Finally finished LEDS - cupholders, console, and bed lights

I don't. All I did was position them along the side of the truck (with the clips on the tubes) the used my drill and screwed the screws up thru the holes in the clips into the truck.

The front and rear tubes I had to get creative with zip ties and shit.

I'll go out and see if i can get a couple pics.

 

It's fun and easy to do. Just take your time and plan it out before drilling and stuff. Once you get started it's kickass. Then you'll be like me and find tons of more spots for those little LED bastards. I got a few more spots i'm planning on doing.

 

Kinda tough looking under my truck to get good pics. I'm at work so i didn't want to climb under there.

Anyway


This is looking thru the lower valance area thru bottom of bumper. It's a 36" tube and it's sitting across the frame rails and zip tied on thru holes in end of the tube thru holes in the frame.





The other 36" sitting on the rear frame rails by the spare tire (which I got rid of). I put a screw thru the hole on the tube at each end and they sit in a hole in the frame just perfect, and you can see one of the supplied black clips sticking thru that top hole in the frame.....the clip is attached to the 36" tube. Then I zip tied them also.





This is a pic of the 48" tubes going across the side of the truck. They fit perfect under the truck along the side. I just used my drill with the driver and screwed metal screws thru the mounting holes on each tube up threw the bottom of the truck.









HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE. It's way easier than it seems.....especially when you are lifted! Took me less than an hour to do this shit!

 

Gotcha yea I have some LED strips that i want to put under the truck but not sure how to attach them

 

STRIPS!!!! Ahhh......ummm.....I would try to do the hook n loop velcro like I used on my bedlights????


Super sticky, bond to anything shit right there!


I think theres some U shaped holders you can get.

Let me think . . . .. . i'll see what i find.

 

From Oznium:

What is the best way to mount them?
Cable ties, also known as zip ties work for many installations. We also include a surprisingly strong 3M double sided adhesive mounting tape.



If you get up under there and look around ........ I bet you can figure shit out. I wanna do light strips one day and I'm thinking the Hook n Loop Velcro (

$13 VELCRO Brand Sticky Back Roll | Classroom and Office Organization | Black 15ft x 3/4in Roll of Tape

http://www.amazon.com/Velcro-Sticky...RSWT/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1335478227&sr=8-5) plus the 3m sticky side of the leds would work great. It did for my bed rails.

 

they will be under the truck and I'm not sure if they will last long under there with all the wheeling i do. I'm thinking about getting some 3/8" clear tube, like they use for air pumps on fish tanks, put the LEDs in there with some silicon to seal them up then just Ziptie them up under the truck.

 

That'll work. I was looking at some tubes on ebay..

 

RAPR, do you mind posting pics of the way you have each side front floor board lights mounted? Also, where did you run the wires? i can't seem to find a way to go from the under dash to the area under the a/c controls... I have my entire center console piece out, including the shifter and and cubby in front of shifter, if that makes any difference.

As soon as I mount and splice those floor boards into the main power and ground and put my console back in, and mount and wire my switch to my battery, my project will be FINISHED!!!

here are pics of my console piece all wired up

 

I'm simply amazed at what people spend their time and money one.

 

Hobbies are hobbies.

 

I wish I was as cool as you.

 

And I am bedazzled by your wealth of ignorance.

 

well pulled the trigger and finally finished my lights
Aux fuse box for all my wiring needs


HoodLights on a door pin switch so as to turn off when the hood is closed. I think I might add another strip down the middle to make sure it's all covered


BedLights I have three stripes cut and wired to a switch up front



Cockpit lighting


Day Shot


All lights on


A/C Controls


DayLights console


Center Console Night shot


Clock and all lights changed to blue


Cup holder


Coin Tray


4x4 light


rear Lights




passenger side

 

Damn and I was feeling good about mine Lol....

Hell of a job man. Good stuff

 

Thanks bro it was Tedious work doing it all...very proud of it though

 

Jam up job!

 

I finally got around to taking pics, so here is the finished product at night time. This is my first time working with this type of wiring (I've only done head units and sound systems before now), first time taking a center console out, and first time working with LEDs of any kind. I know it's not the best job, but I'm definitely happy with the way they turned out and that I have a custom touch to my tacoma!

Thanks again to RAPR and all contributors to this thread, you all gave me what I needed to make a project like this possible.

 

KILLER job man!!! Love it! Need to name your truck REDRUM......LOL

 

lol that has quite the ring to it, especially since my truck doesn't have a name yet.

I am going to have to take that vent piece off again and readjust the LED in there cause it isn't shining through like everyone else's here. I put it in a spot closer up towards the rear cup holders on the inside of the vent piece to save some wire, thinking it would do the trick just as well.