newest little project(vary little)

[DJTricky]

i got this fuse holder for free, and figured i would give it a try. the LED's will turn on with my amps(this fuse is in my engine bay between my batterys)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_002_.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_005_.jpg


i sanded down the base and screw on ends and painted them gloss black
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_004_.jpg


and soon im going to be puting 4 led's in the base that i masked off
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_007_.jpg


(test with 1 superflux in pink)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_003_.jpg


and with the same 1 superflux after paint
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05212009_006_.jpg

[TahoeGoBoom]

why pink? lol

[DJTricky]

its all i had at the time. I have some blue ones coming so i will be using those

[TahoeGoBoom]

got it.
serious question, why didnt you just buy a fuse holder with blue leds in it? lol.

[DJTricky]

well see being a bored college student. I like free things that keep me busy for a little time. And being sponsored by a lighting company i get leds for free and install stuff at vary cheap. So so i will do little things that i allow to so say hey i made that. Didnt buy it and that doing this also allows me to do it my way

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finished now. check it out and let me know what you think. good and bad its all good

mounting of the actual case to the bracket

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_001_.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_002_.jpg

the wiring (connected to the remote turn on of the deck)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_003_.jpg

all mounted, up and wired in

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_009_.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_007_.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_008_.jpg

at night(dark)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_004_.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/05222009_005_.jpg

sorry for the crapy cell phone pics.

[AtomicHoe094]

i mean i guess it works. lol

[DJTricky]

does it look good? this is only the beginning of my engine bay glow.

[AtomicHoe094]

its pretty hard to really "see" and visualize it all right now, i think if you get some more open shots of it and better resolution, it should change a lot of my opinion.

What else are you doing to make your engine bay "glow"?

[wmgood64]

Cool!!!

[DJTricky]

im going to be doing some led flood lights down by my exhaust manifolds. And under my hood aimed down to light the whole bay. Im going to do an led strip under my cowl so that area glows. And i will be accenting other areas with led strobes

[road1will]

would look a lot better if you painted the bracket is screwed to. and used some screws that weren't rusted...

[DJTricky]

hey thanks for the constructive critisizum. I thinks thats how you spell it. When i add in the rest of the lighs. I will be doing a small wise tuck on all the lightsing wires that i put in. Cus right now there kind of all over the place. But i will make it look better.

[96ProCompTahoe]

never thought of sticking LED's in a fuse holder, but looks good. keep us posted on the underhood LED project. I'd like to throw some under the hood at some point. not really for "show" but to light it up a heck of a lot better under there.

sort of off topic but anyone use the circuit breakers instead of the fuses?

[DJTricky]

i do on customer cars. Its some times just alot more cost effective. But for mine. I wanted the cool factor. Along with the fact that i get fuses for free. Yay me

[TahoeGoBoom]

i used fuses for the same reason that i dont have to pay for em.
the holder looks good, just not somethin i would do. my boys car had one with a built in led that drove us both crazy to the point where we disabled it. lol

[DJTricky]

was it always on? or how was it turned on?

[TahoeGoBoom]

it was always on. it got the power from the fuse block. rather annoying. if you can turn em off then its not so bad. lol

[DJTricky]

mine turn on and off with my HU, lol

[DJTricky]

bigger and better pics now

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/IMG_6360.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/IMG_6364.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/IMG_6362.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/DJTricky/IMG_6365.jpg

[AtomicHoe094]

It looks good, but damn that metal thing thats holding the fuse is kinda Large

[DJTricky]

i know it was a bigger spot with 2 200 amp fuses, that i swapped out for 1 400amp.

[roadrageror]

Looks good. Nice idea.

[foreverfalcon40]

Hey...put an LED in your cowl and post a Pic...Wanna do the same to mine.

[DJTricky]

im actually gonna be doing that. Lol you read my mind :) haha yeah im gonna do a thin strip of blue leds under the cowl. And make the vent glow. Hopefully next week. I have to get payed this friday. So i guess tomorrow lol