LED in vents
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Forum Name: Lights, Neon, LEDs, HIDs
Forum Discription: Under Car Lighting, Strobe Lights, Fog Lights, Headlights, HIDs, DRL, Tail Lights, Brake Lights, Dashboard Lights, WigWag, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=1991
Printed Date: July 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Topic: LED in vents
Posted By: hadji_85
Subject: LED in vents
Date Posted: July 16, 2002 at 7:06 PM
this may be a dumb question but i'm new at this whole car thing, but how the hell do i get these little guys in the vents. Where do i take the vents off from? Does anyone have any pics or anything that could help me. I have a 2000 isuzu Rodeo if that helps. And also, where would i hook the wires up to? could i hook em up directly to the battery terminal, or would that burn the wire or something?
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~Hadji
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Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 7:27 AM
what exactly are you trying to do?
alarm LEDs? a/c vents? details please. I'm a bit confused by your post
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: TheRapture
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 11:23 AM
goto Varad. com and they sell the Hyper LEDs... the pic shows them inside of air vents and pretty much everywhere else in the car.... thats what i'm going to do with mine also... but i havent found the right LEDs yet. are you able to take off the air vent covers and get in there?... i've got a '97 Integra and it's much easier for me to take off the dash (which isnt to difficult) and install them that way
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 11:51 AM
oh those heh yeah I know what ya mean now.
where you wire them for power depends on what you want them to do.. if you just want them switched, wire them through a relay to a constant +12V path with a switch placed somewhere.
putting them in the vents again depends on the car. hot glue, velcro, etc.. depends how ya want to affix them back there
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: TheRapture
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 12:28 PM
super glue works the best for me :)
Posted By: hadji_85
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 1:40 PM
i wanna put them in the a/c vents, but i dont know howto get em in the ac vents, do i have to pull off like the whole dashboard or something?
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~Hadji
Posted By: TheRapture
Date Posted: July 17, 2002 at 2:17 PM
try taking out the bezel for the vent on the drivers side.. then drill a small hole to fit them threw the center vents... try taking out your stereo and getting to them that way... the passenger vent... try takeing out the glove box and getting to it
Posted By: J3adSeed
Date Posted: July 18, 2002 at 10:17 AM
usually, the air vent is going to be pretty sealed. so the only way to really get in there is from the front. or at least the easiest way. mine you can yank out. you may get to the vent part from in the dash and drill a hole in it, then put in the led. varad leds work really really nicely by the way. i have a few on my alarm, and i just cut that whole little resistor box off of them and they are so freaking bright. i have one on each A pillar and if i close up my garage and its dark they'll light up the whole walls of the garage.
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