bought 50 blue leds off ebay for 10 bucks last year and i want to put them in my car...i have them in the cupholders now but i want to put them underneath the dash to light up the floor....i kno how to wire them i just dont know what i can mount them to and place them under the dash...any ideas of mounting to anything such as a tube and placing that up there?

 

I would mount them in the trash. Honestly, leds are one more excuse for someone to break into your car, and with a V6 that is really ricerish.

If they are sting style, use some double sided tape or if they are bulbs drill lots of little holes in the plastic under the glovebox and steering wheels.

 

why would someone steal my car? the lights wouldnt stay on full time just when the headlights are....and yea it kinda is ricey with a v6 but maybe with a eaton m112 sticking outta my hood this summer it mite not be as riceish lol

 

In general, thieves will break into cars that have stickers, lots of exterior mods, or neon/led lighting anywhere. They will see you drive by with blue lights and assume you have some nice stereo or something of the like.

Just to help with the install by l.e.d.'s you mean strings, bars, or individual bulbs. Each has its own requirements for mounting, and will determine how much light you will have.

 

i have the 5mm bulbs

 

if you like the led's then put them in. You could look at getting some plumbers tape or back strap type of material from home depot if you do not want to drill holes.

 

You might also look into getting some sort of plastic board to mount them in, then mount that to whatever you want light.

A couple questions for you.

1. How are you regulating the voltage and current to the led's?

2. What are the specs of the led's you have?

3. Do you know how to solder, and do you realize what it takes to build a board with 25-50 led's in it?

 

haha well i have xtrabright 5mm blue leds 13000mcd......i kno how to solder and they came with resistors i have to solder in...i put 4 already in my cup holders and 2 in my dash under the radio for that open space there....yea i just figure id use maybe a small pvc pipe cut it in half legnth wise, drill hold pop the leds in the holes hot glue them and them connect them all together and use resistors or if i can use 1 resistor for all of them

 

I was thinking the same thing with PVC that seems the best way to make a light rod.

I would be very weary of using a single resister. Depending on how the resistors and lights are wired, each one might act as some sort of protection for the led. Your best bet will be to use a resistor with every led, but I could figure up an equivalent resistance. But, I'm sure as hell not looking at an equivalent resistance for around 40 leds.

 

I was thinking the same with the small PVC cut in half. I would do it so your bulb is on the concaved side then when you drill your holes take so vent duct aluminum tape and run that along the entire piece, make it shine a little better. Make sure you do the wiring and everything correct! Have fun