Interior LED project

[BimmerBall]

OK, so I noticed the other night that in dad's Boxster, there are amber LED's in various places, the door handles, near the release for the top, etc. I have heard the new BMW's may have this feature as well. "Ambience Lighting" or some catchy marketing name. Before I start, I wanted to see if anybody else had done this and what their results were...

Thanks!!

[euroshark]

A guy on mye28 has an E28 kit with two amber LEDs that fit into the sunroof motor cover. Looks cool. I wouldnt mind having a few under each side of the dash to light up the flootwells with some dim light.

[BimmerBall]

yeah, I really liked it in the boxster...added just enough light to see if you dropped something in the floorboards, etc

[BDSax]

i have been thinking about adding some light amber lights to the inside door handles.

[AndrewBird]

These would make mounting easy:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062558&cp=2032058.2032233.2032297&parentPage=family

The only thing you would have to deal with is stepping down the voltage as LED's are generally a little over 2 volts, not 12.

[silversleeper]

Have you guys seen the interior on the new Benz CL550? There is an amber LED strip running across the bottom of the dash... very sexy!

[Garageaholic]

I did it on my e30

I have 1 led right by my sunroof switch shining lightly on my center console. I love the ambiance.

[nefarious7907]

With the underdash panel removed and the dash lights on full bright I have underdash lights on the drivers side :)

[BahnE30]

haha me too, my feet hit mine, so i leave it out.

[nefarious7907]

I spent a lot of money to get a mint one and the first time out with it in my size 14 feet hit and cracked one of the pieces inbetween the pedals. So its been collecting dust for a while now.

[87-325ic]

With the underdash panel removed and the dash lights on full bright I have underdash lights on the drivers side :)

Glad im not the only one.


Theres a simple formula to determine the size Resistor you have, combined with the voltage capacity of the LED..

[AndrewBird]

Theres a simple formula to determine the size Resistor you have, combined with the voltage capacity of the LED..

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/led.htm

[AL GReeNeRy]

ive already got some short drawings and plans for leds in the footwells, sunroof, passenger footwells and outside door handles like the new bmws

[Spaz]

lets see some pictures of your guy's setups.

[e304me]

why the outside door handles? how is that going to work?