Benny's first DIY : LEDs on an Ikon

gigy · 15th September 2009, 07:22

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Originally Posted by greenhorn

any chance of coloured and possibly blinking LED's for a car-o-bar

I've been toying with the idea of putting up an LED VU meter

Multi color led are available in market which can also be used but issue will be that they all will not give the same color at a given time. it will be a true disco inside.

benbsb29 · 15th September 2009, 10:26

Multi color LEDs can be seen installed on some cabs in Bangalore.

I surely do not want that on my car.

14000rpm · 15th September 2009, 10:58

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Originally Posted by benbsb29

The cabin light is at the front of the car, and so there is good illumination at the front portion of the car. The rear is barely lit, but that was also the case earlier.

now that gives me some DIY ideas for my alto interior lighting. I want to put LED Lighting in :
1. Footwells (front and rear)
2. under the door (to illuminate when door is open)
3. Cabin Light (replace the existing bulbs.
4. boot (i've got a speaker tray covering the rear and I'll need a light for the boot)
5. Plus, I need to add another cabin light for the rear.

should work on this slowly. will keep posting.

benbsb29 · 15th September 2009, 11:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by 14000rpm

now that gives me some DIY ideas for my alto interior lighting. I want to put LED Lighting in :
1. Footwells (front and rear)

should work on this slowly. will keep posting.

I would also be interested in the footwells lighting. I was wondering where to take the power source from. Would involve cutting some wires, i suppose.

rjstyles69 · 15th September 2009, 12:26

Lemme know when you have time. I need to get the LED setup in my scorp' too. The OE lights are too dim for my taste.

gopinathann · 27th January 2010, 01:33

After long time started working on the LED setup. Created Suzuki Logo LED setup.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...ml#post1701134

scorpio_fan · 1st February 2010, 00:46

Now Benny has become a Professional LED set up boy

. Congrats to you!

Regards,

CrAzY dRiVeR · 17th April 2010, 17:02

Benny chetto, inspired by this thread.

Was inclined towards blue, then turned to pure white. For now, it feels just right at night with good visibility for reading, and CFL like colour!

Original lighting.
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benbsb29 · 18th June 2010, 14:50

Just an update to this thread:

While the cabin light continues with the LED setup in my car, i reverted the LED setup in the boot. Since it was a very crude setup using cardboard as the base, the connections werent strong, and resulted in frequent shorting of the fuse. When i was rendered with a dark boot on a highway trip when i needed it the most, i reverted back to the original bulb in the boot. Since it was a easily reversible process, there was no pain involved.

Will need to do up the bootlight once again, but lack of time is the roadblock here.

P.S. : Nice to see many others have taken up the same idea.

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rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 4,343 Thanked: 842 Times View My Garage	Lemme know when you have time. I need to get the LED setup in my scorp' too. The OE lights are too dim for my taste.
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gopinathann BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 765 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	After long time started working on the LED setup. Created Suzuki Logo LED setup. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...ml#post1701134
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scorpio_fan BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 186 Thanked: 242 Times View My Garage	Now Benny has become a Professional LED set up boy. Congrats to you! Regards,
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CrAzY dRiVeR Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore / TVM Posts: 17,167 Thanked: 73,415 Times View My Garage	Benny chetto, inspired by this thread. Was inclined towards blue, then turned to pure white. For now, it feels just right at night with good visibility for reading, and CFL like colour! Original lighting. After- Last edited by CrAzY dRiVeR : 17th April 2010 at 17:06.
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18th June 2010, 14:50	#279
benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,961 Thanked: 13,117 Times View My Garage	Just an update to this thread: While the cabin light continues with the LED setup in my car, i reverted the LED setup in the boot. Since it was a very crude setup using cardboard as the base, the connections werent strong, and resulted in frequent shorting of the fuse. When i was rendered with a dark boot on a highway trip when i needed it the most, i reverted back to the original bulb in the boot. Since it was a easily reversible process, there was no pain involved. Will need to do up the bootlight once again, but lack of time is the roadblock here. P.S. : Nice to see many others have taken up the same idea.
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