Styling Footwell Lights - Using Xmas decorations!

[M1C4A3L]

Hi All,

Me and ShadowSei have been busy again, this time turning a funny idea, into something actually quite good!

I had a 6 meter rope light which we got after the Xmas sales for £11...and I said to Ant, "wouldn't it be cool to have this on my car somewhere?"...obviously we couldn't as it is for the home, and not for a 12v battery. I've always fancied having lights in my car, but don't really want to spend too much money doing it!

This is what I had:

So, Ant texts me one day, and says "I've bought you something..". Turns out that he had bought me an inverter which converts normal household plugs into 12v:

So, I think you get the idea - household plug goes into inverter, which then goes into the cigarette lighter. This means I can use this lighting, along with any other household gadgets, in my car

Here's some pics of what we did:

(Image below - the sill cover sits more flush now Ant has drilled it down)

Looking towards the back of the car from the front seats:

Next, I need to change the dash to blue

Again Ant, thank you so much for the help with this! Couldn't have done it without you!

Mike

(post taken from http://talkcento.forum-invision.co.uk/t62-interior-light-mod-with-christmas-lights#229)

 

[AppleSei]

Youll have to make your own dash lights if you want to change them to blue, theres no one in the uk that does it i think, there may be a polish supplier though

For the rev counter and the speedometer etc, pretty sure the poles have done this though, make some enquiries, but i would buy a spare rev counter and speedometer binnicle first to have a practice if you decide to do your own conversion

 

[M1C4A3L]

Yea, I've been looking into this - seems quite an annoying job! I originally thought I could literally just change the bulbs to blue - turns out it's the speedo itself that has tinted plastic which shines it's colour, and the bulb is actually white. How annoying - my corsa was as simple as changing the bulb (had white dials). I think, as you say, I will go to a scrappy and get a couple to practice on. My friend knows someone who fabricates plastic so could possibly make me a speedo, I'll have to enquire

What do you think of the idea of using rope light? haha!