Fiddling with Hood Lights

[Dave Haddon]

Anyone ever made a row of LED's in the hood vents on sport hoods? I think I might try as I am laid up and have time on my hands. Any advice appreciated....cheers Dave

 

[crazykid1994]

I’ve seen a few different styles. People took a led light and screwed it into the actual vent. Someone drilled out all the vent holes and glued in leds and wired it for a more sleek look. And another bought some on eBay. Just look up ram hood vent lights

 

[ThunderMug95]

Idle hands…Your going to end up in wife-imposed mod rehab….

 

[Dave Haddon]

Yep..saw them on one site $190 US$..whoa…the vents are only $25 ea..LEDs another $20.. It takes a chunk of time yes but even at $150 US there is reward for your time… hmmmmmm

 

[Wild one]

Yep..saw them on one site $190 US$..whoa…the vents are only $25 ea..LEDs another $20.. It takes a chunk of time yes but even at $150 US there is reward for your time… hmmmmmm

Not sure if it's on here or on the other ramforum with a Z,but somebody had a thread up about adding leds to the hood vents,and instead of drilling out every hole,he sanded the back off the vents till the holes were all open.

 

[Dave Haddon]

Think I will go with one row of 5 mm LEDs for my prototype.. might try to get them to blink with the signal light if I put in a 5 pin relay ….idle hands …

 

[GTyankee]

If i was 20 or 40 years younger
I would have liked to learn about 3-D printing, etc.

3-D printing would make an ideal device for making a LED Mod
like what you are thinking about doing

I know that i could never learn how to run a CNC machine, or learn CAD, etc.

Now about to turn 80, it hurts my head just thinking about it

 

[Dave Haddon]

ha Ha..right with you GTY..turning the BIG 75 this May...got maybe 5 Summers left so I want to have some fun with my Baby Warlock..going to see what I can cook up ..love to dress him up..not much on mechanical but nowadays i do not do drags and you can only go so fast with all the Red & Blues around with their lasers..they do not play fair..LOL

 

[Jwithing]

I actually bought new vents a week or two ago in efforts to freshen up some of my sun bleached parts. My old ones aren't terrible by any means. If you want to pay for shipping, I can send them to you free of charge if you went a set to just play around with first.