Ah okay, I'll look into it. Would using EL sheet work or would I have to use LEDs and some acrylic to do so? And can you remember who the guy is you're talking about that does custom ones or where to find him?
2005 Mustang GT Door Sill Customization
Hello all,
Had an idea based on the illuminated door sill plates I've seen on American Muscle and ones that are installed in current generation 'stangs. Problem is, I don't have MyColor or any bells & whistles of that sort (since I don't think they had it back when my car got put together).
Considering money is rather tight when it comes to getting cosmetic things done to my car, I thought of an idea; why not illuminate the door sills myself? Idea is that I get the most bang for my buck (and I think it would be cooler to do it myself rather than just buy one of those $200 door sill kits).
Has anyone done this themselves/what methods did you use? So far I've come up with 2 possible ideas:
-Dremel out the plastic door sill and place EL sheet underneath/wire it into the ambient lighting so that it turns on/off when the door opens.
-Do the same except with LEDs.
Problem is, I have no clue on how to wire them into the car *safely*. Anybody have any experience with this before or know the right direction to point me in?
Had an idea based on the illuminated door sill plates I've seen on American Muscle and ones that are installed in current generation 'stangs. Problem is, I don't have MyColor or any bells & whistles of that sort (since I don't think they had it back when my car got put together).
Considering money is rather tight when it comes to getting cosmetic things done to my car, I thought of an idea; why not illuminate the door sills myself? Idea is that I get the most bang for my buck (and I think it would be cooler to do it myself rather than just buy one of those $200 door sill kits).
Has anyone done this themselves/what methods did you use? So far I've come up with 2 possible ideas:
-Dremel out the plastic door sill and place EL sheet underneath/wire it into the ambient lighting so that it turns on/off when the door opens.
-Do the same except with LEDs.
Problem is, I have no clue on how to wire them into the car *safely*. Anybody have any experience with this before or know the right direction to point me in?
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Just checked AM, they didn't really have any clear installation instructions listed on there. Some people put some workarounds that they used to get it to work, but as far as a formal set of instructions I didn't really see anything substantial. I'm more of a visual learner anyway, unless there is some kind of diagram or some pictures showing what to look for I get lost. Heh. :grinroll:Ah okay, I'll look into it. Would using EL sheet work or would I have to use LEDs and some acrylic to do so? And can you remember who the guy is you're talking about that does custom ones or where to find him?
EL sheet would probably be an interesting way to do it, since up till now I've only really seen LEDs being used... dunno if its waterproof or anything though so idk...
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