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Old 12-29-2009, 07:56 PM
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Well, I did a couple projects today.
I went ahead and put in an LED light in my dome. That looks pretty cool

The difference in color between LED and incandescent. I know, it's blurry

I also painted my bowtie black.
Stuff I used. No sanding. All I had to do for prep was wipe it down with rubbing alcohol.

Just two "bolts" on a plastic thread? Okay...

I folded up a page of newspaper to prop it up so I could get all sides.

Beautiful

Word of advice, use more newspaper than I did.lol

And here we are!





[EDIT] I decided to make this my build thread. So I will post future mods here.
 

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Old 12-29-2009, 07:59 PM
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Damn, that looks AWESOME!! Love the Krylon paint. It always turns out awesome.
That dome light is really bright too. I like it a lot. Where did you get it, and do they make it in blue?
 
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It's very bright! I got the lights at Autozone. It was 17.99. And yes, I do believe they make it in blue.
I am going to do the rest of the interior bulbs in LED. I also want to buy a second one, and solder it in so the whole dome is LED
Hey, you would probably know this Alex, what number is the bulb in the foot-wells?
 

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Old 12-29-2009, 08:13 PM
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194. Same as your gauge lights.
How did you install that LED? Did you have to solder them or was it just plug and play?
 
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plug N' Play. Well Kind of.
It comes with multiple adapters for the push in bulbs, but mine has the long bulb with wrap around wires. So I had to bend the contacts in, and fit an adapter in. I managed to make it my B***h and work. lol
If the adapter pops back out, I'm just going to solder the wires onto the contacts.
 

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Hmmm. Interesting. Too bad we don't have Autozone up here. I'll have to take a look around the local places and if not then I'll find one on ebay. Thanks for the info.
 
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looks nice i can always appreciate a black bow tie
 
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No prob.
And thanks, butters.
 
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Looks awesome, man that Krylon paint comes out shiny.
 
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I LOVE that new sig pic Matt. Too bad the bowtie isn't black in it
 


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