your wife, girlfriend or significant other asks what you want for Christmas ask for the hat.

[elwesso]

I really like it... I think its a very nice touch, and it works in the Y33.. Not something id do in my Q or any G50 but it gives such a nice ambience to the interior........

[Vmo]

Thanks for the guestbook entry Falk, although your ride is so freakin sick I don't think there's much I could do to compete!

I didn't want there to be any interference to my vision when driving so I didn't go with white. If they need it, there's still the overhead lights.

I think they would be useful in the trunk or under the hood. OEM lighting doesn't quite light these areas enough.

When you think about how little current they draw it would be easy to get carried away. But as you said, you can pretty much do whatever you want, fiber optics, etc.

[ceningolmo]

I agree... I probably would have done a soft blue color or something like that... but, it definately looks "limo".

[redmanfx]

I actually played with the green led's in the 4ft tubing and put them down in the passanger foot space and in the back seat foot areas along with the drivers side foot area and I kept wanting to look at them when I drove at night. They were just loosly put there so I could check them out and they were cool, but They definetly took my attention away from the road. After about 4 days they were gone. This was about a year ago.

I think they could be incorporated to the interior, but in a less obvious way. Maybe a couple throughout the interior.

red

[Vmo]

yeah I had hoped that the lights would only highlight the leather inserts in the door and therefore just give a little indirect lighting, but there's just no way to get the angle right without making them stick way out of the door panel, or building custom holders to recess them (would have been my preferred method but I don't have the resources).