Tacoma Knight Rider Mod

Yes. I did it. I fully expect some of you to really hate the idea but it was fun and gets guys my age smiling.

Here are some pics and a video of the mod. Didn't cost me too much:

Arduino board: $45
LEDs (12): $5
Scrap CAT5: Free
Time: Who cares? (about 8 hours)

Also, I am certain the red LED's in my hood is totally illegal. I dont plan to turn it on while driving or anywhere around a cop. This is more for when I'm hanging out with someone and I show them.

Let me know what you think.

Video of it before putting it in the hood:

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=528a90499efbbccb&resid=528A90499EFBBCCB!275&parid=528A90499EFBBCCB!117&authkey=!APswZxRitTxBHYk

UPDATE: Added video of it installed:
http://youtu.be/_ROYtD3dMJc




The build:

 

Props on the creativity. I'm assuming you're not planning on showing this off while driving. Cops in my area are tight on red or blue lights

 

Yea, this is more of a "standing around the truck with a beer" mod.

 

I never would have thought of using cat5. I did a homelink install and used ribbon cable. Now that I think about it, cat 5 may have been much cleaner!

 

Yea, someone else suggested that to me and it made the wire management a breeze. Its so easy to work with and compact.

I still need to feed the cat5 through my firewall so I can turn it on/off from in the cab.

 

That's pretty sweet. Good work.

 

Lol, that's cool !

 

Badass! Finally a mod to make them ugly scoops useful

 

Oh man don't tell um we drink beer in Utah. (as I drink my home brew)

You have a vid of that working?

 

Awesome! you should have posted a video with the scoop already on the truck!

 

nice, i like it!!

 

Siiiiick! That has gotta look cool as hell at night, imagine seeing that in your rear view.

 

shut up! that is so sick! thumbs up!

 

I will update the post with a new video of it at night in the hood. I still need to feed the cat5 cable into the cab so I can turn it on/off from inside. Im also considering wiring it to a switch in one of the free buttons.

 

Thanks everyone for the encouragement.

 

looks sweet!

 

Looks good

 

awesome

 

I like it.....