Another Boot LED How To

[srhutch]

So I've had a strip of White LED's for some time now (no surprise some might say).

Anyway after recent posts I ordered 1Metre of white 5050 LED's. They arrived today and after some family time I've already fitted them.

I didn't want to hack any of the cars wiring so I chose to employ this method.

Take out the existing LED boot light

Remove the first resistor from each side and solder on some tails. After this pic was taken I put a tie wrap round them to ensure they stayed in place.

I then joined these tails to the ones from the led strip. As I couldn't find my heat shrink tube I used bullet connectors. I then fed the modified light down the back of the carpet above the light (easy job) and plugged the bulb back in and then attached the strip to the top of the boot.

End result, a boot which you can see in when it's dark. And a completely reversible mod.

 

[mr wilks]

Hhhhhmmmm ? Quirky & eeerrrrr as you say reversible

 

[Zeddicus]

I love the very colorful background on your two first pictures, very artistic!
As for the mod, hmm never had the need of extra lighting :?

 

[Machine monkey]

I love all this stuff. I will never get around to doing it. But I like it!

 

[srhutch]

I love the very colorful background on your two first pictures, very artistic!
As for the mod, hmm never had the need of extra lighting :?

The standard boot light is shite to say the least. Lots of folk have done this mod one way or another.

 

[srhutch]

Hhhhhmmmm ? Quirky & eeerrrrr as you say reversible

Also completely invisible, unless you are a real short arse, like Taz maybe :evil:

 

[Liam-O]

Remove the first resistor from each side and solder on some tails.

Which resistor is it you removed? Pictures of my LED below.

 

[srhutch]

Liam, it was the one numbered 111. Mine had two on the other side also.

 

[Liam-O]

Liam, it was the one numbered 111. Mine had two on the other side also.

All soldererd in and the LED strip is working. Did your LED bulb itself stop working afterwards? It's obviously not an issue at the 1m strip now does the job (just wondering).

Thanks for the help, pictures to follow

 

[srhutch]

From memory it still works, although I thought removing the resister would make it fail.

 

[obewan]

I love the very colorful background on your two first pictures, very artistic!
As for the mod, hmm never had the need of extra lighting :?

The standard boot light is shite to say the least. Lots of folk have done this mod one way or another.

+1
I did similar recently but just pushed the LED wires in the existing light connection and taped up (and didn't re connect to the existing light)
What a difference - and like you say easy reversible
So easy I did the wife's Astra as well

 

[Liam-O]

Everyone likes pictures