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My DIY door lighting mod
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Junior User
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: B.F.E., TX, USA
Ok, if you can still dim those down, that's frickin sweet.
It looks as if a write up of my door lights is in the works. I'm off tomorrow so I'm going to finish the passenger door and try to knock out the driver's door too. Thanks for all of your input.
It looks as if a write up of my door lights is in the works. I'm off tomorrow so I'm going to finish the passenger door and try to knock out the driver's door too. Thanks for all of your input.
Elder User
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 636
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From: Saskatoon
Ya they are cranked up for the pics, just remember leds need to be dimmed with a pulse width modulation switch. not voltage modulation, i had to put a separate dimmer in for this, not hard to do just takes a little time and soldering. Its fun having a truck with mods that no one around you has!!
New User
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 15
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From: Jefferson City, Tennessee
I have put blue leds in my cup holder and also switched all the leds in the window and door locks in my truck to blue, and have installed a blue dash overlay and radio. I love the blue so much more than green, i find it easy on the eyes and it looks awesome I will post some pics tonight after dark!
was it hard making the door locks and stuff blue cause i really want to do that in my truck
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Junior User
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: B.F.E., TX, USA
Ya they are cranked up for the pics, just remember leds need to be dimmed with a pulse width modulation switch. not voltage modulation, i had to put a separate dimmer in for this, not hard to do just takes a little time and soldering. Its fun having a truck with mods that no one around you has!!
I FINALLY got the passenger door put back together and I'm not completely happy. I think I'm gonna add 2 more LEDs on the bottom. Also probably gonna add some to light up my future running boards. And I decided to put one in my cupholder too after I dropped a 32oz drink in the dark the other night. (Big thanks to the previous owner, who opted for the carpet delete.)
Here's what it looks like so far...
Elder User
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Saskatoon
o-SUPER_DUTY-o those doors look really good, might have to think about doing something like that!
Molon Labe
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Alaska
Great job Dean. I like it alot.
Where did you get your dash overlay, and how difficult was it to change over to blue light behind it.
I have been wanting to do that for a while. Its the reason I ordered my white face gauges with blue lights.
Where did you get your dash overlay, and how difficult was it to change over to blue light behind it.
I have been wanting to do that for a while. Its the reason I ordered my white face gauges with blue lights.
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Joined: Sep 2010
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From: B.F.E., TX, USA
Thanks again for all the feedback from everybody. A write up is in the works. I still have to do my driver's side door and I will be taking flotsam of pictures and do a step by step. I've been very busy with work and I'm a single father so finding the time is the hard part. I'm off Wed and Thurs so possibly might get it done then. Thanks again to everyone who took the poll and have left feedback for me.
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,564
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From: Wayyy NoCal, USA
Blue is not my cup of tea, but supporting guys brave and skilled enough to modify their trucks to suit themselves IS!
Well done!
Tips: Getting LED's from on-line electronics dealers (Mouser, MCM, Newark, et al) will be much, much cheaper. Like 1/10 the cost, or less. Can also find a much better selection of colors. Most of what I use are the newer "warm white" LED's that are closer to 4500K in color than the original "white" leds, that were actually very blue. It took a long time to improve the technology to get a truer white.
Well done!
Tips: Getting LED's from on-line electronics dealers (Mouser, MCM, Newark, et al) will be much, much cheaper. Like 1/10 the cost, or less. Can also find a much better selection of colors. Most of what I use are the newer "warm white" LED's that are closer to 4500K in color than the original "white" leds, that were actually very blue. It took a long time to improve the technology to get a truer white.