LED Interior Lighting

[SAR Jeepster]

Did you put them all on one switch? I assume yes. I am wondering what it looks like with one light on. Did you happen to grab a pic before wiring up all three?

I used a toggle switch under the hood. I didn’t think to get a picture with one strip.

While I was testing for the best location for mounting the LED strips with just one I got a lot of shadows while reaching in the engine compartment as if I was doing repairs.

Another option would be to cut the strips and make multiple smaller LED strips.

 

[StumpXJ]

Wow... that puts out a good amount of light! I will have to check my local Auto Zone to see if they have these... I need em for my XJ, and my trailer.

Thanks!!

~ James

 

[jeffy]

I really like the hood idea, too. It defuses nicely as well. Is the tape the grey 3M molding tape of the foam backed? If it's the foam and that doesn't work then you might try to the 3M grey molding tape. That stuff hold up really well.

 

[SAR Jeepster]

I really like the hood idea, too. It defuses nicely as well. Is the tape the grey 3M molding tape of the foam backed? If it's the foam and that doesn't work then you might try to the 3M grey molding tape. That stuff hold up really well.

I think they come with the tape you are describing. They seem to stick very well and the LED strips are very light weight.

 

[jeffy]

I think they come with the tape you are describing. They seem to stick very well and the LED strips are very light weight.

That looks like the stuff. I doubt you'll have any issues with it.

 

[Driver-Navigator]

I replaced my interior overhead light's regular bulb with an LED model from Roundeyes. It's a bit brighter but not ridiculously so, which is good since I didn't want them to blind me when I had to turn them on while driving at night.

I like your setup on these for when you might want more interior light though. How did you mount the strips to the roll bar?

 

[SAR Jeepster]

I used the double stick tape that came on the LED strips and just cleaned the bars so they would stick. I ran all the wiring into the roll bar through a hole with a rubber grommet and mounted the switch in the bar.

 

[SAR Jeepster]

Well I may have gone crazy with the LED lights but after showing them to my wife she had a few suggested modifications. She wanted to be able to turn on the rear lights from the front and some more lights in the front seat area. So I added another package of LED strips. I wanted to have separate control of driver and passenger lights. The space I picked wasn’t long enough for a full strip so cut then in half and put them next to each other. I add 3 switches under 1 of my radios: Driver side, Back, Passenger side. I think this will do it for now on the Jeepster, next the trailer!

 

[TJ Willy]

I finally got a chance to install the infamous LED strips. I have a set of Kilby Cargo Panels and spent the afternoon installing them with a few goodies. This was a perfect time to get the LED strips wired up on a switch.

They come two in a pack and put out a lot of light.

I put a simple toggle switch in the panel. It could be I put a second switch up front at a later date.

I'll start a separate thread for the Kilby Cargo Panel install and how I did everything with pics.

Right now, the LED strips are held in place by zip ties since they won't stick to to the roll bar padding. If the bars were painted to match, I would remove the padding... but it seems they no longer bother painting roll bars completely. Ideas for mounting the strips to the padding would be appreciated.

 

[AlexJet]

Nice find.... Looking good.

 

[alexfm]

Have any of you that have these lights tried them while driving at night?

 

[TJ Willy]

Have any of you that have these lights tried them while driving at night?

The ones I installed are just for cargo. I bought a set of red to run up front and another set of clear for the sound bar. Those are yet to be installed. I can post up when that is done.

I will say they are bright but the light is soft. Probably no worse than your dome lights. Just don't look directly at them.