*PICS* Custom Ashtray LED array (56k no way)

[SnakeyeS]

I'm just finishing up my full interior conversion from ugly lime green to deep reds and some blues. After trying several different methods for all of the interior lights, I was generally most satisfied with making my own LED arrays in place of the incandesants.

The ashtry was illuminated by a single incandesent and a green plastic filter. I initially changed the filter from green to red, but LEDs provide a much deeper, truer red so i decided to make a switch. Out of all of my LED arrays, this was by far the easiest.

Ashtray removed from the dash:


I drilled 4 1/4" holes for 5mm LEDs:


4 5mm LED clips were inserted:


4- 660nm T5 LEDs were inserted and 4 7/64" holes for ziptying the supply wires in the rear panel of the ashtray:


LEDs were soldered in series with a 220ohm, 1/4W resistor, supply wires are ziptied to absorb tesion from opening/closing ashtray:


Interior shot of LED array:


Overhead view of LED array:


The array taps into the lead for the old incandesent bulb. It is much brighter at night as these pics were taken during the day.

I'm almost finished (r we ever finished?) with my interior. Watch out for a video of all my mods together...

[BlueFusion6851]

You are Amazing

[theman33b]

sweet man that looks awesome i may have to do that with mine except blue. nicely done keep up the good work

[Phatfantom68]

very nice

[pk_kk]

Hey thats cool. If your a non smoker you could cut the front Ash tray and make it a lill hole to stuff things in.

[SnakeyeS]

^yeah , mine is basically a change drawer

[Eye8Pussies]

wow...that looks great...good job...

[DrewsCam]

looks sick, very nice job

question where do you get the led clips, do u need them or do they hold the led in place?

[SnakeyeS]

^ the clips allow the LEDs to be panel mounted. You can generally find them anywhere you can find LEDs.

[DAMON]

truly a work of art man, your interior must be very nice by now. nice work!

[Dj-torn]

Now that is what i call art, skill, & creativity

[RedPhoenix]

pretty nifty!

[SnakeyeS]

Thanks for the props people.

[DrewsCam]

ebay?

[nodrogkam]

thats pretty darn cool man. loving the conversions!

yeah...my ash tray is a change tray too. It works well..i just wished toyota made an insert for it to organize stuff better.