Dylan's 1997 GMC Yukon

[_Dylan_]

Here is a comparision of one 8" strip.

 

[_Dylan_]

Just waiting for it to get dark so I can see how bright they are.

I spliced into the power from the courtesy lights on the door. Normally I would have used a relay, but I swapped the door lights to LEDs so they use less power and can handle the extra load of the LED strips.

 

[_Dylan_]

Hard wired the radar detector. I spliced power from the map lights and used the on/off from the power mirror.

Now it comes on and off automatically when I run the truck.

The first picture is the cigarette plug. I opened it up and soldered an extra set of wires for power. That way if I ever need to the cigarette plug still works.
The third picture is the spliced in power for the relay. After this picture was taken I cut the blue wire and ran the red/black from the first picture to this blue wire. I ran a signal wire from the power mirror to the relay. Works great.

 

[juggjiggler69]

Looking good post some pics at nite time

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[_Dylan_]

Looking good post some pics at nite time

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night pics

 

[juggjiggler69]

Dam it that looks good i mite have to do that but with red lites

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[JubjubW]

how hard was it to get to and change the cluster lights? did you have to do anything but swap the bulbs? I would like to go red... how many did you need?

 

[juggjiggler69]

The heater control was easy i think it was 6 of the #74 bulbs,headlight switch was easy i just took the led out of its holder and made it work it the factory holder,and for my gauges i got the white face with the red numbers on it so i let the white bulbs in there but they are easy to change also i think it is 6 #194 bulbs

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[_Dylan_]

how hard was it to get to and change the cluster lights? did you have to do anything but swap the bulbs? I would like to go red... how many did you need?

You need six for the cluster. 194 bulb size.

Buy 2 packs of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Brand-5-SMD-H..._2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1328427988&sr=1-2

I bought the same ones from the same seller, but in blue. They don't have any dark or light spots. Some of the other LED styles don't spread the light evenly.

Its easy and takes about 30 minutes. What you do is:
-tilt steering adjusted all the way down
-pull off the large piece of trim around the cluster, radio, A/C.
-disconnect the headlight switch and other switches (push button 4wd, cargo lights, etc.) so you can remove the trim piece completey
-7mm socket to remove the 4 screws holding the cluster on
-pull out the cluster
-twist out the 6 connectors (picture in post 7)
-put in the new bulbs
-reinstall cluster
-check to make sure all the lights work (unlike normal bulbs, LEDs only work one way)
-fix if necessary
-put the switches back on
-pop the trim back on

 

[noJeepshere]

That's actually a really good idea, I'll have to keep that in mind for future reference.

 

[_Dylan_]

New dome lights. 36 smd led panels

 

[_Dylan_]

a few more

 

[Gzes]

so that car truck thing.... it looks better as a truck then car lol

 

[_Dylan_]

so that car truck thing.... it looks better as a truck then car lol

That was a subaru legacy station wagon with about 18" cut out of the roof. It looked like a giant hunk of crap but ran great. The new owner is taking it to Mexico. I kinda want to do the same thing, but to a geo metro. A 40mpg pickup truck would be awesome.

 

[_Dylan_]

tail light circuit board mod
http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forum/...-light-88-98-tails-looks-like-03-tails-6.html

Both bulbs illuminate when you hit the brakes instead of just the lower one.

 

[noJeepshere]

Please go into greater detail on this

 

[_Dylan_]

Please go into greater detail on this

What exactly did you want to know?

The link I posted has all the info.

Its kinda ghetto! Both bulbs are dual filament, but only the bottom bulb uses both filaments. This mod allows you to use the use the second filament on the top bulb. You solder one end to the board and jam the other ends in the socket.

 

[_Dylan_]

New under dash LED lights made from a 60" LED strip.


Here is a teaser video of the next project. Still working out the bugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njdVU_-xgmg

 

[_Dylan_]

I got some goodies in the mail today

7" TFT LCD monitor: 12v, 2 video inputs, ...$36

Sorry about the crappy first picture...I had to use my webcam.


I thought is was broken at first because it had a white screen...it was just low voltage in the 9.6v drill battery I had it hooked up to. D'oh!

 

[Gzes]

That was a subaru legacy station wagon with about 18" cut out of the roof. It looked like a giant hunk of crap but ran great. The new owner is taking it to Mexico. I kinda want to do the same thing, but to a geo metro. A 40mpg pickup truck would be awesome.

Hell chop the top off the sub lol it actually looks nice if done right. With geo metros I would do that n use the car as a tuned truck

---------- Post added at 05:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 PM ----------

Yukon not sub... Cursis autocorrect