LED door lights!!

[FirehawkNS]

Finally got around to uploading the led lights I put in the door. Short description:
I took off the Assembly that the factory bulb fits into. Drilled the hole out to the size of the led. I then took the led and grinded off the top of it to a flat angle that matched the door panel. Then pushed the LED into the door panel untill it was flush with it. This way it is flush like the plastic part that the light did shine through. Then used a decent amount of hot glue to hold the LED in place. Then wired it using a resister to the factory door bulbs wiring harness.

I was going to go with super white leds, but decided to try blue since it would match my indiglo gauges.
Shot showing the back of the panel
http://www.pewterz28.com/forumstuff/temp/led1.jpg
Was trying to show the LED flat and flush with the panel
http://www.pewterz28.com/pictures/led1.jpg
The black stuff was from a marker where I was coloring the flat ruff service of the LED with a marker to help hid it in the day. I got a little bit on the panel!! Opps
http://www.pewterz28.com/forumstuff/temp/led3.jpg
Next two are night shots. Sorry its blurry, the camera shutter stays open longer and I shake sooo....
http://www.pewterz28.com/pictures/led2.jpg
http://www.pewterz28.com/pictures/led3.jpg

What do you guys think?

[NBMWSsix]

I like it. I wanna do mine in blue. My car is NBM so I think it would look good.:D

[FirehawkNS]

Originally posted by NBMWSsix
I like it. I wanna do mine in blue. My car is NBM so I think it would look good.:D

I think that would look good together!! And its a simple mod!!

[ws6dude]

I think it looks great. Good job :thumbup:

[Constrictor]

As you can see from the above pictures, there is more than one way to do this. It looks like he chose to remove the stock plastic piece and hotglue the new LED in place.

I chose to keep all the stock plastic crap and modify the stock light socket and insert my LED in there without having to glue anything.

[FirehawkNS]

Yep either way will work. I choose this way to make it a little brighter. As a tip, if you do it this way, you will see that the factory peice is just plastic tabs inserted into the plastic peice that the bulb screws in and melted to each other. I just used a soldering (sp) iron to heat the plastic to seperate it.

[$ickZ06]

looks awesome... what kind of gauges are those?

[TheSilverSurfer]

That's really cool.:)

[FirehawkNS]

Originally posted by mtxbluez28
looks awesome... what kind of gauges are those?

The are the Reverse EL silver faced ones. I am not sure of a brand!! :think:

[Scotty]

Looks great! I'd like to get some gauges like that and put some blue bulbs like you did in the door!

[O1PewterWS6]

I like the color scheme you have going, looks good in your car!!!

[FirehawkNS]

Originally posted by O1PewterWS6
I like the color scheme you have going, looks good in your car!!!

Thanks, I decided for a blue theme in the car and a red theme under the hood!!

[O1PewterWS6]

Originally posted by FirehawkNS
Thanks, I decided for a blue theme in the car and a red theme under the hood!!

Just need white and you can represent :Patriot:

[Affirmed]

Thats cool I like the look of it. :cool: