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    Default LED strips in cupholders.





    VLED LED strip. Hooked to 12V Power outlet. It gives nice glow @ night times.

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    holy bright blue batman =) looks good. Distracting during night driving at all or?

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    I have seen this personally and it looks awesome! When I was driving beside him, I do see a shade of blue glowing out but knock on wood John!
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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    Quote Originally Posted by towlsnap View Post
    holy bright blue batman =) looks good. Distracting during night driving at all or?
    Nah, i find it alright. In case i need it to be dark inside the car like when gets pulled over, i could just close the lid of cupholders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ogata View Post
    I have seen this personally and it looks awesome! When I was driving beside him, I do see a shade of blue glowing out but knock on wood John!
    haha thanx ed

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    Sick! So very very bright! It makes looking at water bottles so much more fun. lol

    Great job John!

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    ^^ I try not to spend too much time looking at water bottles. However LEDs would make it a more attractive hobby! :p

    John they do look great mang!

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    why not put an on/off switch somewhere. That'll help u have it on when u need it and off when u dont need it

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    Quote Originally Posted by Soyabean View Post
    why not put an on/off switch somewhere. That'll help u have it on when u need it and off when u dont need it
    I was going to, but i was DIYing the job, and was freezing to death.

    Ill put a switch in in the summer time.

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    How much were the VLED strip Johnygt?

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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    Looks great! How hard was it to install?
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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    i was thinking about this... instead of using a strip i was going to use 4 super bright leds in each cup holder, wire it to the 12 cig connector and slap in a momentary switch right behind the lid of the cup holders so it would only turn on once fliped open..

    looks great though!
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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    Quote Originally Posted by omalak View Post
    i was thinking about this... instead of using a strip i was going to use 4 super bright leds in each cup holder, wire it to the 12 cig connector and slap in a momentary switch right behind the lid of the cup holders so it would only turn on once fliped open..

    looks great though!
    great idea! let me know if you're actually gonna do it.
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    Default Re: LED strips in cupholders.

    how did u do the led strips? where is the connection to power it? looks cool

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