Grill and Hood lighting

[Pirate]

Has anyone on here installed grill or hood lighting?
I got the inserts to make the hood functional, and wanted to back light them with blue leds
also have some cold cathodes for the grill but have not figured out hoe to get behind the grill yet
any tips?

[weezerzeke]

I'd be careful using blue or red LEDs. You might want to check the local laws to see what is allowed. There are concerns about being mistaken for an emergency vehicle. I know in Texas there are limitations to how you can display red or blue lights.

[Pirate]

it is for sitting still shows only

[Maccdale]

That would look really cool, orange glow eminating from the "nostrils"
Oh Im getting goosebumps....I know Jack about electronics, would this be difficult to do?
:smileup:

[Pirate]

Never updated
got it done, couple of strips from oznium and a little wiring

all done and it was easy
put them on a remote for night shows only

[SFosson13]

Never updated
got it done, couple of strips from oznium and a little wiring

all done and it was easy
put them on a remote for night shows only

Do you have any pics of them installed?

[Pirate]

Man so sorry to take so long getting back to this, the charger forums keep me pretty busy Donna holds up the chally side aka Pirates girl

We ended up not using the ccfl lights in her grill.
I am working on a prototype display that simulates reflected water ripples behind the grill.
we are doing both our rides with a pirate theme.
so far I have 10 3 led strips wired to a rgb sequencer set behind rippled plastic.
it is not bright enough with the current configuration so I will be adding 10 more led strips
then doing the same to the charger
will post some pics and video when done

[Pirates girl]

Here you go!

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/leds02.jpg


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/leds01.jpg

[JETTECH104]

:smileup:Looks great!! Something I am thinking for down the road.:smileup:

[tennoffspring]

That is soo badass!!! How did you wire it up? Your cars both the Challenger and the Charger would definitely get my vote.

[Pirate]

not difficult at all. Just remember anytime you add lights put them on a separate circuit with a fuse.
never wire into existing light circuits, you can fry a computer that way.
these are attached to the inner ducts, wires were ran across the hood and down the hinge where the washer tubes run.
then I wired them to a remote control relay on a fused circuit. She turns them on and off using a remote.

[Pirates girl]

Check out his new side markers.....



http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/Side-markers-01.jpg

[tennoffspring]

not difficult at all. Just remember anytime you add lights put them on a separate circuit with a fuse.
never wire into existing light circuits, you can fry a computer that way.
these are attached to the inner ducts, wires were ran across the hood and down the hinge where the washer tubes run.
then I wired them to a remote control relay on a fused circuit. She turns them on and off using a remote.

It looks good for sure!!! Is there a step-down transformer involved? What kind of voltage do the lights take? Did it come as a kit or did you go to radioshack? Sorry for all the questions. Ohh...and the sidemarkers for your charger are pretty cool too.

[Pirate]

check out oznium.com
the led strips are 12 volt no need for resistors or transformers
just straight line voltage on a isolated fused circuit right off the battery posts under the hood

[tennoffspring]

check out oznium.com
the led strips are 12 volt no need for resistors or transformers
just straight line voltage on a isolated fused circuit right off the battery posts under the hood

That is always convenient lol!! Thanks thats a good website.

[D4WUTEVER]

That is cool, definitely will be lookin into that, nice job.

[electricgreek]

Here you go!

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/leds02.jpg


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/leds01.jpg
LOOKS AMAZING
where did u get the lights from?

[Pirates girl]

LOOKS AMAZING
where did u get the lights from?

check out oznium.com
the led strips are 12 volt no need for resistors or transformers
just straight line voltage on a isolated fused circuit right off the battery posts under the hood

[electricgreek]

check out oznium.com
the led strips are 12 volt no need for resistors or transformers
just straight line voltage on a isolated fused circuit right off the battery posts under the hood
Your the girl ! thank you very much

[whodeysrt]

Just got mine done last week. Check out the pics!4051

[electricgreek]

looks hot .. your profile says your car is black but there's a silver one in the picture

[whodeysrt]

Thats because I never filled it out. That should have fixed it. Thanks for letting me know!4053

[Maccdale]

That looks incredible...Thanks for posting! :smileup:


Just got mine done last week. Check out the pics!4051

[Pirates girl]

Great job!! Looks very nice!

Is your grill next??? lol (winking to electricgeek)

[whodeysrt]

Probably not. I got Halos and it sort of makes it look like a dragon or something with the halos on Hood vents like its breathing fire or something. Picture did not take with the halos on. We will see??

[Pirates girl]

Probably not. I got Halos and it sort of makes it look like a dragon or something with the halos on Hood vents like its breathing fire or something. Picture did not take with the halos on. We will see??

