Cold Cathode or LED setup?

[Venom_5]

i think i want to start doing some interior lighting mods on my camry ... i want to stay as cheap as possible, but also get as much quality out of it as i can - basically if im going to do it, i want to do it right

now if i get cold cathode or led tubes, can i just double-sided tape them into the glove box and onto the top of the trunk and replace those lights with the tubes? and if i solder the pos/neg wires, will it be supplied with the right current/voltage or whatever?

i dont want to go around blowing fuses, so any advice or how-to's would be great ... if anyone knows the amperage/voltage/yadayadayada for each of those spots, that would be great too

[leasaunce]

Go with the LED

[sk8ersublime]

i have a cold cathode in my trunk lol....just wired it to the old trunk light, and used some good ol' double sided body tape

[Venom_5]

what brand cathode did you use? and did it come with a connector that you just cut off and used the red/black wire from?

Edit:

i found the DIY here - http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t88727.html

is there anywhere i can do the same thing on the interior? like the glovebox? i read one glovebox how-to on the forums, but the guy didnt put much detail in

[Curry]

Brand wont matter, I've had them all at one point or another and they are all the same crap.

They come with an inverter that has black/red wires so its pretty easy to do. 5 minutes of your life. lol

[Venom_5]

im trying to find one that will ship for free, but i cant find any ... and idk what stores will have them in red or white [compusa only has blue]...i only have $10 right now

i want to do this by saturday ... shouldve thought of this earlier

[sk8ersublime]

my friend had it laying around and i was at his house when he was installing his halos on his bmw, so i wanted to do something too, so i took it and put it on...lol

[Curry]

try newegg.com they usually got good prices.

Just bought a 2 gig microSD for my blackberry 8800... 18 bucks! Take that circuit city!

[Venom_5]

yeah, i know newegg's prices but i cant get it shipped here in 2 days without paying like $25 for shipping

[WhiteRabbit]

cathodes are brighter (more bang for the buck) and the light is evenly distributed

so depends on what you're going for

[geoff5093]

Newegg is a great site, it's where I buy all of my computer equipment from.

However if you just want to buy cathodes and lights, I would recommend www.xoxide.com, because they have much lower shipping charges for smaller items. I've bought many things from them, and i've been very pleased.

[Venom_5]

yeah, i build all my computers with newegg parts - but so far i havent found any way to get these RED cathodes in by tomorrow or saturday [theres a meet saturday/sunday]

[xet]

lol no way u can do it without overnight shipping which is going to be at least double your price range regardless of weight

[Venom_5]

yeah, i checked a few stores and they only had LED and Neon kits ... i could use Neon, but they all come with the cigarette lighter adapter, so i would have to just cut that off right?

[xet]

ya you could just cut that off and rewire it