VERY bright interior dome light DIY

[Valet]

I'm worried that that will be the case once mine finally come. If it is I'm gonna spray tint the lenses and see what happens.

 

[Bax]

I'm just going to look for a set of some less intense bulbs. lol

 

[gt58]

i have 20led bulbs in there and i love it

 

[Mikey]

Do any of you have really bright door courtesy lights?
I put a 4 smd led in mine and i can't stand it. I like my bulb with one regular led, whatever they're called. Even with just 4 it was like glaring in the corner of my eye and was just uncomfortably bright.

I have the 5-led "bulb" style in mine and they're not bad. Definitely brighter than the halogen but not annoyingly bright. Im curious to see how bright a little 8 or 12smd would be in there.

i have 20led bulbs in there and i love it

Pics?

 

[Sil2DrV6]

I remember myself replacing a cabin air filter, and it was a little time consuming to take off the glove box.

When I replaced my glove box light, I basically took off the instrumental panel bezel and the climate control unit. I reached into the glove box light from there, using a miniture cross slot screw driver to detach the light mount. I remember it wasn't that painful to do this way. Just my two cents.

 

[Bax]

I have the 5-led "bulb" style in mine and they're not bad. Definitely brighter than the halogen but not annoyingly bright. Im curious to see how bright a little 8 or 12smd would be in there.

I had an 8 smd led in there for like 2 minutes one time. It was like someone shining a flashlight right in my face.

 

[gt58]

I have the 5-led "bulb" style in mine and they're not bad. Definitely brighter than the halogen but not annoyingly bright. Im curious to see how bright a little 8 or 12smd would be in there.


Pics?

this is what im talking about

i dont have any pics on my phone but ill try to take them tonight after my class.

I remember myself replacing a cabin air filter, and it was a little time consuming to take off the glove box.

When I replaced my glove box light, I basically took off the instrumental panel bezel and the climate control unit. I reached into the glove box light from there, using a miniture cross slot screw driver to detach the light mount. I remember it wasn't that painful to do this way. Just my two cents.

i know imma be able to do it but its just gonna be annoying to take off every thing just for a little bulb lol.

i have some led panels coming in the mail so i might do it this weekend. school started yesterday so that means car stuff pushed to the weekends now :O

 

[Bax]

^ I'm gonna try some like those, the 360*, but smaller haha. I have an old 5 led like that.
I want the whole lens to be lit up, not just a focused area in the center.

 

[Valet]

Just finished doing my LED strips. Obviously nothing ground breaking.. So I won't make a DIY. Unless someone wants one because this one is more simple than the other on the sight...

Only time I've done a slightly involved project where everything went perfectly. So I have daytime pics, night time pics to come. I'm worried about this 3M strip on the back holding.. But I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Here's some pics, enjoy my awesome beard

Switch off:

Driver side off:

Passenger side off:

Switch on:

Driver side on: (that white wire has been zip tied up since it was sagging)

Passenger side on:

Wiring:

Didn't take a picture of the passenger wiring. It was a simple power in and ground. I ran my remote wire for my amp back there a while ago with the intention and putting it on the switch, but decided against it even after modding the switch in that blank. So I put a but connector over the two remote wire ends, then ran the power off that to the switch, power off the switch and a ground off of that. The driver strip - to passenger side + and then passenger side - grounded. Amp still turns on normally with no interference from the switch.

 

[gt58]

wow dude looks amazing. how did it turn out during the night? im still a little confused on everything. so basically you tapped into your amps remote wire for power, had it split off to both sides for power, each - lead was grounded and somewhere inline you added that switch?

my brain works weird im a very visual learner haha