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Limelight

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Hey there!

 

I picked up these "Partsam Pod LED Rock Lights” from Amazon- 4 qty for  $23.  They seem really well made for the price- all metal body, sealed circuit board, 100% waterproof. 

 

I used 2 of them for footwell lights, and then I installed one as an underhood light.  I tested it before the install and it's plenty bright!  I'll post some pics tonight...

 

The pod is mounted to the underhood sound pad only, I used some fender washers under the nuts to keep it from pulling through.  I also installed 2 more xmas tree fasteners just to keep the material secure  (it was fine before that, but I wanted to make sure it'd be good in the long run.  

 

I picked up power in the driver's side underhood fusebox  and mounted a switch on the firewall.  I circled the power, fuse and switch.  I also made a small plate to hide the switch wires. 

 

It's a cheap, easy , fun little project that will really come in handy ...

 

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Night pics!

 

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mkeddie Enthusiast

mkeddie

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I have the same idea except I will be using a Mercury switch to activate when hood is up

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Limelight

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59 minutes ago, mkeddie said:

I have the same idea except I will be using a Mercury switch to activate when hood is up

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I thought about that too- but I was bored...there was this toggle switch...lol. 
 

I can’t wait to post night pics- it’s really well lit!

kickass audio Enthusiast

kickass audio

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Like mkeddie said I have an old school underhood light that I just screwed into the bottom of the hood. I had a LED bulb in there but the heat from the engine was melting the solder and it failed so I just put a halogen bulb in there.

 

You could always put a tilt switch under the hood so that when you open the hood the light comes on automatically and use the momentary switch as a bypass so you can flip that and turn off the power if you don't want them on.

 

Either way that is one clean and sharp install you did.?

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16 hours ago, Limelight said:

Night time pics!   I'll update the first post too...

 

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great job and love the details but do you have a ling to the lights you used?

 

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