09-23-2009, 08:48 AM | #141 |
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Hey Rick, was that Aquarium tube rigid, or the air hose tube?
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09-23-2009, 09:07 AM | #142 |
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09-23-2009, 12:09 PM | #143 |
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I posted in the other thread about changing the ABL color, but after getting my car and pulling off the drivers side trim, I suspect the way that GM did it initially was to put lights in the original holes behind the trim. Maybe I can plug in a some of my LED christmas lights and see how the lights shine through.
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09-23-2009, 11:26 PM | #144 |
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No im not sure thats what they did, because the door panels have a groove in which the acrylic tube goes and the Blue led light from GM. Im not sure though
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then again they did have a lot of uneven spots on the dash which they were trying to perfect. But i still doubt they would use those wholes.
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09-24-2009, 11:18 PM | #147 |
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Thanks to the great pictures and explanation posted here and in the other thread I got my lights installed in less than an hour today with no prob except for my sore fingers from trying to pull apart all the dashboard parts that are held on with the worlds strongest clips. That car is build tight!!! I don't know how it's going to look yet because it's still light outside but I'm excited to find out!
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My lights are working, but I am triing to tweak the appearance on the passenger side. It fades to much toward that end. However the entire panel does light up. I will post pics later when I finish the project.
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I don't love the way mine looks yet. You can see the shadow of the black glue stuff on the back very clearly. In some of the pictures in this thread I see duct tape that looks like it might be a solution to the problem but theres no mention of that anywhere. Or is there some other solution.
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09-27-2009, 07:12 PM | #152 |
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I was able to get a LED christmas light behind the drivers side on the dash and noticed that light will indeed shine through if you use the existing holes. I believe you would need to sand a bit off of the top of the trim if you use this method, and my suggestion earlier of using foil tape may also help and even out the light and prevent light from shining through the bottom.
It looks like if I was to do this, then 10 LED lights would be needed. 2 for the drivers side, and 8 for across the rest of the dash. |
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09-27-2009, 08:41 PM | #154 |
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Luckily I had this strand of Christmas lights that I can put through the holes. Tell you what, when I get some more time, I'll put two in the drivers side and sand the top of the trim and align the bottom below the holes with some tin foil and see how it looks.
Maybe it is just me, but I hate cutting holes in my car. The light tube method is pretty good, but seeing that there are holes in behind the trim originally leads me to believe they are spaced out to provide even light. Plus with the lamps being on back order, it might be kind of fun to work on this. |
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