Calibers functional glow build

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Calibers functional glow build

Post by kornholio788 » Mon May 16, 2011 2:37 am

2010 Dodge Caliber

Used all white SMD bars.

Current:
20in SMD under each side of dash
10in under each seat for the rear
3 x 20in under each side of car
2x 20in on windshield

Still yet to come:
2 x 20in under car on both front and back to complete under glow
2 x 20in on rear windshield like front windshield
2 x 10in in glove box
10in on rear hatch door
2 x 6in on each side of car for day time running lights in bumper
20in under hood for hood light

I have all the tubes. Just have to do it yet.

Super happy with the results. All lights are wired to one of the 4 switches on the dash. These are double throw switches. When switched down they will turn on and off with the dome lights. Nice thing about this is when I unlock the car with the key fob the lights kick on. The factory lights slowly dim out which the leds do the exact same. Really nice touch. When on the up position they go on and off when the accessories in the car are on and off(radio, outlet, etc).

There are ABSOLUTELY no visible wires anywhere. No visible tubes either unless you get really low on the car but thats it. Everything is soldered and shrink wrapped. Anywhere where there had to be visible wire(underglow from tubes to inside of car, under seats so the seats could still have travel when adjusting) I ran the wires inside of some black air line from my air ride. These made it look almost factory and very clean and protected the wire.

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Switches: I took the shift knob off for a better view. I think these look great as they go with the rest of the chrome trim on the dash. And are small and clean.
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Roof lights: These look really sweet outside the car. You can see the bars and they look awesome. Tried my best to get a good shot of what I mean. Looks way better in person. REALLY light up the inside for visability. Yet there is NO visable leds when sitting in the car so no blinding at all.
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Floors: Self explanatory. Brighter in person. More white.
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Underglow: I used aluminum "C" beams to mount the tubes to. This protects the tubes extremely well, gave a great way to mount them nicely, and eliminates any chance at all of any "toobage". But either way you can not see the "C" beams at all as they are tucked very nicely behind the pinchwelds. I like the cutoff that this created. Kept it sorta contained under the car instead of being ridiculously spread out. The glow is wheel to wheel with NO gaps.
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The rest to come soon with better pics of everything. What do ya think?
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Post by iThane » Mon May 16, 2011 9:45 am

the windsheild lighting looks cool :thumbup:
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Post by Jenni » Mon May 16, 2011 12:21 pm

cool idea

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Post by NEON PARABOLA » Tue May 17, 2011 3:21 pm

very cool!
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Post by kornholio788 » Wed May 18, 2011 3:36 pm

Thanks guys. More to come next week.

Gettin the neon ready for big car show this weekend.
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Post by NiteHawk » Wed May 18, 2011 5:42 pm

someone stole my idea i see......lol

it's all good though :) lights look good bro
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