I saw this youtube video a little while back and thought that this stuff was way cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Hj9Z32j-8&feature=related
So I decided I was going to experiment with the wire. I thought that the guy in the video put too much in his Elantra but I liked the effect on the doors from front to back My goal is to install the wire in the doors and the dash to have a wrapping effect when they're turned on. Bought 2 x 15 feet and I started with a back door just for fun.
The wire has a skirt so it can be inserted between the plastic pannels.
Measured what I needed and then some so the finish would look OK. The 2 plastic pannels are fixed permanently but with a little pressure I could enlarge the gap between them. This made it easy to slide the skirt in the gap. I drilled 2 little holes at each end, just big enough to insert the wire after I removed some of the skirt. I did loosen 3 screws on the back pannel just over the opening lever so the skirt would go in all the way. After testing I applied dabs of Crazy Glue every inch or so to insure the wire would not move and I sealed the small holes I drilled from the inside with silicone.
Did my connections, solder connectors and tested.
One done, 3 more to do and the dash. When I have the time to do this. Once done I'll update this thread. I should be able to do this over the weekend.
Both back doors are done. The wire actually looks good even turned off.
Will do the front doors hopefully before the weekend.
Tested and working fine. I'm having a hell of a problem taking pics of this though. I guess it was too dark for my cheap camera or I need a light source other than the flash. Anyhow, I'll finish this up tomorrow, clean the car and attempt to show this on this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Hj9Z32j-8&feature=related
So I decided I was going to experiment with the wire. I thought that the guy in the video put too much in his Elantra but I liked the effect on the doors from front to back My goal is to install the wire in the doors and the dash to have a wrapping effect when they're turned on. Bought 2 x 15 feet and I started with a back door just for fun.
The wire has a skirt so it can be inserted between the plastic pannels.
Measured what I needed and then some so the finish would look OK. The 2 plastic pannels are fixed permanently but with a little pressure I could enlarge the gap between them. This made it easy to slide the skirt in the gap. I drilled 2 little holes at each end, just big enough to insert the wire after I removed some of the skirt. I did loosen 3 screws on the back pannel just over the opening lever so the skirt would go in all the way. After testing I applied dabs of Crazy Glue every inch or so to insure the wire would not move and I sealed the small holes I drilled from the inside with silicone.
Did my connections, solder connectors and tested.
One done, 3 more to do and the dash. When I have the time to do this. Once done I'll update this thread. I should be able to do this over the weekend.
Both back doors are done. The wire actually looks good even turned off.
Will do the front doors hopefully before the weekend.
Tested and working fine. I'm having a hell of a problem taking pics of this though. I guess it was too dark for my cheap camera or I need a light source other than the flash. Anyhow, I'll finish this up tomorrow, clean the car and attempt to show this on this thread.