I saw a thread about someone who used (2) 12" CCFL tubes for trunk lighting and I decided to go the same route. Normally the ballast that come with these things are very low quality so I wouldn't recommend using cheap CCFL tubes for lights that are constantly on because they will fail. Anyways I wanted a clean install so I took an old bumper signal lens from my Acura Legend and cut it to shape and cut a section out of the trunk liner to accommodate the lens. Its super bright and just the beginning of my lighting conversion. Cant wait to to change the rest of my bulbs!

 

Wow Roger-you really went all out! Well done!



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that looks really clean man! nice job !

 

Nice!! I always wanted to do this.. just soo low on the list of things to do.
Good work man!

 

nice write up, and awesome result. much brighter than stock.

 

Ya It wasent very high on my list either but my accord fog didn't come in and I didn't have any mods lined up for the night it kinda just happened I cant sit idle I do at least one mod a night lol

 

Very nice. I hate the OEM trunk light, and this is a good solution!

 

haha nice! I like how you used some stuff you just had lying around. Definitely cool! Props man!

 

lookg good.. im gonna hook up my neon in my truck tomorrow

 

damn that's sickkk man. nice job!

 

Good job man Impressed!!!

btw it was good to meet you last week in Raliegh. Any progress with the hack?

 

nicely done. I need to do something like this, the way you can see every inch of the trunk with that light is just amazing.

 

damn thats bright but looks so clean

 

Wow thats bright, looks good bro

 

Damn Roger you've been busy recently! That looks great.

Want to do mine?

 

Nice! But all you had to do was change out the bulb to an LED.

 

I will be using LEDs for everything else but the trunk is much larger and CCFLS's distribute the light much better. This setup is much brighter then a simple LED replacement unless I used a high power LED but this is a much simpler and cheaper to do.

Wait till you see the reverse lights i'm building I never use PNP bulbs in my experience they all suck are made of cheap leds run at their max and start to die and flicker within a month to a year depending on how cheap they are. Buying quality LEDs from Cree, philips, HP and making your own boards is by far the best way ensure they will pretty much last forever

 

I have been running HIDs in my reverse lights!! I dunno if LEDs will ever be brighter then the HIDs. lol

Made some DIY for the reverse HIDs if you are interested. Also a tailgater switch mod to go with it. Search my user name and you will find it!

 

Ya i'v seen the HIDs in the reverse lights and thats not too crazy for me I would do it but the only thing I don't like is HIDs have a warm up time, it takes a few seconds for the color to adjust to get to full brightness and that usually all the time you need your backup lights anyways, I think this would really annoy me. These are 3W high powered LEDs they will provide almost equal usable light as HIDs for this application and will be at full brightness instantly.

 

good to know you know what you want!!

And really cant wait to see what you come up with! I love the ccfls also, I used them in my license plate lights.

But I LOOOVE my reverse HIDs lol ..

 

I have never actually driven a car with HID reverse though is the warm up time as noticeable as I think I would be?

 

No, warm up time is not noticeable. Honestly, I am in reverse probably for around 30sec to 1 minute each time. I dont notice warm up... Warm up takes about 5-10 secs? I have had them on my car for quite some time now. I know a few members who have had this mod for a few years and have not had problems with them.

Here is a link to my DIY: https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/g-103-diy-hids-reverse-lights-766410/

Here is the video showing the reverse HIDs in action (I think this video shows the HIDs the best lol).. More videos in my DIY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK345aRzOC8

 

^ my video recording evan FTW lol

op, great job on the lights.

 

thats tight

 

Wow nice mod!

 

Nice install. Clean work.

 

Very bright and clean trunk.