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[H]ard|Gawd
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hey, im gonna pimp my ride out some what....im thinking of geting some 1" acrylic tube from usplastic.com and cutting about 1/4'th of an inch off...then in that flat section drill holes for LED's..then mount it under my car....BAM! nice glowage! wooot..any who i gots a couple Q's..
1) how can i make it so that its only on when the cars on? i think i remember something called a relay doing this, what is it and how would i wire it?
2) i assume ill just run this from the 12V car thing... ill figure ill just take the dash out and take the power from right before the cig ligher, or where ever that gets it power, if i can find that...and problems with that? is that pretty steady voltage?
3)how often should i pop a led in to keep a contstant glow? i was thinking one inch, but that would be ALOT of soldering and stuff...
any who, whatcha yall think of this, any possible problems??? i've got my self a green ford explorer...1994, thinking of popping some greeen LED stick under, i think it should look hot....my friend who is gonna buiy this tan explorer wants me to make him an or=ange strip if this looks good..should be a sick/cheap/DIY/fun way to make your car pimped out
1) how can i make it so that its only on when the cars on? i think i remember something called a relay doing this, what is it and how would i wire it?
2) i assume ill just run this from the 12V car thing... ill figure ill just take the dash out and take the power from right before the cig ligher, or where ever that gets it power, if i can find that...and problems with that? is that pretty steady voltage?
3)how often should i pop a led in to keep a contstant glow? i was thinking one inch, but that would be ALOT of soldering and stuff...
any who, whatcha yall think of this, any possible problems??? i've got my self a green ford explorer...1994, thinking of popping some greeen LED stick under, i think it should look hot....my friend who is gonna buiy this tan explorer wants me to make him an or=ange strip if this looks good..should be a sick/cheap/DIY/fun way to make your car pimped out