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Offline mikemk4gti

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DIY W8 light
« on: 02 December 2009, 19:31 »
 Decided to have a go at doing a DIY W8 mod with a few LED's fitted into the standard light.
 So I got some 3mm red LED's off ebay. Tried to remove the interior light today but broke the bl**dy thing  :angry:
 Anyway, glued it back together for now and fitted the LED's (note that the earth wires are soldered to the wrong place here, they should go to the brown wire going into the light)


You can see where its been glued :sad:
 I was going to put them into the lens part but decided not to in the end. I'll put it into the car soon and see what its like. I did try it on a battery and it did look good  :smiley:
 If I like it I'll get a new light and do it properly, So if anyone has a spare interior light let me know please :wink:
Mike.
« Last Edit: 05 December 2009, 15:11 by mikemk4gti »
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #1 on: 02 December 2009, 19:43 »
as luck would have it i have my one i removed when i fitted my w8 light boxed with my spares  :wink:
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #2 on: 03 December 2009, 09:58 »
 still after a spare if anyones got one lying around as northeasts is beige and I need the light grey one.
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #3 on: 03 December 2009, 17:37 »
Quote from: northeast_gti-t on 02 December 2009, 19:43
as luck would have it i have my one i removed when i fitted my w8 light boxed with my spares  :wink:

I have a grey one from when I fitted my W8 but I have a sunroof!
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #4 on: 03 December 2009, 19:43 »
 Finished off by fitting the light today and running the wire to get the feed from the headlight switch.
 Really pleased with how it looks and it can be dimmed using the normal dimmer like the rest of the lights. :smiley:
Have took a pic but didn't come out to well.
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #5 on: 03 December 2009, 19:47 »
I have one mate
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #6 on: 03 December 2009, 20:05 »
they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #7 on: 03 December 2009, 20:09 »
looks cracking that mate!  :smiley:
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #8 on: 03 December 2009, 20:45 »
Quote from: b16roy69 on 03 December 2009, 20:05
they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol

Its REALLY easy to do mate,  2 x 3mm LED's off ebay, a drill and a 3mm drill bit. about 1.5m of cable and a few connectors.
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Re: DIY W8 light
« Reply #9 on: 04 December 2009, 12:24 »
Quote from: mikemk4gti on 03 December 2009, 20:45
Quote from: b16roy69 on 03 December 2009, 20:05
they look good mate, wish i could do them myself lol, but not that clever when it comes to stuff like this lol

Its REALLY easy to do mate,  2 x 3mm LED's off ebay, a drill and a 3mm drill bit. about 1.5m of cable and a few connectors.

Sounds like you should do a write up for the how to section matey :cool: . I assume it worked out a lot cheaper than buying an actual W8 light?
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