I'm in the process of getting my Halos... they are being built as we speak! :smiley_thumbs_up:

What color are your halos?? I think your idea about the Dragon is awesome!!!! :smileup: Very unique. :)

Now that I have all my other lighting done... the white Halos, (NOT LED's) will tie it all together!

[whodeysrt]

I have the 8000 whites. See attached photo!4055

[TALONX]

I had a '72 Satellite Sebring that I customized back in '80 and put on a big block Challenger hood. I had yellow plexi lenses and some small lights in the scoops. Unfortunately, I've got no pics at all of that car.

I wanted to PM Pirates Girl about those hood scoop lights, but there's a restriction on this site that you can't PM anyone until you post 25 messages (what a pain). Glad you finally posted some info and pics - really nice!

[Pirates girl]

I wanted to PM Pirates Girl about those hood scoop lights, but there's a restriction on this site that you can't PM anyone until you post 25 messages (what a pain). Glad you finally posted some info and pics - really nice!


What do you want to know? e-mail me! donna@futureopps.com

:)

Headed to the back to watch a movie. I'll ck my mail in the am... looong day... ni-night...!

[PMC]

That is such a cool touch Donna! I really like it, I,ve been thinking of doing this but with some kind of regular lights, kind of a HIGH mounted high beam.


Thought you would appreciate this shirt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/shane1000m/At%20the%20House/0b84b127.jpg

[Pirates girl]

I love it!! Want my address PMC?? :gy: j/k lol

Okay, I've answered all of your e-mails so be sure and check your mail!! I'm glad to help in any way... though the Pirate has to answer a lot of the technical stuff for me... ;)

Not sure if I mentioned earlier.... I have an LED controller that allows me to control the speed and pattern of the LED's. Pretty cool... especially since we want the "Water effect." ARRRR! lol

[weezerzeke]

I love it!! Want my address PMC?? :gy: j/k lol

Okay, I've answered all of your e-mails so be sure and check your mail!! I'm glad to help in any way... though the Pirate has to answer a lot of the technical stuff for me... ;)

Not sure if I mentioned earlier.... I have an LED controller that allows me to control the speed and pattern of the LED's. Pretty cool... especially since we want the "Water effect." ARRRR! lol

Still waiting on video of that water effect, PG!:smileup:
Unless you posted it already and I missed it. It sounds awesome...I wanna see it!

[Pirates girl]

Still waiting on video of that water effect, PG!:smileup:
Unless you posted it already and I missed it. It sounds awesome...I wanna see it!

WOW!! What a great picture! Where did you have that one taken? ;) lol

Well, we have to switch over to new controllers... its not quite giving Mr. Pirate the effect that he wants. But when that's done, before Hot Springs, (I hope) I'll post ip a vid. I pinky swear! ;)

[weezerzeke]

WOW!! What a great picture! Where did you have that one taken? ;) lol

Well, we have to switch over to new controllers... its not quite giving Mr. Pirate the effect that he wants. But when that's done, before Hot Springs, (I hope) I'll post ip a vid. I pinky swear! ;)

I'm gonna hold you to it...BTW, I'm still working on that Challenger road trip in August...Even if it is just me.

[Pirate]

We actually been meaning to cruise corpus
we are beach people in exile here in Dallas
let us know if you head this way

[weezerzeke]

We actually been meaning to cruise corpus
we are beach people in exile here in Dallas
let us know if you head this way

I'm shooting for the weekend after the 11th. I'm pretty sure that's the right one, but will have to look at the calender I was marking days off in.

[Pirate]

the DFWLX group is huge here, if your around during one of the events you can roll on in

[Pirates girl]

the DFWLX group is huge here, if your around during one of the events you can roll on in

It will be awesome!!

[Pirates girl]

electricgeek.... our grill lighting isn't exactly how we want it both- neither in the Charger nor my Challenger.

We just ordered 2 new controllers that will hopefully give us the effect we're shooting for. The Pirate just isn't happy with the outcome. But, I pinky-swear, when we get it right, we'll post up a vid!

Did I show you this one?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/All-lit-up-1.jpg

[electricgreek]

electricgeek.... our grill lighting isn't exactly how we want it both- neither in the Charger nor my Challenger.

We just ordered 2 new controllers that will hopefully give us the effect we're shooting for. The Pirate just isn't happy with the outcome. But, I pinky-swear, when we get it right, we'll post up a vid!

Did I show you this one?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/All-lit-up-1.jpg
yep i saw that pic and it looks great ..

[Pirate]

I will have 8 channel random flashes soon applied to the 21 different led banks
it is my hope that that much randomness will actually create a water effect behind the grill

[electricgreek]

sounds hot man .. good luck ,cant wait to see it

[Pirates girl]

sounds hot man .. good luck ,cant wait to see it

He's been working on my grill lights a little bit each night this week... the new "10" channel controllers seem to be giving him the "water effect" we were looking for.

