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tybardy
06-05-2009, 12:31 AM
There was a thread on some "other" forum about LED's, i forget who was doing the little mods all over their truck with them, but they all looked like fun.

Here is my question, when i have my LEDs and my little resistors, how to i actually wire them in (for now lets say i am going to wire in some LEDs into the front head lights) how would i wire those in?
danimalmax
06-05-2009, 11:33 AM
oh man thats scary, drilling holes in your headlights
tybardy
06-05-2009, 11:50 AM
i am for sure not worried about drilling some holes, especially in the OEM head lights... a little fuck up will just mean an excuse to buy a nice after market unit :naughty:
titanium02
06-05-2009, 11:55 AM
*pulls up a desk and takes a seat*

Yeah I have some LED projects i'd like to finish within the next month or two.. LED's will be going in the a/c vents, the a/c controls, behind the grill and the lower valence, and maybe behind my interior door handles (wiring those seems more difficult)

I have no idea how to do this.. but I'm researcing different LED's and what resistors to use.. and how to wire them..

Hopefully this thread kicks off and gets us all on the same page when installation time comes around :)
oneradride
06-05-2009, 04:14 PM
That might have been me :) ..... looking to do something like this?

http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/FrontLED/DSC05200.jpg

http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/FrontLED/DSC05207.jpg

http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/LED/DSC05180.jpg

http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/LED/DSC05178.jpg

http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/LED/DSC05192.jpg
tybardy
06-05-2009, 07:02 PM
yes I am.... but dont stop there because i need a little more help with the wiring. And a front side picture of that last one would be good.

What did you splice the power into? Are they turn signals?
oneradride
06-06-2009, 12:08 PM
http://www.beasonfamily.com/images/BigDToys/LED/DSC05194.jpg

And that’s without the normal bulb!!!

On the headlights I tapped the turn signals for the power to the 3 LED's. One way they flash the same as the lower bulb, switch the wires and they alternate back and forth. That’s how I was running them.