Trying to duplicate this effect with LED lighting

"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib) 04/01/2018 at 21:11 • Filed to: None

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Purple and blue were my favs but red, yellow and green hues can also be dialed up.

I just spent a week with a Mercedes Maybach, and like lesser S-classes it has that neat colored ambient cabin lighting. Well, I really dig the effect and am trying to figure out how to duplicate it in my Town Car using colored LED light strips or neon tubes. Not sure which product would work better, or if I’d need a dimmer. Anyone have any experience with this stuff?

DipodomysDeserti > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 21:23

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Needs a pole in the middle to complete the look.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 21:25

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I have no experience with LED lighting outside of messing around on breadboards. Maybe you can figure out something using those silly fiber-optic light transmission tubes, or just ghetto rig it with lots of daisy chained computer LED strips?

Tapas > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 21:27

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Led strips. But be sure to use a frosted plastic strip to cover them because otherwise, they are bright as fuck. Especially in a small cabin. Also the frosted plastic strip will make everything look neat.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > DipodomysDeserti 04/01/2018 at 21:35

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LoL. A bit out of character for a $180k Benz, yes?

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Tapas 04/01/2018 at 21:37

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I poked around a vendor site for LEDs and they do sell dimmers if necessary.

DipodomysDeserti > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 21:44

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Actually, I think it’s pretty spot on.

phenotyp > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 22:29

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Definitely LEDs with a dimmer and diffuser. All sorts of app-controlled systems out there, if you want to get fancy. But for the love of... everything, really, put neon right out of your head.

ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied. > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 22:40

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EL wire.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > phenotyp 04/01/2018 at 23:06

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Yep, LEDs definitely are the way to go here I think. What does a diffuser do?

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied. 04/01/2018 at 23:12

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EL wire looks cool but needs an inverter to power it, right?

ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied. > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 23:19

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True dat. But hey, may as well get a DC outlet out of it.

phenotyp > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/01/2018 at 23:25

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Softens and decentralizes the pinpoint lights of the LEDs. Think frosted white plastic, semi-opaque.

Tapas > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/02/2018 at 01:46

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That’s good to know. But would you still want to keep the led strip exposed once installed?

RPM esq. > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/02/2018 at 01:54

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LEDs are the better choice but it will still look like an Eastern European brothel. At best.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > RPM esq. 04/02/2018 at 10:15

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LoL. I’m sure Mercedes would be thrilled to hear this.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Tapas 04/02/2018 at 10:17

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No, but if they were still too bright with the diffuser on it’s good to know they can still be dimmed.

RPM esq. > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/02/2018 at 13:13

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I’ve made my feelings known before.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > RPM esq. 04/02/2018 at 13:20

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You didn’t have the footwell lighting turned up enough for the full effect though..

RPM esq. > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 04/02/2018 at 13:42

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Even worse.

Also, I installed red neon tubes in the footwells for an effect like this, and also in the engine bay (so it glowed behind the grille), with switches below the steering wheel, in my E30 when I was in high school. Because I was AWESOME.