Red Interior Lights

[Bravo30]

Finding reasonable red lights isn’t easy so I decided to make my own with a few left over lights I had laying around. I used red transparent vinyl wrap cut out to fit over the lens. I had to double up the film to get the right depth to the red so that it wouldn’t look pinkish. I also ordered a 1/16 red acrylic sheet off of eBay that I can cut to fit for a more permanent solution but for now this gives me an idea of what I’m dealing with.

The pictures makes the light look brighter than it is but when I add 2 of them I will need a dimmer for sure. This is still in testing phase so post any ideas you have.

 

[geoffff]

Why not use red brake lights, like those for trailers? Nice pure red LEDs, 12v - should be ready to go.

 

[Betarocker]

Times must be tough that you need a mobile red light district.

 

[Bravo30]

Why not use red brake lights, like those for trailers? Nice pure red LEDs, 12v - should be ready to go.

these look nicer installed in the ceiling.

 

[Airmapper]

Why not use red brake lights, like those for trailers? Nice pure red LEDs, 12v - should be ready to go.

I don't know about now but not long ago you could get a mind blowing array of LED fixtures, bulbs, and so forth in not just red but any color desired, even some units with a remote to change the colors if you so desired. Maybe www.superbrightleds.com

I replaced the interior lights in my SUV with red LEB bulbs after I installed extra lighting on a separate switch. The old stock fixtures were not that useful anymore, but with a red bulb I can still turn them on for night lights and one up front as a map light (more like find what I dropped without blinding myself at night, light.)

 

[Chuck1]

Forward operating base for the Canadian invasion ?

You can buy Red LEDs

 

[1000arms]

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You could probably velcro mount the gels to the roof if you wanted to be able to quickly remove them (or quickly change the color gels).

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Using red LED lights would likely give you better light-output for power-consumed, but, that may not matter to you, and the gels I mentioned might be your easiest and cheapest solution.