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philliesphan29 04-24-2012 10:57 AM

Has anyone changed their interior lights on their Z?
 
I wanted to get blue dome lights and put some blue led's under the footwell just because I think it looks cool. I would not have these on while driving, it's just because i personally thing it's cool. Has anyone done this and for the lights under the footwell, how do I connect it to my power supply? Thanks

str8dum1 04-24-2012 11:38 AM

thats a pretty unique idea. You will probably be the 1st person to do that. :thumbup:

You can double check though by typing your keywords into the "Search" function.

philliesphan29 04-24-2012 11:41 AM


Originally Posted by str8dum1 (Post 9710544)
thats a pretty unique idea. You will probably be the 1st person to do that. :thumbup:

You can double check though by typing your keywords into the "Search" function.

Hahah obviously people have done it, I just wanted to get some advice from the other people on here. I just checked and my dome lights are bulbs so idk how i'd change that to LED without re-doing the whole thing..

350ZTheStandard 04-24-2012 11:46 AM

I did all my interior & exterior lights in LED's, just believe blue LED's in the dome would look mucho GHEY!!!

philliesphan29 04-24-2012 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard (Post 9710557)
I did all my interior & exterior lights in LED's, just believe blue LED's in the dome would look mucho GHEY!!!

Yeah I kind changed my mind about that but I think blue led's in the footwells could look pretty cool. Any idea how to wire them to the battery from the footwell? Yeah I know i'm dumb.

myzproject 04-24-2012 12:06 PM

Actually the blue leds look pretty good inside the Z depending on the color of your car and interior. It's a nice blueish glow. I've seen it done and will be switching my domes and hatch one to the blue leds soon. I'm going with these.
https://store.ijdmtoy.com/ProductDet..._NISSAN_SMD_01

bmccann101 04-24-2012 12:28 PM

blue lights attract 14 year old girls. meh.

5k white leds make things look like you drive an adults car.. just my opinion.
(nah.. i think its actually fact).

cgkp0925 04-24-2012 12:54 PM


Originally Posted by philliesphan29 (Post 9710559)
..Any idea how to wire them to the battery from the footwell? Yeah I know i'm dumb.

Being dumb is not an excuse. Lazy is the word.


Originally Posted by str8dum1 (Post 9710544)
..You can double check though by typing your keywords into the "Search" function.

THIS


Originally Posted by bmccann101 (Post 9710596)
...5k white leds make things look like you drive an adults car.. just my opinion.
(nah.. i think its actually fact).

5K VLEDS all the way. 100X better than autolumination.

stevenlee23 04-24-2012 01:18 PM

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I have changed the dome and footwell lighting at the same time. The footwell lighting is wired to the dome lights. They come on when the doors open and turn off when the doors close. However, I have turned the dome lights off so the only lights that come on are the footwell lighting. It looks pretty cool.

These are not my pictures.
Attachment 433913

I followed this DIY thread
thread: https://my350z.com/forum/audio-video...ng-how-to.html

Hope this helps

Junkster 04-24-2012 01:22 PM

^ 14 yo gurlz? mmmMMMm :naughty:

bmccann101 04-24-2012 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkster (Post 9710656)
^ 14 yo gurlz? mmmMMMm :naughty:

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vex008 04-24-2012 04:55 PM

get white....blue is not good.

R350Zz33 04-24-2012 05:09 PM

Get white I had blue for 2 years I made my own each side had 20 leds I switched to white u can't see ****

hyuk28719 04-24-2012 07:18 PM

take everyone's advice and stick with white led lights. I've once had blue dome lights because I wanted to look "cool." I took it off after I realized it was too much. I never regretted after I changed to white LED because it looks so much nicer at night and you can see better too.

shyun1250 04-24-2012 11:01 PM

OP footwells are a pretty easy mod.
Its only about $20 and it take less than 15 min to do.
I am quite certain that they have a few DIY's out there.
Depending on your wiring you can do a variety of things with the footwells.
For example: Mine come on when I start the car (kinda dumb... =/), I have other friends who have it come on when you turn on your headlights. I've also had a friend who made a switch in his car for it.
IMO out of all the colours I have seens, Red and Blue were definitely the most popular. I actually haven't come across white until now. :dunno:

For Dome lights, Listen to everyone else. The whole purpose for dome lights is to see. It's a B**** not being able to find something at night in your car.

I would steer away from underglows. It's a pain to install and an even bigger pain to maintain as they tend to break easier. Nothing cool about a car with only side of his car lit. Imho I would simply spend the money elsewhere.

My friend had some money lying around so he put underglows in his Genesis Coupe, lasted less than a month before he had to take them off. Biggest waste of $$

TurboStrong 04-26-2012 07:27 PM

l.e.d.s all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RENFRO 04-27-2012 02:31 AM

I have stage 3 blue diode dynamics LEDs in my interior. I like it...plus its not like those are constantly on. Walking up to your ride at night and unlock it...deep blue glow looks really cool to me. Exterior lights I went with stage 3 white though.

taywan 04-27-2012 02:52 AM


Originally Posted by philliesphan29 (Post 9710549)
Hahah obviously people have done it, I just wanted to get some advice from the other people on here. I just checked and my dome lights are bulbs so idk how i'd change that to LED without re-doing the whole thing..

Rewire the whole what ??
Pop the old bulbs put and replace bulbs. I hope u can accomplish that.

dcains 04-27-2012 11:50 AM

This is what I did on my '08, going for an OEM-style installation:

Orange LED strips to match OEM gauge lighting-
http://deanwcains.smugmug.com/photos...51_ZpQTu-M.jpg

Floor lighting wired to dome lights, so LED's come on/off with doors, slowly fade off with the dome lights, and can be manually controlled like each dome light-
http://deanwcains.smugmug.com/photos...69_8bbYR-M.jpg

End result, looks brighter in this pic than it really is-
http://deanwcains.smugmug.com/photos...50_o86pd-M.jpg

shyun1250 04-28-2012 02:46 AM

That orange actually looks really good imo.
I never thought of matching it with the gauge.


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