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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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Cool Anybody Have This LED's Setup With Subs

So after crashign my 8 this previous friday in the rain, iv been bumming rides from family and as riding in my brothers 01 tacoma and he has an interesting setup....when his subs hit, he has led's connected to them that light up at the same time...so me being the diy'selfer as i am, realized that i would liek to add an under footwell red leds. i already have a bunch of little led's that are ready to go. im thinking about running a wire from the subs to the front above the footwell as well as under the seats so everytime my subs hit, the red led;s will light up/flash

this will work just as i suspect rite?
any1 like this idea or have already done it?
any drawbacks?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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ghetto. i think i seen some subs at pep boys that had LED rings that did that.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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It's kinda rice. I'm not one to judge on good taste though so do it if you feel like it.

It'd be really distracting to have a laser light show going on in my footwells while I'm trying to drive. Make sure you can turn it off while driving.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 02:26 AM
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It's not my taste but... its your car.
If you really want it.

Dual make many line of speakers with build-in LED.
Good thing is they are cheap. Bad things are ...... everything else.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 03:00 AM
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i have foot well lights that come on when the doors open or lights are turned on. i built them out of leds. the leds need to have a certain amount of power going to them and it you hook it up to the subs it might over load and blow up. yes blow up i was trying to teach a fellow member how to make the boards and well i was drunk and he hooked it up wrong wile i was in the bathroom and applied power to them as i waled out so i got to see those leds blow up in his face lol. what you can do is buy a neon kit that reacts to sound. i had one of these as well in my younger and dumber days and the problem with those is that you set them for a certain sound level so if you turn the vol up or down the lights wont work. but im sure there is a work around for that
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by nuke0907
ghetto. i think i seen some subs at pep boys that had LED rings that did that.
QFT
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 03:05 AM
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ya the off button is turning down the music or just turning off the radio.

hmm blowing up leds huh...hmm that wuold suck i guess before i set it all up ill make sure they dont blow up...i can afford to loose 1 =)

i will attempt this task upon getting my car bak.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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so i hooked it all up and it looks pretty sick at night...as soon as the major bass hits the led's flash. i already orederd sum more red leds for like 10$ so its gona be sik....as i have lots of time with my 8 in my driveway with only 3 wheels....rim comin soon.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Post videos. Also, a simple toggle switch anywhere in the circuit would be enough to disable the lights when you don't want them on. I'd go nuts if I couldn't drive with loud music.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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ok for sure i will. got a song request? one with bass tho for them to work lol
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 11:46 PM
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heres m led setup with the subs....not finished yet but sumwhat a preview....cept wen finished will be much much brighter.
hope you enjoy=)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRGD3...e=channel_page
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:14 AM
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Sweet deal.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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hmmmm - i can see myself going through life without these -

congrats on the new mod tho -
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