1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site

FS LED Whips, Tail Gate CB Mounts, Etc.

Discussion in 'Anti-Dark' started by BeeRadd, Dec 1, 2013.

  1. Dec 1, 2013 at 3:41 PM
    #1
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    UPDATE as of 26/JAN/2014:

    A New thread has been created to sell these hood lighting kits since I can't change the name on this one.
    This thread was originally meant to sell something else and turned into a hood lighting kit production. Follow the pages if you want to read how it happened, tests, errors, feedback, etc.!

    Here is the new thread, follow it to keep updated any time new kits are ready to sell.
    http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...hting-kits-1st-2nd-gen-ongoing-group-buy.html



    Here is a video of what the install is like:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLwp4dJG_U&feature=player_embedded#at=67


    26 FEB 2014
    AS FOR THE WHIPS:
    I will still make whips but I am researching new ways to make them more durable and more affordable. Right now it takes two much time and money to make one and the profit is way too small to continue doing it this way.


    BELOW THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD
    [​IMG]

    ( for the thumbnail )

    Hello all!
    I'm selling a few things because I'm painfully low on money and I really want to buy some gifts to give my relatives on Christmas.
    I'd appreciate it if you didn't ask me to lower the price because truthfully, I already like to sell taco stuff for cheap and see my friends happy with my LED work. Had it not been for this pinch I'm in I would rather give this stuff away for like $10 more than what it cost me to make.
    So without further ado...
    Here's what's for sale ;)
    (Everything is OBO)

    1 RGB (ALL COLOR) LED 4' WHIP -$65 SOLD
    1 Red LED 4' Whip -$45 SOLD
    2 Tailgate CB Mounts from Famous Fabrication (driver and passenger side) -$60 for the pair or $35 each SOLD

    *Whips are made with CB Radio Firestick antennas (don't count on them functioning as a regular antenna but it IS possible if the Led's are OFF)


    I have one color control box for the RGB stick that comes with a remote and the power box which I can include for $10
    I also have a 12vdc wall adapter to power the control box (you might have one laying around the house) that i can include for $10
    - If you have a trd with the power outlet in the bed of your truck you can skip the wiring and hook up the wall adapter to that outlet, then power your whip by turning on that little button on your dash anytime you want.

    Here are the Famous Fabrication CB antenna tail gate mounts:
    [​IMG]
    They are great quality, nicely made, and look wonderful. Unfortunately they're not meant to hold the vast weight from my heavy whip antenna AND my speed tech lights so I'm going to use something stronger. Also they're still on my truck.

    Here are the WHIPS:

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]


    I hand made these LED Whips with a reel of RGB LED Strips and a new CB radio Firestick, then put a heat shrink wrap around it, and a heat shrink cap at the top.
    I really liked the TribalWhips led whip sticks but I never wanted to spend the $90+ for them, especially with them only coming in one color (i'm incredibly indecisive).
    So I made one, turned out great, and made 3 more for my friends. The pattern on each comes out unique so no two are completely alike.
    They. Are. Wonderful.
    I LOVE this whip and the stares I get when I drive around the desert or even parking lots with it on. I even made it pink for "Breast Cancer Awareness" in the month of October.
    Anyway, I can always make more!


    I also have lots of leftover LED strips and stuff, just let me know what you need and I'll throw you a price. I think i have some white led strip left over from when i did hood lighting. Oh man. It was so easy and so rewarding that I did it for my two friends Kenny and Matt (who together we form the group TRES TACOS), my girlfriends camry, a friends 1st gen, and another friends dodge ram.

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Mar 15, 2014
    BandanaBerg likes this.
  2. Dec 1, 2013 at 3:44 PM
    #2
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    Hood Light Kit customers feedback:


    zatymyjy_34d94997251a8f9bfa2f0337e035324a3bc5e31d.jpg
    ymypudu6_ea6cce7f87db0a6442bae84d4c805234b5472506.jpg
    8e9u3evu_99f645e1e9ac32fea032ac038ec692fef2a86394.jpg

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Jan 12, 2014
    BandanaBerg likes this.
  3. Dec 1, 2013 at 8:12 PM
    #3
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
  4. Dec 3, 2013 at 2:11 AM
    #4
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    250 views and nothin, anyone got any suggestions?
     
