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03-12-2008, 11:10 PM
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How to: Create custom LED Map/Dome lights[Tons of pics]
This is my howto on how to create custom map/dome lights with premade LED boards. I found the LEDs thanks to AZDAVE on HIDplant.com. Thread here:
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38557
I was never satisfied with the color or the output of the bulbs in the 4th gen map/dome lights so I decided to do my own.
I am NOT liable for anything YOU do to YOUR car so do this at your own RISK.
Tools/Parts:
Phillips Screw Driver
Flat head screw driver
Soldering Iron
Solder
50ohm resistors(or 100ohm) - See http://www.rcaz.com/images/electroni...r_solution.jpg
Led Cluster: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fantastic-Cluste...QQcmdZViewItem
Hot glue gun
Wire strippers/Cutters
Shrink Wrap(optional)
Installation:
Remove the map light by just pulling it down. It will come out easily. Get the boards and glue one board in the middle. Take another board and remove it from its base. Glue this one in next to the first board.
Solder one ground to another.
- Yes I know it looks like **** but I don't want any comments on it 
Run the wires through the holes and solder in as shown. The grey wire with the blue stripe is POSITIVE and the solid wire is the NEG.
Daytime pic - no flash
Daytime with cover on.
Last edited by Kevlo911; 03-12-2008 at 11:40 PM.
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03-12-2008, 11:10 PM
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Dome light:
Now on to the dome light. Remove the cover on the dome light and then remove the 2 phillips screws holding it in place.
You can mount the leds however you want. I wanted to keep the stock parts in so I did it this way. I cut off one end of the board making sure I didn't cut any traces EXCEPT the ones that connect the (+) and (-) on each side. Be careful when doing this.
This is how I installed the boards. Connect the grounds to eachother and you want to make sure you connect the grounds to the WHITE wire and the white wire ONLY. If you don't you would be able to retain the ON and Door open function. The hot glue also keeps the connections from touching so they wont short out.
Run the wires as shown.
Install like shown. The Grey/blue wire is positive once again.
Test just to make sure I wired it properly haha.
PLENTY of output
Now go back and install it in the car...
Last edited by Kevlo911; 03-12-2008 at 11:39 PM.
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03-12-2008, 11:11 PM
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Output pictures:
Backseat - map light output.
From the outside of the car - map light only.
From the sunroof closed - map light only
Drivers side front - Dome light only
Next to dome light - dome output
Last edited by Kevlo911; 03-12-2008 at 11:24 PM.
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03-12-2008, 11:18 PM
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More output
From front of car - dome only
Back seat - map and dome on
From outside the car - map and dome on
From the front of the car - map and dome on
From outside the car - map and dome on
http://kevlo911.ic3donline.com/image...e/IMG_1926.jpg
Random shot of my 2 color gauges lol.
This cost me about 10 bucks so I considered it a success.
Last edited by Kevlo911; 03-12-2008 at 11:29 PM.
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03-12-2008, 11:19 PM
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Sweet, Check you Pm.
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03-12-2008, 11:24 PM
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more!
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03-13-2008, 01:05 AM
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looks really nice man.
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03-13-2008, 09:57 AM
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 Nice thread kev.
Love the gator in the front seat. 
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05-23-2008, 07:00 AM
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05-23-2008, 08:00 AM
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just ordered 50 3mm white 6000mcd LEDS and going to redo everything, pretty much what you did, cause setup right now is crap and is falling apart. 
where did you get your breadboard by the way? radioshack perhaps?
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05-23-2008, 08:04 AM
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Search "9 chip led" on Ebay and you will see the boards I bought
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05-23-2008, 08:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevlo911
Search "9 chip led" on Ebay and you will see the boards I bought
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uhhhh those already have leds on them.... there actually dirt cheap though.
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05-23-2008, 08:13 AM
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Yeah, I didn't know if you knew or not.
I usually get breadboard from radioshack, but I haven't done a project that required them in a while
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05-23-2008, 08:26 AM
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wouldnt have been easy to make the led's a plug and play so you didnt have to splice everything?
are the back of your bread boards adhesive?
good work overall, nice modification
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05-23-2008, 08:29 AM
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I don't mind soldering, it is a good solid connection. To make it PnP I would have to break a bulb and then solder the wires to the base of a bulb
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05-23-2008, 09:07 AM
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i just bought some led boards off of an org member im sure it was failry simple to make. its for a 5th gen though.
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05-23-2008, 09:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teaner
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Too much money and too many LEDs. |
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05-23-2008, 12:26 PM
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MY POINT was to just show you how easy plug and play could be done.
you can never have to many led's |
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05-23-2008, 01:29 PM
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sweet, this is a cool little project
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05-23-2008, 01:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teaner
MY POINT was to just show you how easy plug and play could be done.
you can never have to many led's |
Umm yes you can and this is coming from someone that has led everything.
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05-23-2008, 02:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teaner
MY POINT was to just show you how easy plug and play could be done.
you can never have to many led's |
man his price is over the top IMO. you could simply buy your own leds and breadboard and do your own for less than $15. excluding tools.
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05-24-2008, 07:51 PM
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ya, i bought LEDs for cheap and PC Board and did this project a few years back.
kevlo you did a great job. i'll add my pics so people have more reference as well.
 how i did the courtest lights (in the door). you can google up 'led calculator' to figure out what ohm resistors you need depending on how many led's are in your array.
 test fitting of the pc board i cut out in the map light. i had to do some dremeling and use one of the stock screws to hold the pcb in place.
back of the pcb. keep the soldering clean and make sure the contacts are firm. i recommend using flux and running the + and - in opposite directions.
how i put everything together. make sure you have a resistor in there
 the what it looks like in, all ready to go
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05-24-2008, 07:53 PM
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test fitment of the pcb in the dome light
you know what im too lazy to post the rest of my pics so if you want to check them out on my cardomain here:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/352601/10
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05-24-2008, 08:05 PM
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been thinking of the same mod myself great write up and pics
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08-06-2008, 08:57 PM
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Great write up! Just got my map light installed on my 5th gen. The only difference is that there isn't any blue stripe on my pos+ wire. No prob though.
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10-05-2008, 06:46 PM
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