Ok so my car did not come with courtesy lights so I decided to add some and switch the dash led's to red also added a led to the hvac control
I bought some Withe wide angle led with built in resistors made for 12 volts to 14 volts on ebay they look like this


also got some led holders to hold them on the kick panels


made the hole to put them in



this is how they look when they're are on


Im adding one more by the fuse panel I'll add more pics tomorrow for the Hvac led and some on how to wire them so they could come on when doors are open Adding some to the hatch area too
this is how it look just with the led but I'm switch this light for a red one tomorrow

 

Looks good man. How did the kick panels turn out. I took my stock bulbs out and used trailer licence plate LEDS for my footwells and 2 of them for my dome and its crazy bright in there now

 

Love the red dash lights! Well done.

 

Thanks Formula...6six well so far so good but I'm going to ad more pics I couldn't finish it today since it started raining, I'm thinking adding some for the back seats.

 

Ok so I found a way to connect the L.E.D light to come on when opening the door, with the dome light and turning them on with the Dim Switch. Ok so this is for a 92 firebird and pretty sure should be for camaros too. I connected the Power to a cable giving power the whole time the ground, I had to connect it to the Door pin Switch which is this one

This is how it looks from the back if you remove the kick Panel it should have 2 wire connected to it I grounded the cable to the white wire, now this makes the under lights come on when the door is open. Also you could turn them on with the Dim switch for the Gauges

 

The pics Don't do justice but they are really bright I just ended up installing one on each side Passenger Side




Driver Side

And the Hvac Light I just added a red LED Here It is

 

I just Switched the Rearview Mirror to Bright White Led Too

This are the white LED's I got from Ebay I had to do Some modification to make it fit I had to take them out of their housing and cut that small ring so they could fit

Like this one

And here is Installed well one of them

This is how it looks inside is really bright But the phone doesn't really capture the light

 

I also Started Doing a Double Din Bezel, I seen Double Mods selling them and they are nice but I'm on a budget to fix my car so anyways I'm doing one my self. I went to home depot and bought thin sheet of wood was like $5 Put my old bezel and traced it is not the final version I still need to buy a textured spray paint and add the moldings in the back

Here it is just to see where i need to fix the imperfections


Is A jvc av-60bt


I started to do it as plexi glass but my Dremel kept melting it.

 

Im redoing my Dash pad too with vinyl since it has 3 big cracks on top Will have more pics on that tomorrow. and Adding the LED to the back seats.

 

That trim plate looks alright, but I would go at it with a chisel and a sandpaper to round out the edges. It would make it look more finished.

Also, fixing the hanging radio pod would help the look out some. Every one I have seen is broken, and one side hangs down onto the console. I fixed mine with epoxy made for plastic and reinforced it by laying screen material into the epoxy before it dried (on the broken area and others prone to breaking). It is stronger than ever and looks like I never touched it.

 

Yeah I still need to sand the edges well all around. The radio pod is good I just had to take it out to cut some plastic in the back, it wasn't bolt in in the picture. But I will use that epoxy for other parts in the car Thanks. I was thinking of putting the bed liner spray to give it the texture on the bezel.

 

So I started today on the dash pad like I said the cracks were pretty bad, and can't spend 100+ on a new one so for now this will have to do. I bought some vinyl make sure you buy at least to make 2 dash pads if you mess up on the first one. Well here it is so far just need to cut the front section for the vents I'm still trying to figure out how to do it I just don't want to cut it

 

ok so today I finished my radio bezel I hadn't had any time till today here it is. I added some Bondo for some imperfections, I know is not perfect but better than Spending $100
Some Sanding

Added the Rust-oleum Truck Armor Spray it gives it the textured Look $8


And here it is installed


It Looks better in person lol

 

And Also added the led Lights in the back seat all I did was cut a piece of thin wood out the LED holder and Put them By the corner here it is

 

I also Plasti-dipped My Rims

 

The leds and double din look sick man. I made a custom gauge panel for my camaro and used some textured hobby sheet plastic and it matched the stock stuff perfect.

Where did you get the LEDS for the map lights on the rear view mirrior and what size where they as ive been looking for some for my car for awhile now

 

Thanks bro.....do you have any pics of your gauges and how does the textured hobby sheet look like and where to buy ....I got them from ebay they're wedge super white led 194 or t10 is the same thing they have a blueish color to them they look exactly like this ones I just had to cut the ring like the top pics http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-super-Wh...e1453b&vxp=mtr

 

Thanks for the link. They look to be the same ones i put in my Autometer gauges. How does it sit in the mirrior and I thought the mirrior used tube style bulbs or are they 194s in the mirrior?

Heres a few pics of my gauges

 

That looks sick bro....Yeah well mines were 194 for the mirror you could put the tube ones but I think these ones output better light imo

 

Thaks man. I bet mine are 194's too i just never even thought to open them yet.