He just made the comment that this is it... after they go in THIS TIME... they're staying!!

Such tedious work!!! Hope to have a video for you... providing they are finished this weekend!

:mat: AAARRrrrr :mat:

[TexasChallenger]

Can't wait to see it.

[Pirate]

Will be up shortly

[Pirates girl]

Will be up shortly

Unfortunately, we waited too late and the video was blurred. :(

We'll try tomorrow!! And I have a new mod that will also be featured in the vid!! happy lil :mat: pirates girl :mat:

[Pirates girl]

For the "Pirates at Sea" (water effect)... we have come as close as the Captain can.

The grill lighting consists of:
10 channels on a lighting effects generator powering 21 LED strips (3 LEDs per strip) totalling 63 individual LEDs

Now that he is done with the Charger, the Challenger is next. We're going to try a few white, perhaps aqua to see what kind of reflection it will give.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp267/Pirate-TJay/th_Movie_0001.jpg (http://s418.photobucket.com/albums/pp267/Pirate-TJay/?action=view&current=Movie_0001.flv)

[weezerzeke]

He did a great job. I imagine it takes a lot of patience and trial and error to get it to where he wanted it to be.

[ozzy65]

Damn,that looks wicked....nice job.:smileup:

[CountryGirl]

Looks awesome!!!

[Pirate]

He did a great job. I imagine it takes a lot of patience and trial and error to get it to where he wanted it to be.

This was acutally my second attempt
The controller and stuff is sitting on the table to do the challenger, but I think I want to go with individual led's this time in slightly different shades of blue

[bdogg]

looks great...nice job:smileup:

[Quiet Lunatic]

I keep seeing this with the jpgs X'd out - I would really really like to see how the hood came out - any ideas?????

"One must have a mind of water to comprehend the nothingness that s not and the nothingness that is"

[Pirate]

our pic links are still working

[09Challengerlvr]

Nice job Pirate. I was thinking something similar but in orange and red for the "Fire" look...

[Pirates girl]

Thanks!! Someone just did the red! Looks great!

This was an old pic tho... I am now debadged and have my white CCFL Halo and fog rings... oh and the amber lights are wired with my turn signals, they aren't wired to run on parking lights anymore. :)



http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/donnaless/All-lit-up-1.jpg

[Credance]

wired to run with the turn signals.....nice...did Andy and crew do that? Mine are off now in Revenge...I like that idea guys and may have to borrow it for the B5!

[Pirates girl]

wired to run with the turn signals.....nice...did Andy and crew do that? Mine are off now in Revenge...I like that idea guys and may have to borrow it for the B5!

Yes Bob, Andy and his guys did this for me when my Halos were installed down in New Orleans.

Borrow away, it looks pretty bad a$$! ;)

[stevetsi]

Has anyone on here installed grill or hood lighting?
I got the inserts to make the hood functional, and wanted to back light them with blue leds
also have some cold cathodes for the grill but have not figured out hoe to get behind the grill yet
any tips?
you didnt need to get the new inserts. i popped the original ones and drilled 1/4'' holes. looks great with the blue leds!

[Pirate]

Arrr that may be true my young sea snapper if all me aim was to have colored lights.
But the inserts do send some cool breezes to the beasty below the hood

[stevetsi]

Arrr that may be true my young sea snapper if all me aim was to have colored lights.
But the inserts do send some cool breezes to the beasty below the hood
you get the same affect with just drilling the holes!!!you ****ed up brother

[Pirate]

ahhh no, there are two tunnels that come with the inserts that actually divert the air down into the engine bay.

It is not just plastic inserts with holes, you cheaped out bro

[jimmyk88]

Great idea Pirate! I like it.

[09Challengerlvr]

You can get to the top grill by removing the 2 plastic covers underneath the hood. They are 2 pieces right behing the bumper and simply pop up starting from the center back and work your way towards the fenders. I've not not gone beyond that point as I'm not sure where to mount the lights.

09Challengerlvr

[09Challengerlvr]

Ok I just got my Oracle 15" Neon tubes and they do not fit in the upper grill. From what I can see is there is only room for 2 12" tubes side by side. So I guess I'll order a set of these. So now I'm planning to mount the 15's in the bottom grille. I was going to drill in the metal bumper support but my drill won't quote reach up there between the bumper cover and the radiator. Also I don't believe the 2 self adhesive pads will stay put for any lenght of time especially when they are hanging upside down. Can anyone recommend where and how the mounted theirs?
Also any recommendations for the top grill lights would be great to!

[Pirate]

I actually mounted ours on the metal bumper one pointing down one up
But I did not use CCFL I used LEDS