Interior Neons and Engine LED's

[ESsportback]

Just thought I'd put this up, Here Is a few Pictures of the Interior Neons I've put In under the dash, they come on with the doors as per the DIY instructions (they helped alot), I only have Pictures of the Driver's side because the neon for the passenger side Is dull so I'll need to replace It when I have time.


Here's a Picture when the doors are open:





And the engine Light's are 2 rows of eight LED pods (1 LED per pod) controlled by a lit up switch when It's on, So I know when I'm driving with them on.

The Switch OFF:



The Switch when It's ON:




And here are the Light's :

From the front with the Hood UP:



It actually Is a lot brighter than In the photo (they light up the engine and surrounds from the side/ bottom).

Here's a photo from The front with the hood down (glows through the top front grill, both sides on the Mitsubishi symbol).





Feel free to leave comments, A mate of mine picked up the LED's from E-bay for my birthday, from what I could get out of Him they were fairly cheap.

[Superintendent Chalmers]

I hate cheap friends......gimme someone who is willing to open up the wallet or purse strings and dispose of some of that fat cash for the good of my birthday!!!!

NICE LIGHTS TOO!!!!!

[tadz0rz]

Top stuff man. Looks really good.

[RedCanuck]

Different, but cool just the same... Well done ES!

[Trent]

looks awesome

[Dusk20]

Yeah the interior neons are really nice. Love the blue color. I've been looking into something similar but with red lights to match the console lights.

[JaCe]

I'm trying to source some kind of blank toggle switch to make it look more "factory"... then I will aim to hook neons/LEDs upto it.

Out of interest, where are you running the power from? Presuming you followed this guide >> http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=618

I'm just consciencous that I don't want to draw too much power from the circuit.

[SIR-VRX]

JAce, look in my ride thread... I have some nice switches!!! http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=377

But they are not toggle, they are only momentary, so therefore for use as neon switches, you will need to get a latching circuit made. Easy enough though. $10 in parts and a bit of electrical soldering and boo yeah!

[Dummer]

Hmmm I could think of a latching circuit, might cost about $20 though.

12V to 5V voltage regulator, 74HC7414 D-Flip flop IC package, a 5V SSD relay and some vero board (or make up your own PCB).

You simply connect the flip flops Q to the relay coil, the push button to the Clock of the flip flop and then join the notQ pin to the D pin of the flip-flop. Whenever you press the button it toggles the circuit (so from On->Off or Off->On)...

The SSD relays are good for about 2A, so for higher loads you need to run multiple in parallel. But 2A @ 12V is alot of LEDs...

[SIR-VRX]

This is the one I found and am thinking of using. A bit cheaper than using a IC setup I'd assume

http://www.edn.com/article/CA472837.html

[Dummer]

ICs are dirt cheap ($1.40 for a flip flop and $2ish for a voltage regulator). It's just that the 5V SSD relays are just over $10 each...