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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 10:57 AM
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Default 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
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 11:38 AM
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thats a pretty unique idea. You will probably be the 1st person to do that.

You can double check though by typing your keywords into the "Search" function.
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by str8dum1
thats a pretty unique idea. You will probably be the 1st person to do that.

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..
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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I did all my interior & exterior lights in LED's, just believe blue LED's in the dome would look mucho GHEY!!!
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard
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.
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 12:06 PM
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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

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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 12:28 PM
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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).
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by philliesphan29
..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
..You can double check though by typing your keywords into the "Search" function.
THIS

Originally Posted by bmccann101
...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.
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Old Apr 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.

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

Hope this helps
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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^ 14 yo gurlz? mmmMMMm
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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get white....blue is not good.
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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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 ****
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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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.
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 11:01 PM
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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.

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 $$
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l.e.d.s all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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.
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by philliesphan29
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.
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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This is what I did on my '08, going for an OEM-style installation:

Orange LED strips to match OEM gauge lighting-


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-


End result, looks brighter in this pic than it really is-

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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 02:46 AM
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That orange actually looks really good imo.
I never thought of matching it with the gauge.
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