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LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:30am On Jun 30, 2019
I know some of these interior cabin LEDs are available in the aftermarket parts store.

I just decided to change the interior lighting of my car from the stock yellow(maybe tungsten) ones to a more brighter white colour.

Advantage is that it consumes less juice from the battery, about 20mA(not a problem, if the doors are left ajar for hours).

Next plan is to replaced the car's Infiniti logo at the front, with an LED setup.
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:32am On Jun 30, 2019
BEFORE retrofitting LEDs.
That's the roof rear bulb

Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:34am On Jun 30, 2019
One of the doors opened

Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:35am On Jun 30, 2019
The removed stock bulb

Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:36am On Jun 30, 2019
Design phase, mounting some LRDs on a fretboard

Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:38am On Jun 30, 2019
Testing the prototype LED lighting.
Here, I was using some dead Camry modules I had in the shop.

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:41am On Jun 30, 2019
I wanted to use the stock bulb casing for the retrofit. This particular one has its bulb dead, and so was a good candidate for it.

Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:43am On Jun 30, 2019
Shows the rear roof cabin LED fitted

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:44am On Jun 30, 2019
Front roof lights

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:46am On Jun 30, 2019
All doors with LEDs

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 10:48am On Jun 30, 2019
Number plates also fitted

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by RZArecta2(m): 1:07pm On Jun 30, 2019
Bia guy angry na which kain maths you bn dey solve for that paper ?

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 1:58pm On Jun 30, 2019
Na just the design calculations to give me the right resistor values to use in limiting the forward current to 20mA, sir.

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AutoMoTech(m): 2:35pm On Jun 30, 2019
RZArecta2:
Bia guy angry na which kain maths you bn dey solve for that paper ?

hahahhaa bro i thot i was d only one that saw it. noticed baba was doing calculation for the light thing. omo after i see calculation i start dey doubt mysef say i never know work oooo :-D

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by stefanweeks: 4:16pm On Jun 30, 2019
Nice one bro
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AshipaEk0: 4:17pm On Jun 30, 2019
Aren't these interior led bulbs available on AliExpress?

You just wanted the DIY challenge or what?

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by urose93(f): 6:41pm On Jun 30, 2019
Show us clearly how you calculated and constructed the whole thing. What you posted is not detailed.

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by timifakay(m): 8:09pm On Jun 30, 2019
RZArecta2:
Bia guy angry na which kain maths you bn dey solve for that paper ?

I dey wonder say shey him dey do NECO ni or him dey do nwa teacher?

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 9:18pm On Jun 30, 2019
Na wa o! All these contraption on that poor car? Chaiiii

Something that my giy for kuku jejely go buy LED bulbs which are plug and play and are very safe na him person start to run calculation and do Welding and soldering to do contraption for a LED bulb?

What a waste of time trying to reinvent the wheel again?

Tufiakwa!

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AutoMoTech(m): 9:45pm On Jun 30, 2019
kingreign:
Na wa o! All these contraption on that poor car? Chaiiii

Something that my giy for kuku jejely go buy LED bulbs which are plug and play and are very safe na him person start to run calculation and do Welding and soldering to do contraption for a LED bulb?

What a waste of time trying to reinvent the wheel again?

Tufiakwa!

His life. His will. I believe he has every right to do whetever he chooses to do with his tym.
personally i love what he has done. this is beyond trying to reinvent the wheel. this is about understanding how the wheel was invented in the first place and with further research improving on it (if possible). nob like some people wey go just dey do copy and paste from the internet. they know the wheel but dey have no understanding of how the wheel works...

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 10:03pm On Jun 30, 2019
AutoMoTech:


His life. His will. I believe he has every right to do whetever he chooses to do with his tym.
personally i love what he has done. this is beyond trying to reinvent the wheel. this is about understanding how the wheel was invented in the first place and with further research improving on it (if possible). nob like some people wey go just dey do copy and paste from the internet. they know the wheel but dey have no understanding of how the wheel works...

I no like am o

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AutoMoTech(m): 10:09pm On Jun 30, 2019
kingreign:

I no like am o
lwkmd... ok o bros... Trygo abeg do anods one jor make we use am pepper Kingreign
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AutoMoTech(m): 10:09pm On Jun 30, 2019
kingreign:

I no like am o
lwkmd... ok o bros... Trygo abeg do anods one jor make we use am pepper Kingreign
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 10:10pm On Jun 30, 2019
AutoMoTech:


lwkmd... ok o bros...
Trygo abeg do anods one jor make we use am pepper Kingreign

Ahhhhhh!!!! You too?
You suppose beg me to like am o
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 10:10pm On Jun 30, 2019
AutoMoTech:


lwkmd... ok o bros...
Trygo abeg do anods one jor make we use am pepper Kingreign

Ahhhhhh!!!! You too?
You suppose beg me to like am o
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by AutoMoTech(m): 11:27pm On Jun 30, 2019
kingreign:

Ahhhhhh!!!! You too? You suppose beg me to like am o
hahahaha noooooooooooooooo
we dnt want ur like ooo hehehe

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by TRYGO(m): 1:37am On Jul 01, 2019
In the opening part of the writeup, I had already stated the availability of those LEDs in the market.

I'm just the kind of guy that likes reverse engineering stuffs, if I can do them.

Spending such a time on what I have put my mind to do, no matter how formidable it is, does not bugged me down. I think the most important thing is time management, what I want achieved, and priorities.

Stuffs like these makes me better understand how some computations were arrived at, and how to practically implement what has being theoretically designed.


PS: @Automotech. You seems to pretty much understand the concept here.


Regards,
Joseph
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by thebigkendo(m): 6:48am On Jul 01, 2019
AshipaEk0:
Aren't these interior led bulbs available on AliExpress?

You just wanted the DIY challenge or what?

They don't last.. Speaking from experience & what he did is cheaper
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by thebigkendo(m): 6:50am On Jul 01, 2019
kingreign:
Na wa o! All these contraption on that poor car? Chaiiii

Something that my giy for kuku jejely go buy LED bulbs which are plug and play and are very safe na him person start to run calculation and do Welding and soldering to do contraption for a LED bulb?

What a waste of time trying to reinvent the wheel again?

Tufiakwa!

But if Gazz does something like this.. I am very sure you won't be saying this..

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Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 6:56am On Jul 01, 2019
thebigkendo:


But if Gazz does something like this.. I am very sure you won't be saying this..
Gazzuzz is my mentor.
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by kingreign(m): 6:57am On Jul 01, 2019
thebigkendo:


They don't last.. Speaking from experience & what he did is cheaper

They last. All the LEDs in my car are 3years old. I swapped the yellow bulbs and used the LED.
Re: LED Interior Cabin Retrofit by thebigkendo(m): 7:34am On Jul 01, 2019
kingreign:


They last. All the LEDs in my car are 3years old. I swapped the yellow bulbs and used the LED.

Did you see where I highlighted aliexpress??

thebigkendo:


They don't last.. Speaking from experience & what he did is cheaper

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