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#21 welshwhiz

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Posted 14 December 2010 - 11:15 PM


No-one has any idea what the OP wants to do with the lights so why slag him off?
He wants a little more light in the cabin and at no point did he mention coloured neons or anything so what's the problem?

I remember seeing a thread last year where someone had hidden some led strips up under the dash and wired them to his interior light so that it lit up the footwells instead of the pathetic orange stained bulb.

He had hidden the light units so that they were not visible and very subtle. Nothing wrong with it at all.

welshwhiz - remember though, the lights will add weight to the car and not keep in the spirit of what the car was built for :rolleyes: </sarcasm>


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I had done similar to my na to light the heater controls, head unit, and vx220 plaque (led strip hidden behind the dash panel so the glow was visiable but no lighting itself.

I purposely left it out of my project diary for the like of response above i deemed it not worth the hassle of posting :rolleyes:

I've tried to offer help with my above post rather than offer my opinion :)

And just incase its of any help to welshwitz (flamesuit on)...
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I used this type of thing...
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item45f4a66061

You can trim it to size but once its cut the end piece is usually useless afterwards so its best to measure roughly what you need and trim from there.




Thanks to all. Will take a look during the Christmas hols, like I said, i'm not one for tacky stuff, dont want the lights themselves to be seen, just the glow of them. The 'cock pit' is terribly uninteresting in the dark!

Edited by welshwhiz, 14 December 2010 - 11:16 PM.


#22 techieboy

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Posted 14 December 2010 - 11:25 PM

The 'cock pit' is terribly uninteresting in the dark!

It's not exactly awe inspiring in day light and that's surely the point? Nothing to distract you from the drive.

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Posted 14 December 2010 - 11:35 PM


The 'cock pit' is terribly uninteresting in the dark!

It's not exactly awe inspiring in day light and that's surely the point? Nothing to distract you from the drive.


What about to help find the ice scraper that has almost certainly found itself under the seat? lol

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Posted 14 December 2010 - 11:44 PM

The 'cock pit' is terribly uninteresting in the dark!

I don't know about yours, but in mine I've got the stereo, tomtom - mounted on dashboard, Scangauge, and instrument panel.

That's more than enough different colours and lights (while driving) for me!

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Posted 15 December 2010 - 12:07 AM

What about to help find the ice scraper that has almost certainly found itself under the seat? lol

You'll need more than a strip of fairy lights glued to your dash to help there. Especially if it's under the passenger seat.

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Posted 15 December 2010 - 09:13 AM


What about to help find the ice scraper that has almost certainly found itself under the seat? lol

You'll need more than a strip of fairy lights glued to your dash to help there. Especially if it's under the passenger seat.


I have had my tom tom and mobile phone go under my pax seat and it is a right ball ache getting them back esp when you haven't got the smallest of hands and a short temper




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