LED lighting

[BJOHNSON]

I put LED strips in the four front vents of my 1999 Yukon, and I was wondering if anyone has ever put LED strips in the vents on the roof for the rear seat. If so did you pull the headliner down or what??

 

[SunlitComet]

 

[99Yuk]

Actually, I'm kinda curious about the front leds in the vents too. Where did you run the wires?

If you had pics, I wouldn't mind seeing them too.

Thanks.

 

[BJOHNSON]

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I took off my dash and ran the wires straight down to under the steering coloum where I then connected them to my power wire running through my firewall, then for the vents in front of the passenger I popped those vents off and just ran those wires right out of the vent. Down to the power wire. You can not see any wires when the glove box is open or closed. All of my wires are not visible.
I need to get them in the upper vents in the rear now.

 

[phillydog07]

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I took off my dash and ran the wires straight down to under the steering coloum where I then connected them to my power wire running through my firewall, then for the vents in front of the passenger I popped those vents off and just ran those wires right out of the vent. Down to the power wire. You can not see any wires when the glove box is open or closed. All of my wires are not visible.
I need to get them in the upper vents in the rear now.

IMHO, would look better if you did the gauge cluster and HVAC controls with the same color LEDs as well.

 

[BJOHNSON]

Yes, I just ordered those like 10 minutes ago. For superbrightleds.com. I got them for my gauges and the HVAC controls, the courtesy lights in the doors, the lights under the dash, and the two dome lights.

 

[raptorforme93]

IMHO, would look better if you did the gauge cluster and HVAC controls with the same color LEDs as well.

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Those look sweet as hell IMO. Are they on all of the time? Where did you get the LEDs to do that from?? I am interested in doing the same thing but wiring them to a switch.

 

[BJOHNSON]

Thank you, I purchased them at advanced auto, they are like 15$ for two 6 inch strips and yes I have them on a switch cause during the day you can see them but they are kind of pointless, but at night it lights my entire truck up. The whole labor time was like 3 hours. It was well worth the 65$ for 8 strips and a switch. It's cheap and makes it look cool.

 

[raptorforme93]

Did you stick one strip in each vent and put a strip in each foot well??

The dash and HVAC controls will really finish it off. Ill be ordering my dash and HVAC leds tomorrow

 

[BJOHNSON]

Yes one in each vent and one in each footwell and under the seats as well in the rear. And ya I just ordered mine tonight. I'm excited for that. But tomorrow I'm going to figure out how to get strips in the rear vents on the ceiling for the passengers in the back... Idk how im gonna do it but it is going to be done. Hahaha.

 

[grnrpr68]

looking good

 

[BJOHNSON]

Thanks man, do you have any clue on how to run wires from the rear vents in the ceiling?

 

[raptorforme93]

Yes one in each vent and one in each footwell and under the seats as well in the rear. And ya I just ordered mine tonight. I'm excited for that. But tomorrow I'm going to figure out how to get strips in the rear vents on the ceiling for the passengers in the back... Idk how im gonna do it but it is going to be done. Hahaha.

Oh alright those look good. I have a 2dr so I have no read ac vents but i do want to put some under the rear bench to finish off the look. I'm glad you did this! I like the idea of having some fun

 

[raptorforme93]

For the LEDs in the vents, how did you run the wires again?? It looks like you said you ran the wires out the front of the vents.. Can you run the wires out of the front without the wires being visible and maintain full vent operation? And what power wire did you connect all of them to?

 

[BJOHNSON]

Yes you pop off your dash which gives you access to the two left vents put them in there then take off the bottom part of the dash and run the wires just down to where ever your power wire is. And then the two right vents you can simply pop them right off and open the glove box and run them in there you can not see any wires and they work perfectly normal. And for the power wire I have it on a switch so I ran a wire from my battery to the switch and then the load wire just throughout the truck. If you lived closer I'd come show you but we live on the other side if the country from each other. Haha.

 

[brunosmith]

the pics werent clear , what strip lights was that?

 

[BJOHNSON]

what do you mean? like the brand? im not sure, im at school right now and the box is at my house. soo ill let you know when i get home.

 

[raptorforme93]

Yes you pop off your dash which gives you access to the two left vents put them in there then take off the bottom part of the dash and run the wires just down to where ever your power wire is. And then the two right vents you can simply pop them right off and open the glove box and run them in there you can not see any wires and they work perfectly normal. And for the power wire I have it on a switch so I ran a wire from my battery to the switch and then the load wire just throughout the truck. If you lived closer I'd come show you but we live on the other side if the country from each other. Haha.

Oh I see what youre saying. Haha. That all makes sense. I just wasnt sure how you ran them on the passenger side vents. Thank you for the info!

 

[brunosmith]

what do you mean? like the brand? im not sure, im at school right now and the box is at my house. soo ill let you know when i get home.

ahhhh sorry for not clarifying enough. umm not the brand . for example if it's like this Flexible LED strips? or rigid ones?

 

[BJOHNSON]

they are the flexible ones... they are the lowest profile and you can put them any where. i love the flexible ones