ArcTec34 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 ^ Man, I used to *love* RS. Now, sadly, it's no longer staffed by fellow geeks and nerds, but rather, by people who barely know a the difference between LED and LCD, and only know how to pressure-sale cell-phone plans. yeah, i agree, they dont know a thing, but i have never had a problem finding everything and last time I went there, none of the stuff I wanted to buy showed up as in their inventory so i got it all for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 ^ No way!!! That's awesome!!!! I usually don't have any trouble finding what I need - unless they're just flat out-of-stock, but I still would like someone who is geekier (and smarter) than I am, to help me out, when I get stumped. <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcTec34 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 geekier- than us? ...not possible jk =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 ^ ROFL! Spoken like a true life-long nerd (of which I'm a proud member!) <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutsnwbrdr Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 for pics of said LED install behind the handles I thought about putting them behind the door latch to let people know where the hell it is. Friends can never find it if they dont ride with me often. haha reminds me of a dane cook bit... http://video.aol.com/video-detail/dane-cook-first-time-getting-head/525736416 *edit* FYI - vid gets a little "risky" at about 1:25 haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 ^ That one's a CLASSIC!!!! I still laugh uncontrollably at that one. <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfang Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Damn that looks good! [SIZE=1][URL="http://public.fotki.com/blackfang/"]Pics[/URL] [B]08 KawasakiZZR 600- exhaust and other mods 98 Camaro Z/28 HT- some mods......street/strip car 07 Legacy 2.5i- SPT exhaust...daily driver[/B][/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I prefer "T-taps," but "vampire taps" (think of this one as the wire being tapped being bridged, in-line, to your feeder wire) will work just fine, too. Woodstock, go to your local automotive store, and just ask for "T-taps" or "vampire taps" by name, the clerks/technicians will know what you're talking about, and they can even help demonstrate to you how to use them. If you don't have a wire crimp/stripper, you'll want to pick one up, too, as if you don't know about these taps, your electrical/wiring skills are likely not advanced, and you'll want all the help you can get, and a $5 tool will pay for itself many times over. Be sure to get the right gauge (wire thickness) tap, as well as source the right wiring to go with it. Too-thick or too-thin wiring for the tap can make it unreliable at best. Taping the wire in-place is always a good idea, but not required, especially for something as "non-mission-critical" as this mod. If you don't know what "spade" or "bullet" connectors are, you might not have enough basic wiring/electrical knowledge to proceed with this project. Please don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to insult you....I'm honestly just trying to help you avoid potential frustration, or costly mistakes. You might want to consider looking up some local Subaru club enthusiasts, who are typically always helpful, and will gladly lend a hand on such projects or teach you how to do stuff for the most bare-minimum of payment (i.e. burger and beer). Finally, if you need to splice any wires together, remember that a bit of solder is always wise, no matter how good you are at twisting braided-wire together. If you don't know how to do this, look at some online resources. It's very basic, and with just a little practice, you'll be a pro. now you made it a little hard for me to figure out how to do this project:spin: I have a little experience with electrical stuff, however; I don't know the proper names of things. I just call it whatever or draw a picture. LOL! anyway: let me see if i know......... so first: follow the steps till I'm ready to do the wires. - get an extension wires for the leds bought at radioshack. (what size? I know you get the same size of wire you are connecting it to.) - get the positive and negatives together. tie it with an electrical tape. - strip the wire you are connecting it to; positive and negative. (I dont know about soldering it. - braid the wires. wrap it with an electrical tape. - test it - (done?) anything I missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjo Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm staying away from your car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireB Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks Nemo, I did this project and it came out great! Didn't know that LED's can be this easy to have fun with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubRock Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Morning guys, this is my first post on this entire forum. I have chosen this to be my first project, which i will start tomoro morning asap. Hopefully i can get it done before work at 5. B4 i get started i have a few questions, 1. what is a quick tap as? is it simply the male and female pieces you were talking about? 2. I Have an 07 2.5i Limited, and I read about the ability to tap into the heated seat module for the dimming features, and for power and ground all together. My question is will i need the quick tap? or this device that Arctec34 mentioned http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104093 ? It seems to me that the heated seat module is a simple "push-in" connection as opposed to the need of soldering/quick-tapping/ or T-Taps. That is all i can think of at this time, help me out and I'll throw up some pictures, since thats what the cool kids do on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcTec34 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Morning guys, this is my first post on this entire forum. I have chosen this to be my first project, which i will start tomoro morning asap. Hopefully i can get it done before work at 5. B4 i get started i have a few questions, 1. what is a quick tap as? is it simply the male and female pieces you were talking about? 