  5. Dec 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM
    #5
    ajw1986

    ajw1986 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 2, 2013
    Member:
    #109619
    Messages:
    513
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Andrew
    Pitt Meadows, B.C.
    Vehicle:
    06 Money Pit
    I'm interested in doing led lighting for under the hood. What would I need and how does it get installed? Pm me if it's not too much trouble! GLWS
     
  6. Dec 3, 2013 at 7:29 PM
    #6
    HomerTaco

    HomerTaco also HomerTaco Vendor

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2010
    Member:
    #34129
    Messages:
    45,760
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    HomerTaco
    HomerTaco
    Vehicle:
    HomerTaco
    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    Shipping to PA for the red 4' one?
     
  7. Dec 3, 2013 at 7:44 PM
    #7
    JoeTacoma02

    JoeTacoma02 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Member:
    #40831
    Messages:
    5,003
    Gender:
    Male
    x2!! And also, is heat under the hood a concern in regards to the LED/strip itself?
     
  8. Dec 4, 2013 at 12:05 AM
    #8
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    Wow Seems there's quite a lot of interest in the hood lighting!
    Should I put together a kit?
    To answer your questions:
    I wired the lights to a pressure switch where the hood lies, and then to an external fuse (now goes to my blue sea fuse block :cool: )
    Heat is NOT and issue. Lights have been functioning for 8-12 months now with the only problems coming from the pressure switch.
    I think the reason the switch has been going out is because it's not waterproof so the connections are going bad. I have a friend who found a better one but I need to check out the local store where he said he got it.

    Homer, I'll get back to you ASAP! Gonna check out UPS for advice on shipping a long stick like this.
     
    Ledautomotive likes this.
  9. Dec 4, 2013 at 12:18 AM
    #9
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    More details on the hood lights:
    If you order the strips, make sure you get the waterproof kind. There are many manufactures of these strips and having bought many reels I've had more than one come that wasn't waterproof. In fact the ones under my hood are NOT waterproof.
    (Non waterproof strips don't have that silicone gel on top of the LED Diodes)
    What I did to protect them and help them stick was spray about 5 layers of clear plastidip (rattle can)
    It put a nice thick coat that actually helped disperse the light and made it stick to the hood better. (China 3M isn't too reliable but it works)

    I drilled a small hole in my hood where the strip starts for my ground wire (if you don't want to drill just run another wire for the ground)
    Then I fished the wire behind the little support columns on the inside of the hood. Ran it stealthy all the way to the far bottom right (driver side) corner of the hood, basically where the hood mount is. Then ran that wire to the pressure switch, then to the fuse, then the battery.

    I'll take pics for you guys later. It's super easy and as long as it's fused, it's pretty hard to mess up. I've done it to 3 2nd gen tacos, 1 first gen, 1 dodge ram and my girlfriends 97 camry! Lol. I mean it's simple enough the fun part is really how clean of a job I can do.
    The results are priceless.
    Should I put together a kit? What do you think a reasonable price would be to sell it for?
    If you don't mind me asking you guys...
     
  10. Dec 4, 2013 at 5:50 PM
    #10
    JLink

    JLink Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2010
    Member:
    #36795
    Messages:
    12,571
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Josh
    Ocean, NJ
    Lifted, Locked, Armored. Ready To Wheel.
    im interested in white led strips for bed lights.. let me know what you have and what your prices are
     
  11. Dec 4, 2013 at 5:55 PM
    #11
    Guerrilla

    Guerrilla L(.)(.)K@G(.)(.)Dz

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2013
    Member:
    #102807
    Messages:
    6,810
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    D. Cooley
    Coast to Coast
    Vehicle:
    El' Black 13 DCSB 4x4
    Stuff
    Whips look like Lightsabers in the pic.
     
