LED Underbody lighting kit with Eye brows

[madhouse12]

ok since you guys liked it so much and since i was working on the front lights for the car, i decided to take some pics and make a tutorial. so here goes...

This is what an LED look like. this is the bigger kind, cost 10 rs per LED. i used them for the front light..

Resistor of 470 ohms. i am usin 470 as i am using one LED with one resistor. if you are using three, then use 220 ohms.

This is the Printed ciruit strip. this one is for 33 LEDs. i am using 11 LEDs and filling the rest of the spaces with wire cut from the LEDs to bridge the gaps

Here is the completed strip. you can notice the wire bridges, the LEDs and the resistors. also the wire that will connect it to the power supply.

closeup of the strip

the duct that i use for sealing in the PC strip

The PC strip placed inside the strip and hot glued into place

Can you see the hot glue?

Duct with the cover on. since i had already made the strip before i made this tutorial, i will explain the steps here. after placing the LED strip in the duct and gluing it in place, place the duct cover on the strips, turn on the LEDs and mark the place of each bulb. remove the strip and then with an appropriate tool, make a hole in the cover.

the strip with holes in it. pardon the bad quality of the holes but i had to make some adjustments in the holes.

Duct with cover on

Closeup. the black marks are the marks that i made for the LED position

Another view

And the lights turned on... dont they look cool?

WOW!!!!

So.. what do you think guys? comments please...

[mehrozniazi1]

nicely done....how much costed you for the front light..and r they availabe in all colours

[mehrozniazi1]

ok since you guys liked it so much and since i was working on the front lights for the car, i decided to take some pics and make a tutorial. so here goes...

This is what an LED look like. this is the bigger kind, cost 10 rs per LED. i used them for the front light..

Resistor of 470 ohms. i am usin 470 as i am using one LED with one resistor. if you are using three, then use 220 ohms.

This is the Printed ciruit strip. this one is for 33 LEDs. i am using 11 LEDs and filling the rest of the spaces with wire cut from the LEDs to bridge the gaps

Here is the completed strip. you can notice the wire bridges, the LEDs and the resistors. also the wire that will connect it to the power supply.

closeup of the strip

the duct that i use for sealing in the PC strip

The PC strip placed inside the strip and hot glued into place

Can you see the hot glue?

Duct with the cover on. since i had already made the strip before i made this tutorial, i will explain the steps here. after placing the LED strip in the duct and gluing it in place, place the duct cover on the strips, turn on the LEDs and mark the place of each bulb. remove the strip and then with an appropriate tool, make a hole in the cover.

the strip with holes in it. pardon the bad quality of the holes but i had to make some adjustments in the holes.

Duct with cover on

Closeup. the black marks are the marks that i made for the LED position

Another view

And the lights turned on... dont they look cool?

WOW!!!!

So.. what do you think guys? comments please...

very nice bro....u used this for the trunk and under the body...what about the front lights

[madhouse12]

@rozzzzz<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2194187", true); </SCRIPT> i made the fronts myself. what i did was i used small LEDs for the front. instead of making them sit right on the PC strip, i soldered them leaving some gap between the PC strip and the bottom of the LED. after installing all the LEDs like this (mind you, i used the strip for 66 LEDs and left no gaps) i bent them parallel to the strip. the front ones are not installed in a duct, just placed right on the headlight and Hot glued into place and hot glued for insulation. use UHU on the corners and the middle as hot headlights might melt the hot glue.

sorry dont have pics of the eyebrows

[madhouse12]

rozzzzz<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2194187", true); </SCRIPT> they can be made into most colors. depends on what color LEDs you can find. its not BOUGHT, it was BUILT.

[cloud100]

na bro dont sell ur sub it looks sooooooo cooolll
khair ur choice but it looks real hot if its having chrome!
bro try flash circuit for the leds. it'll look awsomee

[madhouse12]

i can always make another box. i want to go to a sealed setup as i m more into SQ than SPL. i am still double minded about the box. i might sell it if i get a good price or i might cut it and make it into a sealed box....

as far as flashing is concerned, i already have a circuit and will be testing it pretty soon. the only problem i have noticed with LEDs is that with a flashing circuit they go "on, off, on, off" i.e. there is no fade in fade out. kher i havent tried the new circuit in my setup yet, only at the shop so lets see kya hota hai.

[mohsinhp]

Nice work brother..
I don't know much about electronics but if u connect with ur audio out replacing its resistors to lowest impedance once.. and add capacitors for fade effects..

[madhouse12]

actually from what i know of LEDs, they have a very narrow operative voltage range so u get dimming effect in that range only. so it will be difficult to set it up that way. will try it though

[cloud100]

yaar they are two options.
no 1 u can either connect the whle circuit main to the faders those are easily availablein the market with the resistor which can control the slow changes cz if u go in and out of fade if u do it fast it'll look like ON/OFF.

no 2 u'll have to get the high volt that has 5volt capacities cz the ones u'v aloready used have max capacity of 3volts

[madhouse12]

kher i m not that much intrested in flashing the LEDs. i like em the way they are. try ker k dekhounga but i want a circuit that can flash with song beats

[cloud100]

then u have to make one way circuit which has effect on one side,cz if u directly attatch the leds with sub many'v them would be fried,if u install a dimmer or open ic to lower the voltage for the leds then ur sub wont get the full voltage cz t'll only get that could just turn on the lights limiting ur ciruit like this can harm ur pre or amp cz they would be producing full volume but cirui wont allow to pass!

[madhouse12]

i m thinking of sthg else altogether. gonna search online and if i find something, will try it

[cloud100]

if its possible could u share with us?

[madhouse12]

sure but this will take time as now i m busy with fine tuning my woofer box

[aqibdada]

Resistor of 470 ohms. i am usin 470 as i am using one LED with one resistor. if you are using three, then use 220 ohms.

can u xplain this statement clearly
mujhe samajh nahin aaya

[aqibdada]

and plz tell me
aap ne current kahan se dia strip ko
i mean wire ko kahan se join kia

[madhouse12]

well the strip is designed so that in one unit 3 LEDs are in series with a resistor, and this is in parallel with rest of the units. now if you want to install less LEDs in a strip like i did, then for single LED you need a resistor of 470 ohms if you are running it on 12 volts. if you are using 3 (max on 12 volts in series) then u need a resistor of 220 ohms.

the strip shows connections for the power. check the pics

[luckybilal]

Very nice and impressive work.
@madhouse12: If you want LEDs to be synchronize with car audio, you may use music sensor. I don't know if physically connecting LEDs for this purpose with car Audio can work.

[madhouse12]

@luckybilal

that is what i had in mind. i have seen some circuits in college road for local made amplifier's LED display. also there are the music sensor circuits as well.