Cargo light upgrade
#21
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Palm Coast FLA
Posts: 1,929
now take the old cargo light and cut all the stuff off the back.
make sure you leave out the parts that is utilizes as the holders.
sorry i don't have any good pics of this. this is the best one i have.
cut it all down to about 1/2 inch
now i cut 2 slots and slid the led under. then as for the other side
i screwed it down. use a very small screw and make sure you pre-drill.
should look like this.
now it's all done. finished product should look like this.
now just so you know the plug you keep seeing at the end of the led is
not going to be used. I cut it and spliced a wire about 3 to 4 feet long
to it.
now run the wire to your cargo light.
make sure you leave out the parts that is utilizes as the holders.
sorry i don't have any good pics of this. this is the best one i have.
cut it all down to about 1/2 inch
now i cut 2 slots and slid the led under. then as for the other side
i screwed it down. use a very small screw and make sure you pre-drill.
should look like this.
now it's all done. finished product should look like this.
now just so you know the plug you keep seeing at the end of the led is
not going to be used. I cut it and spliced a wire about 3 to 4 feet long
to it.
now run the wire to your cargo light.
Last edited by niko3257; 01-23-2009 at 08:54 PM.
#22
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Palm Coast FLA
Posts: 1,929
i basically crimped the wires at the top and soldered them at the cargo light.
i choose to solder at the bottom so i can be able to still use the lights with the switch on the cargo light.
sorry no pics of this process either.
but i can tell you the pink wire is + hot wire at the clip on the cargo light.
so now i'm done.
here are all the pics of the final product.
i'm very pleased with the light out put also. it is very bright.
i choose to solder at the bottom so i can be able to still use the lights with the switch on the cargo light.
sorry no pics of this process either.
but i can tell you the pink wire is + hot wire at the clip on the cargo light.
so now i'm done.
here are all the pics of the final product.
i'm very pleased with the light out put also. it is very bright.
#29
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Palm Coast FLA
Posts: 1,929
Most def would work. The only thing you have to consider
is that those work better in the GD's
If you have ever seen a GD you will notice that the light is
angled.
On the GE's the light is not angled and faces down.
This is why I did what I did.
#33
I did a PCB board white led in the OEM GD location and it is bright as hell. They are high output SMT leds too, like 8-10 of them, and you open the rear hatch its super bright like a UFO landing. I use SMT 1watt whenever possible. Gotta take some pics.
I like the way you did yours tho, looks cool
I like the way you did yours tho, looks cool
#34
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Palm Coast FLA
Posts: 1,929
I did a PCB board white led in the OEM GD location and it is bright as hell. They are high output SMT leds too, like 8-10 of them, and you open the rear hatch its super bright like a UFO landing. I use SMT 1watt whenever possible. Gotta take some pics.
I like the way you did yours tho, looks cool
I like the way you did yours tho, looks cool
yes please post pics when you get a chance
#37
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Palm Coast FLA
Posts: 1,929
yes and no depending on what your talking about.
can you be more specific on what you think is
plug and play?
#38
picture exposures vary a lot and definitely the flash will throw things off. What you need to do is put in the old bulb, take a picture with camera on manual settings (so it doesn't autoadjust for the next picture). Switch in the new lights and take a picture again with the same manual settings as before) Then you have a good comparison.