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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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Thanks, I think I will do that to the switches, looks good.

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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Very nice! I love how it complements the rest of your lighting and makes the switches easier to find! (wish we had a Rep system on this forum! )
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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I used the blue LEDs but mounted them to the switch housing. They illuminate the gap around the switches. Wired them into the wiper switch light wires so they would only come on with the dash lights.. Looks nice at night. Haven't figured out a way to take a picture that would do the look justice. Also laid a piece of tail light repair tape over them to get a more purple look to the light.
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tcstoy
I used the blue LEDs but mounted them to the switch housing. They illuminate the gap around the switches. Wired them into the wiper switch light wires so they would only come on with the dash lights.. Looks nice at night. Haven't figured out a way to take a picture that would do the look justice. Also laid a piece of tail light repair tape over them to get a more purple look to the light.

That's what I was originally going to do, but I couldn't get the look I wanted without using like 8-10 Led's. I may re-do the wiringto the wiper wires (they are right there) but I'm kinda getting used to the LED's being there during the day...lol....and believe me I know all about the picture senerio....My camera, interior lights, and darkness just don't get along...lol...regards
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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I used a 3 pack of LED lights I purchased at Autozone. Put some reflective material at the top and bottom of the switch housing. Hard wired to the light wires to the rear window wiper switch. Turned out good enough for goverment work. LOL



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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tcstoy
I used a 3 pack of LED lights I purchased at Autozone. Put some reflective material at the top and bottom of the switch housing. Hard wired to the light wires to the rear window wiper switch. Turned out good enough for goverment work. LOL



Looks awesome.....The reflective material must be the key, because I had like 3 or 4 LED's all over and just couldn't get a good look to it. Did you put your lights between the switches, or did you mount them at the top?
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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I put one light between each of the door switches and one light below the lock button. All were mounted on the lower side of the switch.
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Very nice! I love how it complements the rest of your lighting and makes the switches easier to find! (wish we had a Rep system on this forum! )
Thanks Jason....but you get the props...If you wouldn't have done the speedo mod, I probably wouldn't have gone this far....A big Thanks goes out to you...The Rep system would be cool though.....Cheers...
Old Sep 28, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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Rude and TC both look great. That is going on my list.
Old Sep 29, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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tcstoy do you have pics of the LED locations and did you use any other reflective material than the taillight repair?



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