Finally finished LED installation! (pics)

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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Finally finished LED installation! (pics)

Well you can tell from the time of day in the pictures how long it took me but I finally finished! I have never soldered anything before let alone some things so damn small but I did it with very little trouble... It is just time concuming that's all. I have already ordered the guage cluster LEDs so that is next. And I plan on doing the door handle LED's as well although I am a little scared about cutting and splicing all of the car wires... But over all I enjoyed doing this and now I am going to sleep. Thanks for any and all help btw!






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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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It looks good. How long did it take you?
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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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about 5 hours non-stop...
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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nice, i dont think its a good idea to put a circuit board on carpet as static electricity could zap it... i think..

i wanna do the climate control also, but in red
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Looking good!
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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thanks... I am out in my drive way right now on my laptop wiring all my LED's in the door handles to an on/off rocker illuminated switch.... I want to be able to turn them on and off whenever I want ya know? Instead of them going on and off with the dome light. I will post pics when I am done! Thanks for all the help and comments btw!
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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so Im guessing you put the switch in between the dome light trigger just in case you dont want them coming on?
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Nice work
I need to do the climate control too, as all my stock bulbs are starting to go out at 8 years old.

I have a question though. Did you do your own headrest monitors? If so, I was wondering how you attached them to the headrest. When you open it up, there is no kind of brace in the middle to attach the monitor holder to, it is just foam all the way through. Did you put something else in there or what? How did you get it to stay in there?
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 05:03 AM
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I actually ordered them as is straight from amazon.com... They look almost identical to our stock head rests... I think I paid like 400$ for both head rests with the TVs (8") in them. Not bad at all...
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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Nice Work
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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thanks
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sistom
I actually ordered them as is straight from amazon.com... They look almost identical to our stock head rests... I think I paid like 400$ for both head rests with the TVs (8") in them. Not bad at all...
What color interior do you have? If you have the tan interior and it is a pretty good match, I think I might go with those but all of the headrests I have seen that come with monitors built in don't match the color too well.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 02:26 PM
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I have black... it matches perfect...
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Damn. Like I said, all the tan headrests don't really match that well so I am going to have to just buy the monitors with the headrest pockets and hack up my headrests.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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good luck
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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looks real nice bro, i want the same thing, blue leds for the controls, and white interior lights. where did you get all the leds and stuff for it? i found some guy on ebay selling kits for everything, you do it like that or bought all your own stuff? and how much did it all come out to for ya?
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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