  12. Dec 4, 2013 at 6:57 PM
    #12
    Chris24

    Chris24 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2012
    Member:
    #77247
    Messages:
    1,572
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Chris
    Greensboro, NC
    Vehicle:
    09 Black DCSB TRD Sport, V6, 6sp
    Those whips are awesome! I don't have a use for one, but good luck :)
     
  13. Dec 5, 2013 at 2:41 PM
    #13
    Trigo

    Trigo Because fuck you that's why...

    Joined:
    Dec 21, 2011
    Member:
    #69160
    Messages:
    7,055
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Rodrigo
    San Diego
    Vehicle:
    1st gen
    Pm'd
     
  14. Dec 5, 2013 at 4:12 PM
    #14
    JoeTacoma02

    JoeTacoma02 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Member:
    #40831
    Messages:
    5,003
    Gender:
    Male
    They look bright enough to use as work lights when working under the hood at night time. Does the truck need to be on for the LED lights to work? It'll make things much easier. It'll come in handy for my dads T100 also.
     
  15. Dec 5, 2013 at 4:30 PM
    #15
    taco117

    taco117 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2012
    Member:
    #89230
    Messages:
    121
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Anthony
    Burbank
    Vehicle:
    12 Tacoma TRD Sport
    PM sent
     
  16. Dec 5, 2013 at 4:40 PM
    #16
    NorthRoad

    NorthRoad Listen More that Speak... Answer When Asked

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2013
    Member:
    #107620
    Messages:
    52
    Vehicle:
    13 TRD Sport
    PM sent
     
  17. Dec 5, 2013 at 6:10 PM
    #17
    BeeRadd

    BeeRadd [OP] Bought not built.

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2011
    Member:
    #63401
    Messages:
    1,222
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Brad
    Fountain Valley, CA
    Vehicle:
    2010 DCSB LT 4x4
    LOADING...
    There's the attention I was hoping for! Wow! Inbox had blown up!
    All PM's replied to.

    To answer JOETACOMA, you don't need your truck to be on to use these. If you hook up the lights to a switch in your hood then it runs off your battery and because of the low power draw, it can run for pretty much months. I actually changed out my waterpump with the help of The_Traveler and Airdog using only the lighting from the hood. It is very sufficient!
     
  18. Dec 5, 2013 at 8:08 PM
    #18
    greenguy3

    greenguy3 BOOM goes the dynamite!

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2011
    Member:
    #67702
    Messages:
    286
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Ian
    Arkansas
    Vehicle:
    Dirty A$$ TRD
    Mud and dirt
    PM sent!!!
     
  19. Dec 5, 2013 at 9:21 PM
    #19
    bellassaiw10

    bellassaiw10 Formally afroman5015

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2010
    Member:
    #39032
    Messages:
    5,526
    Gender:
    Male
    Currituck NC
    Vehicle:
    09 LMM 2500HD Duramax
    Do a GB on hood lights!
     
  20. Dec 5, 2013 at 9:23 PM
    #20
    The Traveler

    The Traveler Desert Chief

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2012
    Member:
    #75806
    Messages:
    6,823
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Matt
    SoCal
    Vehicle:
    1991 Toyota Pickup 4x4 Prerunner
    As a member of the Tres Tacos, and Brad's friend, I can personally vouch for the products! Having helped him make these, I can tell you how much effort and attention to detail Brad gives in the production process. I have a whip, hood lights, and the first ever rock lights on my truck. They have lasted over a year of abuse without a single hiccup.

    u6a8a9yd_a245a86a0b256626c1a973f1effd3ecda99c6074.jpg

    zu4edepa_6ffc3db62728c2c40e8ce42dc997254d83ec2ad2.jpg

    epuquteh_90ed43df5eca1b48c7a99186a7577b772c6e35ee.jpg

    ynu5yqy3_2b46cf0081638bbf96d9a798e2f954bc14ac1022.jpg
     
    FarNorthTaco14 likes this.

Products Discussed in

To Top