2. I Have an 07 2.5i Limited, and I read about the ability to tap into the heated seat module for the dimming features, and for power and ground all together. My question is will i need the quick tap? or this device that Arctec34 mentioned http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104093 ? It seems to me that the heated seat module is a simple "push-in" connection as opposed to the need of soldering/quick-tapping/ or T-Taps. That is all i can think of at this time, help me out and I'll throw up some pictures, since thats what the cool kids do on here Correct, the heated seats use a push in/snapping connector. The problem is, we can't use that connector- but we need to get other + and _ wires to run elsewhere, to the LEDs that we're putting in the cupholders, You need to use these T clamps to clamp into the existing wires, and the clamps connect that power or ground to the new wires. welcome to the forums, and good luck with this mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum_Racing Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Too bad my Legacy has the cupholders in the dash, that looks cool. I'll figure something out that looks cool..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerboa113 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Are they the kind that have an open connector at the bottom? You might could put some LEDs in there or something. a single LED in the bottom is all you need to make the bottles glow. "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubRock Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 well the first 2 i put in this weekend were great, just not that bright. so i went to put two more in and now im a little upset 1st I lost my passenger side Snap screw that is located up above the seat heater controls. So now my right side is a little loose. not noticable except to me sincei know about it. 2nd The next two led's i put in are on the left and right side of the cup holders and now are too long. so i had to bend the driver side led so it would not poke out of the cup holder (E-brake hits the back of the led). and the passenger side is very sensitive it wouldn't work at first so i had to stick my hand under the now loose passenger side and jiggle the wire, im assuming that is poking the side as well ... all in all it works, it looks good but i know that there are space issues and internal problems. im anal about that kind of thing and im upset a bit now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcTec34 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 did you sand down the top of the LEDs? it helps to make them flush with whatever surface they're mounted on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubRock Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 nah i didn't, i bought those flat ones u did from radio shack, if i sand down the top how much room do i have before i just get the led popping out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubRock Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 1st I lost my passenger side Snap screw that is located up above the seat heater controls. So now my right side is a little loose. not noticable except to me sincei know about it. Does anyone know if i can get some of these from subaru? and while im at it is it possible to buy a second cup holder? just incase i take out some of the led's i definately don't want 2 open holes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeladams Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Has anyone used blue led's on their interior? I'd love to see how it looks, I have 50 blue led's and thought of doing a project but realized that my speedo is red... Don't think it would look off but was curious what everyone else thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Go through this thread and look for ArcTec's pics. I think he actually started another thread too. He did blue and white (I think) LEDs. It didn't look horrible, though I preferred to keep the stock look. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcTec34 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 I did red.. sorry. BUT. I believe Doc Holladay had some type of blue LEDs in his car.. footwells? not sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeladams Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 not a problem.... I'm going to try blue when they come in and if they dont come out well I can just swap them out for red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtang Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 thats cool!!!! i might have to try this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokedoutv6 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 i just did this a couple weeks back with the radio shack leds. the only difference is i mounted mine up higher since i keep change in the cupholders and they would get covered if they were too low. looks great. two of my favorite and cheap mods have to be between this and the map/dome/puddle lights with dollar store led flashlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Road Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Hey gang, I'm sitting here wonder if its possible to do something similler to what the JDM and the other market legacys have. We all know they look like this below: http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n426/Hobberski/junk/donenight.jpg Now what I'm wonder if its possible to cut the actual cup holder part into two pieces. The very top part that has has the mounting points and slider track and the lower/main part that is the actual cop holder. Once they are are two pieces mark and cut out a piece of lexan that is the same size as both pieces and sandwich it between the upper mounting piece and the lower larger cup holder piece. Thus in theory making what looks like the JDM piece. Then all you'd have to do is wire some led's into the lexan so it lights the lexan evenly all the way around and da da. Well you'd also have to join the now 3 pieces back together so the cup holder part is nice and sturdy in the center section. Here's what I was thinking. Cutting it into two around the red line and then adding the lexan where'd you cut. Anyone think that its some what doable? Plus I'm wondering if it would provide a more of a even glow then 4 leds in the base of the cup holder. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/StevenCole/Cupholder1.jpg 276hp/347tq On a DynoJet Dyno Video - Had a big lean spot as you can tell in the second pull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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