LED lights on Tail gate....

[MANUCHAO]

Im going to do replace my dome light with one of these lights.....

 

[jfnall]

Her are some pics of the LED lights flush mounted into my bumper. Finally, after 3-1/2 years, this project is completed. These things are bright! And these are the "warm" version. Going to put the "cool" in the rear hatch

 

[rustybucket]

I bought these for the rear tail gate....
They are crazy bright...water proof and tiny....

This is where I put I put them..

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This is what they look like at night...

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[rustybucket]

Where did you get those drawers and sliders?

I came across a small score of a retail store in mall shutting down. Eveything in store to dump so picked up bamboo drawers with ball baring sliders in them.

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[MANUCHAO]

Drawers were custom made out of 5052aluminum.
Slides were bought at HomewareHQ.com.

Curious to see the Bamboo drawers....
These are supposed to have a great weight to strength ratio.
Any pics ?

 

[MANUCHAO]

Manuchao, Do you think they put out enough light to work as back-up lights to supplement the dim stock ones?

So, I never got to install these as a back up lighting.
I went with a set of cheap Chinese LED's for $35 that put out some 1600 lumens at 18 Watts.
They do not work with the tranny, instead I have a dedicated switch for them, and do the job nicely.....

 

[woytovich]

Ok... so I finally got some LEDs installed in my rear hatch. I ended up finding these on ebay for super cheap... $16 for TEN of them, including shipping! $1.60 a piece!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321484055933?item=321484055933&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

I used 2 of them with a little Radio shack push button switch, all installed in the removable access panels of the hatch...photos are adjusted to give a good approximation of what I see with my eyes...

 

[Koffer]

Mark ,
Looks really nice
How long was the shipping time on these from when you ordered ?
I know it says shipped from nj but looks like they drop ship most of everything from china.

 

[jfnall]

Woytovich,, did you run the wires through the rubber shroud from the hatch into the upper body?

 

[woytovich]

Shipped to me in a week or so.

Yes, wire through the rubber tube thingy.

 

[woytovich]

I also used some for foot well lights...

 

[Koffer]

Cool , I'll order a set then , thanks

 

[CruisinTiger]

I also used some for foot well lights...

Pics Please!

 

[C130FE]

I also used some for foot well lights...

I would like to see the foot well lighting also. Did you run them to the door pin for power?

 

[cederholm]

COOL!

 

[woytovich]

A fairly good representation of how they look in the dark to my eye. One 9w on the driver's side, one 9w ans 1 3w on the passenger side...

 

[woytovich]

Powered by a relay connected to the door switch (to ground) circuit. Any door open closes the circuit to ground triggering the stock dome light and the relay controlling these lights. Connected to the same circuit I also mounted 2 smaller LEDS I had under the bottom rear edge of the Tuffy center console to light the rear footwell. These are wired to a dash switch that can have the lights ON, OFF or "AUTO"...

 

[gregnash]

Damn those things are pretty bright. Do they get hot to the touch if left on for an extended period? In your first pics the light looks pretty yellowish, is that just from the adjustment?

 

[woytovich]

Lights look pretty neutral in color... maybe a little towards "led blue/white" but not much. I HAVE touched them after they had been on for a while and didn't notice anything...
I positioned them specifically so light would spill out onto the slider and ground. I am thinking of adding a couple to the doors themselves, both for the additional ground light and the safety of others to more easily see the door if it is open.

 

[Bama4door]

Those look great, might have to order a set myself.