Where did you get the LED's you used for under the dash that have the wires attached to them. I think they where in the ifst pic you took as I have a idea now on using them on my sub box

 

From Ebay too here is the link they come with the wire attached and with the resistor already built in the seller has different colors just make sure they don't say blinking led

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-x-LED-5mm...item4ab68e3858

and extra wire from here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/24-GAUGE-ZIP...a7c750&vxp=mtr

 

Btw were did you v et the silver rings for the gauges

 

Thanks for the links.

The silver rings for the guages are on them when I bought them. All sport comp gauges have the silver rings on them. Some series of gauges have black I think. I oersonally like the sport comp as they are simple looking and look like the stock gauges from 3rd gen

 

That double din came out better than I expected. Good choice with the texture. When I used to run the install shop we used this stuff. http://www.theinstallbay.com/product...al.php?id=1623

Solid sheet of abs plastic. Same stuff most dash kits are made of.

 

LEDs made in Holley Michigan! Right by me! I expected to see shipped from Hong Kong at that price. Good find.

 

has anyone done and have specs for a sub box i have a 91 firebird and no box will fit and im over it

 

I ordered the LEDs but the wire was sold out by the time I got a shipping quote. I got alot of 16 and 18 guage kicking around so Ill just use that then.

You can look up sub box dimentions here on tgo just put it in the search box. I know ive seen various box box blueprints

 

ok thank you and how did u fit the double din ive been wanting to put one in my 91 but idk how to fit it

 

I had to cut the back plastic from the radio pot the middle part in the back I did not put the cage on the double din since it was a little bigger ...I would have to considered the plastic textured sheet for future projects thanks....and for the speaker box I cant really tell you the specs since I bought it from a sound shop for like 40$ but that was like 3 years ago.....also check this thread by Punisher shows how to make it fit https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/afte...el-double.html

 

Here are some pics of my car all done the LED interior lights and the door with the double din

 

Got pics of the door lights? Where did you mount the back seat lights to?

 

Looks neat. My buddy replaced his gauges with autometer gauges, man I thought he was gonna die doing all that wiring and drawing his own schematics. P.S Can you read your gauges with the steering wheel on? Looks hard to see.

 

Here is the link for the led strips on the door and for the back seats I just cut a piece wood like the one I used for the Bezel and mounted the Led holder

 

Yeah I could read them fine but also could dim them which Is neat. I want to get the Silver rings for the gauges haven't found them though.

 

ok so this is toatly off subject but i can not find any rims for my car and the stock ones are hella gay no one sells them on craigslist its probably cause all the red necks in oregon lol

 

do the little led lights come with the mounts

 

you have to buy them separately they cost like 5$ for 10 of them

 

Great LED mod.

How easy was it to separate the rear view mirror? Any more pics?

Looks like I have another project to add to the list.

 

The rear view mirror was quite easy just insert a small flat screw driver on the side should pop right off

 

here is a pic where to insert the flat driver

 

oh jebus I got all the LED's now and the wiring. Im so goin to town on my car now. Ive got a few ideas as well for the hatch area too. I just got to mock up what it will look like when I see the car next. Being in Canada with storage an hour away sucks

 

Good luck bro ...when ever you do the hatch post pics I still Had not decided on where to mount them

 

So I haven't been in the forum for a long time. Haven't drove my car in 2 yrs but about to get it ready again and this is my latest Mod. I added LED light to the hatch area aswell and will be adding LED to the fog lights. Stil doing more LED Mods.

 

Also Changed the Dashboard Speaker grills since the other ones were really beat up. Not the best looking ones but they'll do. You could see creases from the broken dashboard since I re-did it with vinyl fabric.

 

I'd like to see that from the front or a better angle. I have been thinking about adding an LED strip to that area

 

Here You Go



Daylight Running Lights Strip




Day Light Running Lights Firebird 92

 

Also Working on adding more LEDs Just Added the following with 8mm Lights. Working on the hatch area Pics will be up later on Tomorrow . Here are some Pics of what was done Today. Make sure to add hot glue or whatevet you prefer to hold the LED in Place or else it'll just come out. Also pop the side holder plastic out, so the bezel will stay in Place.

 

Did you just stick the strip right to the nose? or did you cut a slot for that?

I was thinking of using a side emitting LED strip way back in the pocket by the lights and have it curve up the sides, so it isn't visible when the light isn't on

 

Just used really strong 3m Double Sided Tape...They do come with some clips to screw them but didn't go that route. That was what I wanted to do first but it wasn't working because the strips are too long. You could maybe cut them to the right size and Re-seal them.

 

Oh, I just buy the LED strip in bulk and it shows where to cut. Then you trim the silicone off the contacts and solder on the wires, put a dab of something over the bare solder when finished, or not. I may consider doing this again when I put my car back together and wire them to the running lights or something