Fun with LED's

Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:37 pm

Just put these in. Sooooooo Easy! Got led strips on ebay. $7 a pair. Wired into side markers. Finishes off the look of the car. Love it!

Northernstar · Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:34 pm

I think it's a little too busy for me, one strip on each side looks perfect imho
but as long as you like it~~

Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:14 pm

haha. If I could have put in the 4th strip originally planned i would have.

PittsburghJoe · Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:48 pm

nytq wrote:Just put these in. Sooooooo Easy! Got led strips on ebay. $7 a pair. Wired into side markers. Finishes off the look of the car. Love it!

Looks super cool. Can you give a little more detail on how to wire in to side markers? And speaking of side markers I remember reading on here a few months ago about side marker covers and but couldn't find the thread in my searches. Thanks and nice work.

Joe

Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:55 pm

I just tapped into the +/- leads going to the side markers (yellow) about 1 foot away from the installation. There are only 2 wires on each side, and they are red and black so easy to identify. I used these wire splice connectors to keep it clean and made sure everything was finished off with electrical tape. I also bought 2 extra led strips just incase of failure, since they were cheapos from china.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180916754920?ss ... 1439.l2649

PittsburghJoe · Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:14 pm

nytq wrote:I just tapped into the +/- leads going to the side markers (yellow) about 1 foot away from the installation. There are only 2 wires on each side, and they are red and black so easy to identify. I used these wire splice connectors to keep it clean and made sure everything was finished off with electrical tape. I also bought 2 extra led strips just incase of failure, since they were cheapos from china.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180916754920?ss ... 1439.l2649

Hi nytq,

I'm definitely going to do this. 2 questions though if you don't mind. First I'm guessing you don't never had fog lights? Secondly do you access the side marker wires from underneath by taking off the plastic guards? I only have 4k on my kizzy so I haven't even changed the oil yet. I popped the hood today and didn't see access to them from the top but I'm guessing access from underneath is the way to go.

Thanks again,

Joe

Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:41 pm

1) I did not have fog lights

2) I had to remove the bumper. This sounds intimidating, but it is really easy. Just screws along the bottom, a couple in the wheel wells, and 3 on top of the grille. Just pops off.

You pretty much have to do this as the fog grilles are screwed in from the back. It will be much easier for you to access and do the wiring this way.

I changed out my horns at the time with El Grande's. Also very easy, just remove and replace.

topcat45 · Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:46 am

That looks awesome mate. Would you still have the ebay link for the LED strips. You blokes in the US must have different regulations to us here in Australia. I did have some mounted but a few of the LED's failed & I removed them because they looked stupid. Here we just hot wire them into the back relay in the relay box & they come on with the ignition.

Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:24 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-New-30cm-505 ... 25723cc971

Have to say I'm impressed that these have not had any problems. I still have 2 extra strips just in case of a failure, but I've been running these in all sorts of weather at least 10 hours a week with no issue yet (knock on wood LOL)

As far as wiring.... completely up to the individual.

Enjoy!