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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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is there a sticky or a good thread on leds for our cars?
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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What exactly are you wanting?
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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i guess that would help. i want direct plug-ins for my exterior lights plus i was hoping to see some other options with interior lighting. i really never was into lighting appearance but i'm becoming more interested. like to see some examples of set ups to give me an idea of difficulty/possibilities for custom set ups
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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I dont know if this is what your talking about but heres my car... if you have any questions let me know




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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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where did you get the fog lights?
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AGray89
I would like to do that to my hood in red but I don't want to drill or cut into the hood

looks good!
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Just don't ever use it on the street...red lights on the front or blue lights anywhere on the car will really put you on the wrong side of local law enforcement.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteBird00
Just don't ever use it on the street...red lights on the front or blue lights anywhere on the car will really put you on the wrong side of local law enforcement.
yeah definitely my friend got a ticket for havin green hood lights on his ricer car less than a mile from my house he even fought it in court and lost. i hate local laws & cops...
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there is some info in the appearance hall of fame
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/443159-appearance-hall-fame-threads-check-first.html

hope this helps
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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ill pm you a site that has everything you need to have LED lighting in your interior and exterior
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thank you
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heres mine:
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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AGRAY89 I like they way yours is set up. Can someone help or point me into the right direction of doing this. I would like to have all the lights inside set up blue as well as the underglow effect from the floor boards down by the feet. Thanks!
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Here's mine. Boy...taking pictures of UV light at night is tough...







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thecobrahunter - That's looks pretty f'n sweet...where'd ya get the lights from? If you don't mind of course!
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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For exterior lights, places like Autozone have direct replacement LEDs for basically everything except the headlights. For just plain LEDs, you can go to Radioshack, Mouser.com, Digikey.com or Ebay to name some common ones.
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Boogey Lights
www.boogey.com

Since they're pretty much a supplier for motorcycles, pretty sure they aren't a sponsor here.

All my interior and engine LEDS use their Flex-strips. PERFECT for all my mounting locations. Very, very happy with their product. Has 3M strips on 3 sides with the LEDs on the 4th. A piece of cake to tap in to the dome light above the rear seats. I removed the stock filament bulb and used about 140 LEDS...using the same amount of power. HA ha ha ha!!!!!
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im glad to see everybody else is into the lighting in their cars. I used to feel like a ricer for doin it but it made me happy. Everyones set ups look super clean. kudos to everyone in here!
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SSmokinz
im glad to see everybody else is into the lighting in their cars. I used to feel like a ricer for doin it but it made me happy. Everyones set ups look super clean. kudos to everyone in here!
i used to think it was ricer until i saw how a well done light setup looks. i only call it ricer if it's looks tacky lol.

if you consider everything imports do as ricer we'd be restricted to performance mods and avg rims. besides we can pull anything off better
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My guess is that it's considered ricer if there is no attempt or poor attempt at hiding your lighting sources. Like say...putting a neon tube mounted right between the t-tops to light up the inside.
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