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Interior Neons and Engine LED's

HID's, Bulb's + LED Interior and Exterior Illumination.

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Interior Neons and Engine LED's

Postby ESsportback » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:01 pm

Just thought I'd put this up, Here Is a few Pictures of the Interior Neons I've put In under the dash, they come on with the doors as per the DIY instructions (they helped alot), I only have Pictures of the Driver's side because the neon for the passenger side Is dull so I'll need to replace It when I have time.


Here's a Picture when the doors are open:

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And the engine Light's are 2 rows of eight LED pods (1 LED per pod) controlled by a lit up switch when It's on, So I know when I'm driving with them on.

The Switch OFF:

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The Switch when It's ON:

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And here are the Light's :

From the front with the Hood UP:

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It actually Is a lot brighter than In the photo (they light up the engine and surrounds from the side/ bottom).

Here's a photo from The front with the hood down (glows through the top front grill, both sides on the Mitsubishi symbol).

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Feel free to leave comments, A mate of mine picked up the LED's from E-bay for my birthday, from what I could get out of Him they were fairly cheap.

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Postby Superintendent Chalmers » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:06 pm

I hate cheap friends......gimme someone who is willing to open up the wallet or purse strings and dispose of some of that fat cash for the good of my birthday!!!! :lol:

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Postby tadz0rz » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:09 pm

Top stuff man. Looks really good.
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Postby RedCanuck » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:04 pm

Different, but cool just the same... Well done ES!
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Postby Trent » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:58 pm

looks awesome

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Postby Dusk20 » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:49 pm

Yeah the interior neons are really nice. Love the blue color. I've been looking into something similar but with red lights to match the console lights.

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Postby JaCe » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:15 am

I'm trying to source some kind of blank toggle switch to make it look more "factory"... then I will aim to hook neons/LEDs upto it.

Out of interest, where are you running the power from? Presuming you followed this guide >> http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=618

I'm just consciencous that I don't want to draw too much power from the circuit.
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Postby SIR-VRX » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:33 am

JAce, look in my ride thread... I have some nice switches!!! http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=377

But they are not toggle, they are only momentary, so therefore for use as neon switches, you will need to get a latching circuit made. Easy enough though. $10 in parts and a bit of electrical soldering and boo yeah!

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Postby Dummer » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:01 am

Hmmm I could think of a latching circuit, might cost about $20 though.

12V to 5V voltage regulator, 74HC7414 D-Flip flop IC package, a 5V SSD relay and some vero board (or make up your own PCB).

You simply connect the flip flops Q to the relay coil, the push button to the Clock of the flip flop and then join the notQ pin to the D pin of the flip-flop. Whenever you press the button it toggles the circuit (so from On->Off or Off->On)...

The SSD relays are good for about 2A, so for higher loads you need to run multiple in parallel. But 2A @ 12V is alot of LEDs...

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Postby SIR-VRX » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:01 pm

This is the one I found and am thinking of using. A bit cheaper than using a IC setup I'd assume

http://www.edn.com/article/CA472837.html

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Postby Dummer » Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:10 pm

ICs are dirt cheap ($1.40 for a flip flop and $2ish for a voltage regulator). It's just that the 5V SSD relays are just over $10 each...


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