RaptorFlipper
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Good timing on this post. I finally got around to doing this today. The bigger strips are much better. I went amber on all to match accents lights.
Hood vent led lighting
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infinitereality
SLC IR/8
I ended up doing the side vents since the wiring was there anyways. I had the 2 spares left over from first time I ordered so I removed pucks and put 3 strips per side. I already soldered wires for the hood lights and ran them into engine bay and zip tied out of the way. Definitely brighter than the pucks ever where.
I think you misunderstood, I only got half of what I needed to do fender and hood. Only had enough to do one or the other.
always order extra. that way when you are bored, you can find places to put lights
infinitereality
SLC IR/8
I will next time for sure. Lesson learned. Still no reply back from the seller.
infinitereality
SLC IR/8
Got the 4 missing LED strips in Monday and put them in after work last night...... ******* weather, was 70's yesterday and this morning 30's.
J Damage, thanks for the write-up. Install went smoothly, tool make quick work of removing the vents. I placed them in same location as suggested, but I don't trust this adhesive.... I put few strips of electrical tape between the LEDs at top and bottom of each strip to help keeping them in place. This morning you can BARELY notice them when driving in the dark.
Before weekend is over I'll have the material behind the fender vent SVT cut out too, trying to finish up my movie room as well.
Pictures are during they day with garage closed so only light is through windows on garage door. Sorry for the phone pictures, I'll take some better ones at night with the DSLR
J Damage, thanks for the write-up. Install went smoothly, tool make quick work of removing the vents. I placed them in same location as suggested, but I don't trust this adhesive.... I put few strips of electrical tape between the LEDs at top and bottom of each strip to help keeping them in place. This morning you can BARELY notice them when driving in the dark.
Before weekend is over I'll have the material behind the fender vent SVT cut out too, trying to finish up my movie room as well.
Pictures are during they day with garage closed so only light is through windows on garage door. Sorry for the phone pictures, I'll take some better ones at night with the DSLR
AbnMP13
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Looks badass. I have the lights and SVT logos sitting at home. My install should begin Tuesday!
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RaptorFlipper
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Great call on this mod. I just finished mine tonight. Looks great! Had the side vents for a while, but the hood vents really enhance the whole package.
Got the 4 missing LED strips in Monday and put them in after work last night...... ******* weather, was 70's yesterday and this morning 30's.
J Damage, thanks for the write-up. Install went smoothly, tool make quick work of removing the vents. I placed them in same location as suggested, but I don't trust this adhesive.... I put few strips of electrical tape between the LEDs at top and bottom of each strip to help keeping them in place. This morning you can BARELY notice them when driving in the dark.
Before weekend is over I'll have the material behind the fender vent SVT cut out too, trying to finish up my movie room as well.
Pictures are during they day with garage closed so only light is through windows on garage door. Sorry for the phone pictures, I'll take some better ones at night with the DSLR
Looks good, did you enjoy pulling the little clips out of the hood after the vents were removed, lol, hardest part of the whole job. I just cleaned up the area with alcohol and used a heat gun making sure the surface was worm, then stuck the strips on, still sticking good.
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infinitereality
SLC IR/8
I did and also used heat gun to make sure strips stay down. The adhesive on these 4 strips is crap compared to ones I originally got.
Teaser pic of what I just finished, no recon junk here! I'll do new thread this weekend on how I did it.
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AbnMP13
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Dang it, you guys are killing me! I'm stuck here on the rig with my lights waiting on me at home. Monday cant get here soon enough.
Looks great!
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