Sorry i managed to get this in the wrong section.. can it be moved to Trim etc...??
So.. after inquiring about this a while ago i made an attempt tonight. And success! its seriously easy to do as well...
i didn't take any pictures because its dark and cold outside (dark being easiest to make sure they're bright enough/in the right places..)
I bought these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281053019407?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648 LED strips. they're a bargin, not killer bright and white, rather than blue. They can also be cut to length (i took the last two LED's off so they fit right) and have 3M sticky stuff on the back to make life easy (they also come in ltos of colours if needs be..).
About 3m of two strand wire and a load of crimps and some electrical tape were needed too...
Firstly, i peeled back the door seal and popped off front A pillar cover (its only held on with two white body pegs/clips). I then popped off the centre light (pull down from the back by the switch) and fed the two-strand wire up, through there and towards the front right corner...stuck my hand in the corner and after some wiggling, found the end of the wire and pulled all but a few CM down. I then poked it down the same way the loom goes in this corner (out into the drivers footwell) and pulled it all through.
I then removed the lower centre console (two pins - one either side).
Cut about 40cm of wire, and crimp it to the 1st LED strip. This I stuck o'nt passenger side below and behind the glove box.
There's a lip, behind the little tray by the drivers knees which I attached the 2nd to, with the cables facing towards the centre console,
I taped the wire coming from the centre light to the loom, relatively taught so it doesn't hang low (but slack enough to move) and then shortened it enough so it and the 40cm from the passenger side could have their ends twisted and not hang low & be near the drivers LED strip. I clamped them into two crimps and then crimped the drivers LED wires into the other ends.
I made sure all the wires were tucked up or taped out of the way, but the centre console, A pillar and door seal back on.
I've not yet found a way to properly attach the ends of the wire to the two metal strips that hold the bulb - so far they are tightly wedged by lifting the strip up with a blade/screw driver and trapping them underneath but i'll do something more permanent asap..
A very long winded, but hopefully easy to follow rough-guide.. and i took a couple of pictures of the finished look - they're actually pure white...
(the GF saw the LEDs and thought i'd become a chav and was putting them UNDER the car.. oh dear...)
So.. after inquiring about this a while ago i made an attempt tonight. And success! its seriously easy to do as well...
i didn't take any pictures because its dark and cold outside (dark being easiest to make sure they're bright enough/in the right places..)
I bought these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281053019407?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648 LED strips. they're a bargin, not killer bright and white, rather than blue. They can also be cut to length (i took the last two LED's off so they fit right) and have 3M sticky stuff on the back to make life easy (they also come in ltos of colours if needs be..).
About 3m of two strand wire and a load of crimps and some electrical tape were needed too...
Firstly, i peeled back the door seal and popped off front A pillar cover (its only held on with two white body pegs/clips). I then popped off the centre light (pull down from the back by the switch) and fed the two-strand wire up, through there and towards the front right corner...stuck my hand in the corner and after some wiggling, found the end of the wire and pulled all but a few CM down. I then poked it down the same way the loom goes in this corner (out into the drivers footwell) and pulled it all through.
I then removed the lower centre console (two pins - one either side).
Cut about 40cm of wire, and crimp it to the 1st LED strip. This I stuck o'nt passenger side below and behind the glove box.
There's a lip, behind the little tray by the drivers knees which I attached the 2nd to, with the cables facing towards the centre console,
I taped the wire coming from the centre light to the loom, relatively taught so it doesn't hang low (but slack enough to move) and then shortened it enough so it and the 40cm from the passenger side could have their ends twisted and not hang low & be near the drivers LED strip. I clamped them into two crimps and then crimped the drivers LED wires into the other ends.
I made sure all the wires were tucked up or taped out of the way, but the centre console, A pillar and door seal back on.
I've not yet found a way to properly attach the ends of the wire to the two metal strips that hold the bulb - so far they are tightly wedged by lifting the strip up with a blade/screw driver and trapping them underneath but i'll do something more permanent asap..
A very long winded, but hopefully easy to follow rough-guide.. and i took a couple of pictures of the finished look - they're actually pure white...
(the GF saw the LEDs and thought i'd become a chav and was putting them UNDER the car.. oh dear...)
