Mav 3000
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Hi All,
I've got a thread in the ICE forum about this. If anyone knows about LED's and such please can you help us out.
The thread is:
Here
Cheers
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Kris TD
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done this in my rear door cards, it was such a bastid im not doing it in the fronts.
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Mav 3000
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What have you done in the rears?
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Kris TD
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i put led's in the doors which light up when the doors open.
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Mav 3000
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Where abouts in the doors Kris? I'm hoping I can source the power from elsewhere in the door so as not to bother doing anytihng in the car itself (you know I don't like doing this!)
Curious how you did it....
Where did you get the live feed from in the door and how did you wire up LED's and what sort were they?
I think I ca tap into a wire and hook up an LED but don't know about 4 and don't know about resistors etc.
Cheers!
[Edited on 30-03-2003 by Mav 3000]
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Kris TD
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i used 12 v led's so didnt need a resistor, they are 10mm ones.
i took the live feed from the central locking and the earth from the door switch (which controls the interior light once the rear door opens). it works from the earth lead so u need to wire it up to them, it was a bastid thoguh cos its very difficult to actually find the right wire, esspecially on the passengers side.
add me too msn
kris_pringle@hotmail.com
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Mav 3000
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I've not got MSN mate cos I havent got a hotmail address - do you still need one to have it?
I want it to when the ignitionis on the lights come on - don't care if you can't see them at night - so am thinking a live from anything elctric in the doors - but I don't know how to wire up the LED's (series or parrelel) and can I earth it to anytihng metal?
does it go [live]-[LED]-[LED]-[earth]?
Are 10mm ones bright? I don't want it to glow too much - just subtle like.
What does yours look like?
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Kris TD
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not sure mate. earth it to a wire, much better than a dodgy earth. mine are bright led's but then i bought ultra bright ones.
if you weant them to make your interior glow then dont get led's, there field of view isnt very big.
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Mav 3000
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I don't fancy neons, I just want to shine some hidden light onto my speaker cone and let peassengers see theres a blue lihgt in the grille.
I'm thinking 4 LED's wil cover it. where did you buy your from? Maplins website doesn't do the sort you mentioned.
Where are they on your doors?
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Kris TD
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got mine from maplins, the ones i have are in the catalogue.
mine are at the back of the doors,
look on http://communities.msn.com/markpringle there is a pic on tehre titled door cards.
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Mav 3000
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Cheers mate! I'll look into wiring them up further. How much were the LED's?
I've never wired one up before (surprise!) - can you give us a rough idea whats involved?
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Kris TD
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therye were about 30 p each, somehting cheap anyway
just wire one end to live, one to earth, its that siomple, get 12v led's
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CorsaGSI_DK
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Hi.
I used a blue LED for the door pocket and a red LED behind the speaker grille. Looks like this: 
Used a thin wire and a switch so that I can turn it on/off
Cheers
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buffcore_laney
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Sorry to butt in - how do you take a feed from a live wire?
*puts on his flame-proof suit* 
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jm960326
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Internal connections just use a soctch lock, or take it out of the fuse pannel with soldering iron.
rob
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Master Buffalo
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here is a Danish Corsa with some LED mods 
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Robertio_uk
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looks like a ufo!
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Mav 3000
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God damnthat looks sweet CorsaGSI. I gotta get me some of those!
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antonOO2
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 @robertio
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Mav 3000
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Certainly looks interesting don't it! Thanks forthe pictures Master B
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Mav 3000
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So my questions now are:
What sort of LED's do I need to get that sort of glow as seen in the first pic in my grille? I'm guessing 10mm Ultrabright ones will do
Do I need any special housing for the LED's or can I just 'stick em on' with electrical tape to the pocket?
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CorsaGSI_DK
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The Blue LED I have in the door pocket is 5mm. The red LED behind the speaker grille is only a 3 mm ULTRA bright :-) There is a lot of power in those red LED's!!! I simply soldered a small wire on to the LED and used glue to put it behind the speaker grill. Quite simple!
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Mav 3000
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How did you earth it? is it on a switch or patched to a live wire?
Thanks for the info!
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