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LED lighting mod project

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:43 am
by Splinter
Basically Im replacing the dome and trunk lights with strips of LEDs inside lexan concealed in edges of the car. Pointsource lighting sucks because of the shadows it casts. With striplighting, you get a lot more usable light with the same overall brightness.

The final colour will be white, but Im doing the testing with colour because I dont want to wreck my whites :P

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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:08 pm
by jnorion
Sounds like a cool idea, I remember reading about the Ambient Lighting system they have in the Maybach and wanting to adapt it to other cars. Would you have the strips actually hidden or in view?

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:38 pm
by Splinter
Hidden to the extent that they can be.

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:57 am
by Splinter
1 amp 3.3V regulator

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Here's hoping it doesnt explode!

Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:59 pm
by Radial GT1
where you get the lexan at?

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:31 am
by Splinter
Local Industrial Plastics store

They had all sorts of plastic stock

Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:41 pm
by magicmike
yo yo yo, send some pics in when your done to that new show on mtv3 called "trick my trunk" lol