Let there be (more trunk) light!
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Originally Posted by Trumpetlon
How long of an extension do I need to run from the festoon to under the deck?
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Originally Posted by RobDis
Completed this mod this week! Bought a string of 24 White LED's off Ebay. Very simple wiring. Simply a positive and a negative wire. Took the trunk light plug and cut it. Used my multimeter to determine which wire was the 12v and attached a male blade type connector to it. Did the same to the ground and then re-routed the wires around to the area under the rear decklid. Had to add a little wire to make it reach. Then crimped the female blade connectors to the wires on the LED string and plugged it in. The LED string came with some 3M adhesive backing and has been holding the past few days with no issues. Its been raining and humid here. We will see the first time it gets very cold. And even if the adhesive doesn't hold some real 3M double sided tape will do just nicely.
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From: Ville Platte, Louisiana
Originally Posted by mburnette
I like your speaker setup, is that aftermarket upgrade? What do you have?
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Originally Posted by watchdevil
I finally got around to putting in the LED trunk light. A white 36" LED strip fits perfectly along the underside of the rear deck. Now there is plenty of light! And of course it operates tied in to the existing trunk light harness.
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From: Chattanooga
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I did mine by just using the 3 ft run already attached to the 36" light strip. I did not run it all the way to the factory trunk light bulb connector. I tapped in where the harness originates close to the RH taillamp connector. Yello/Green (+) and White/Blue (-)
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Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500
I still don't know why this much light is needed in a trunk. The factory lighting is acceptable for me.
By lighting from above, you avoid that problem.
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Originally Posted by watchdevil
I did mine by just using the 3 ft run already attached to the 36" light strip. I did not run it all the way to the factory trunk light bulb connector. I tapped in where the harness originates close to the RH taillamp connector. Yello/Green (+) and White/Blue (-)
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I also have the trunk cargo net, which is extremely handy, but once you put something in it...bye bye light
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I just did this with the LED bulb in the factory location and the 12" strip from Superbright LEDs ...
However, since I put my amps on the rear deck, the light was off center, since I felt putting it in the middle would leave the light too exposed to damage from loading and unloading large bags (hockey gear) in the trunk.
Ordered a second LED light and will have two, one on either side of my amplifiers and the trunk will be fully illuminated.
Will get pics once the second one is here and installed. Already the first one is a HUGE improvement over the light that gets blocked everytime I put something in the trunk, held in place by my cargo net.
However, since I put my amps on the rear deck, the light was off center, since I felt putting it in the middle would leave the light too exposed to damage from loading and unloading large bags (hockey gear) in the trunk.
Ordered a second LED light and will have two, one on either side of my amplifiers and the trunk will be fully illuminated.
Will get pics once the second one is here and installed. Already the first one is a HUGE improvement over the light that gets blocked everytime I put something in the trunk, held in place by my cargo net.
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Update:
Installed 2 super bright led light bars and the replacement for the factory trunk light.
Here is the LED trunk light by itself:
Untitled by surfergeek, on Flickr
Here is the trunk with 2 LED light bars. Each located on the rear deck on either side of my amps:
Untitled by surfergeek, on Flickr
Installed 2 super bright led light bars and the replacement for the factory trunk light.
Here is the LED trunk light by itself:
Untitled by surfergeek, on Flickr
Here is the trunk with 2 LED light bars. Each located on the rear deck on either side of my amps:
Untitled by surfergeek, on Flickr
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