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#33519 - 11/22/08 01:43 PM

Leds in creative places

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im goin to be puttin LEDS in my cars front bumper soon(just wait , dont think im crazy jsut yet lol)theire going to be red. im going to have the switch in my that little cubby. what im asking what gauge wire would be appropriatre im thinking around 20 gauge

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#33520 - 11/22/08 02:33 PM

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when in doubt, 18 or 14...

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#33521 - 11/22/08 02:35 PM

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I don't care how creative you get, LED's in your front bumper are going to look like crap.

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#33522 - 11/22/08 02:41 PM

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i thought so too, but i dont want to judge until i see them...his car, ya know?...

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#33523 - 11/22/08 02:42 PM

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i think 20 gauge should be fine, they are just LED's.

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#33524 - 11/22/08 03:06 PM

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our fuel pump wire OEM is 18 gauge from front to back. so I think 20ga. will support led's

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#33525 - 11/22/08 04:41 PM

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Red is illegal in the front of a vehicle. You will get a ticket.

stick with white or a hyper white/bluish.

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#33526 - 11/22/08 04:51 PM

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Yep dont run around on public roads with red on the front. I'd avoid blue as well.

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#33527 - 11/22/08 07:59 PM

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ok so i went to the store and they had no led little bulb things........if i get red ones im going to have themona switch so i can turn them on and off...ik theyre very ILLEGAL

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#33528 - 11/22/08 08:33 PM

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heres my idea

on the top flat part of the bumper....
Switch i got (i think itll look cool

where switch is going

this is a Led correct?

i am very bad at electronics, so please help me lol

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#33529 - 11/22/08 09:42 PM

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red wire to power, black wire to ground. haha.

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#33530 - 11/22/08 10:21 PM

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For that placement, a neon bar would give off better light - LEDs are very directional and they do not reflect well. Since the light will be washed out by the headlights you probably wont even be able to see them.

If you do use LEDs, make sure you either buy resistors of a voltage regulator specific to the bulbs. Otherwise bybye LEDs in a few weeks.

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#33531 - 11/22/08 11:17 PM

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wait... you put 5 arrows on front bumper. So that's mean you will put 5 leds on it. 2 led on right side and 3 led on left side? Sweet!

I'm not fan of neon light. Too much for me but that's your car.

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#33532 - 11/22/08 11:44 PM

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quote:
Originally posted by palsut:
wait... you put 5 arrows on front bumper. So that's mean you will put 5 leds on it. 2 led on right side and 3 led on left side? Sweet! im goofy like that lol

no i think if i think i can tackle a project like this i will get a led light bar and put that facing the bulbs out

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#33533 - 11/23/08 08:31 AM

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How about a strip of white LEDs along the bottom of the chin spoiler?

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