dyogim's 00 tundra build
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dyogim
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Shell has been painted with duplicolor truck bed paint. On order is a new front sliding window, shock for the side doors and a pair of LED strips from amazon. Going to see if the LED strips will be bright enough to light up the inside of the shell.
Link to LED strip: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QQ1YOM/ref=ox_ya_os_product
Pick of the painted shell
Link to LED strip: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QQ1YOM/ref=ox_ya_os_product
Pick of the painted shell
jim65wagon
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Looks good Mike!
WASURF63
Adventurer
x2!
Great combo. Had one of those on my '00 Tundra with barn doors and driver side toolbox. You'll love it.
dyogim
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Got some work done on the shell while I'm waiting for the shocks and front window from the dealer. With this new LED kick I have, I decided to purchase two 16 ft LED strips from amazon for just under $13 a roll.
Amazon.com: Flexible Light Strip 300 SMD White LED Ribbon 5 Meter or 16 Feet By Ledwholesalers, 2026wh: Home Improvement
I was a bit hesitant about how bright they would be but, for the price it was worth a shot. I also purchased one of the dimmer switches but decided not to install it. I ran a wire from my blue sea fuse block (using a 5amp fuse) in the engine bay all the way down to near the tail gate where the switch is located, then ran two 75" LED strips along the ceiling frame from front to back. The backing uses some 3M adhesive and cutting the strips was easily done at the specific locations with scissors. I then connected one end of each strip with some 16 gauge stranded wire. Wanted to use 18 but, 16 was all I had. The other end of one of the strips I ran additional wire to the switch and ground (+ to the switch, - to ground). The switch was a simple 2 prong toggle switch (able to handle 20amps). The decision was also not to use a relay because of the low amperage the strips used. All the connections I had to solder myself. Which is no biggie as long as you take your time. Enough reading here are the pics. They were taken with a blackberry. Apologize ahead of time for the crappy pics:
Here's the switch:
Pic with no lights. In the top left, you can barely see the street light shining through the shell window.
With a flourescent work shop light. Again the top left shows the same street light for ref.
Here's are the LED's lit-up.
Amazon.com: Flexible Light Strip 300 SMD White LED Ribbon 5 Meter or 16 Feet By Ledwholesalers, 2026wh: Home Improvement
I was a bit hesitant about how bright they would be but, for the price it was worth a shot. I also purchased one of the dimmer switches but decided not to install it. I ran a wire from my blue sea fuse block (using a 5amp fuse) in the engine bay all the way down to near the tail gate where the switch is located, then ran two 75" LED strips along the ceiling frame from front to back. The backing uses some 3M adhesive and cutting the strips was easily done at the specific locations with scissors. I then connected one end of each strip with some 16 gauge stranded wire. Wanted to use 18 but, 16 was all I had. The other end of one of the strips I ran additional wire to the switch and ground (+ to the switch, - to ground). The switch was a simple 2 prong toggle switch (able to handle 20amps). The decision was also not to use a relay because of the low amperage the strips used. All the connections I had to solder myself. Which is no biggie as long as you take your time. Enough reading here are the pics. They were taken with a blackberry. Apologize ahead of time for the crappy pics:
Here's the switch:
Pic with no lights. In the top left, you can barely see the street light shining through the shell window.
With a flourescent work shop light. Again the top left shows the same street light for ref.
Here's are the LED's lit-up.
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dyogim
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I wouldn't use them for rock lights as they are not protected. I could easily see them getting hit by rocks or debris.
Petrolburner
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Wow those lights are awesome!
dyogim
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Mine have been sitting on my work bench for a while. Took a good part of the day yesterday to wire it all up.
