15" is huge for by the floor.

And Dtns pics were of his LED conversions.

 

ya i thought they would be.. id have to go measure.

they dont sell 9's at walmart haha... im cheap...

someone once posted that 9s are 2 for 20 at autozone.. but i thought they were 20 each

 

Just buy online cathodes from www.oznium.com man. They are super cheap, super bright and oznium has great customer service. Here's a pic of one 12" cathode under the dash. You gotta mount them creatively though or you won't get it that bright because you'll be cutting off a large range of light from the tube if you mount to high up or to far in the foot well up in the dash.

 

isn't the cigarette lighter hot if the car is on? I'd tap it into the fusebox or the radio.

two 15" tubes above floorboard did this wonderful beauty...
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ur 15s fit sweet... how did u place them? right above pedals with a zip tie?

 

yes, zip ties. Got 'em a few years ago from autozone... like 5 years ago... PITA to get up in there but they fit.

 

just got home from autozone and walmart. same led tubes that are 20 bucks at autozone are 9 at walmart... hmm

also... i picked up a switch....


my last question for this thread is how do i go about actually wiring the leds? I plan on putting them like majik did... then wiring to the switch... but i dont really know how to do that.. and then i dont know where the switch goes to?

 

put the switch in between the positive for going to the tube and the wire you are using to connect it to the power



[LEDS + ]---------[switch]---------[Power Wire in car]

 

THANKS DTN FOR THOSE PICS!! Now i have an idea on how to do the gauge cluster!! I was looking for those pics but never found them. hail.gif

 

ok im pretty set on how to do this now... just taking into consideration what Majik said about tapping into like the radio instead of the cig lighter...

how would you guys power the switch/leds? If you think cig lighter is the way to go.. its the green wire with the white stripe like dtn pointed out? Lastly... where would YOU guys position the led tube to maximize light and also keep out of the way of feet?