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Alexke



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My little LED interior mod

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as an former electronics engineer I am obsessed with LEDīs

My whole defender consists of LED lights : the only bulbs that remain are the bulbs in the HVAC control and I am trying to change those too:

So I want to share my most recent project (its been done before): interior door handle LEDīs
And puddle lights.

so the next challenge is the exterior door handle , has this been done before?

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Post #496426 25th Jan 2016 11:00pm
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Post #496428 25th Jan 2016 11:03pm
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custom90



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I've done a fair bit with them.
Exterior door handles are possible but two issues. A, waterproofing, B, drilling / mounting.

The waterproofing is fairly easy to over come with some ingenuity .
However, I would not be drilling door handles or door skins myself.
Interior door handle recesses are cheaply. (Fairly!) replaceable if anything does go wrong drilling a or if you wanted to ever go back to standard.

Puddle lights again have a bit of a mounting difficulty at the bottom of the doors.

I do enjoy mine though at right, it's dark red doesn't illuminate you to others. (You don't always want to be in car parks etc!)

Red is also the colour of some ladies boudoir's, some have mentioned here in the past. Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter
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custom90



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Gallery of mine: https://www.defender2.net/gallery/thumbnai...amp;page=1


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Need to do some work on these though as I have some black strips now instead of white and also the tape which has stayed put for over two years have gave way due to being caught on bags in the passenger footwell.

So need to take these out and replace, new ones are brighter and blend in better. Mr. Green

Like the idea of the LED's in the lower doorcard, I avoided this due to the possibility of moisture ingress / damage as my 90 is used for working too.
Anyone that does wading too it would be a no go, although I don't think many of us Puma owners often go very deep.
Post #496437 25th Jan 2016 11:21pm
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g-mack



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i have these (small one at bottom) in my head lining, red, from mud uk. they are wired to come on with lights and give a nice red glow, they are a bit bright at moment but plan to spray them with boy racer smoked glass look spray!! Thumbs Up

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Love the idea of the lights on the interior door handles! Where can I get those LED's and what did you wire them in to for the power Thumbs Up 2010 Defender 90 HT

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Post #496448 26th Jan 2016 12:12am
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custom90



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Rusty above has blue, which is nice if that's your colour. I have red.

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White is more functional, but every man to his own. Mr. Green
Post #496449 26th Jan 2016 12:23am
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Alexke



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So I got the LEDS from here :
http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/291132733600?_...EBIDX%3AIT

3 mm where used.

I connected them to the interior lights , which is oddly enough negatively switched.

I already had for LED light strips in my defender for a few years.
it is all double fused and soldered and then heat shrunk. no crimps!



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My goal to every mod is too look as factory as possible.

I am thinking of doing a second LED in the door handle recces that lights up Landrover Green. But at a lower light output. : it Requires a second circuit though.
A few years ago , I nearly built in a Programmable PLC in my car for various cool functions... (remote lights, ventilation etc...)

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Alexke



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custom90steve wrote:
Rusty above has blue, which is nice if that's your colour. I have red.

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White is more functional, but every man to his own. Mr. Green


The trick to a better illumination is to use an iron file and grind away the head of the LED flat: this gives a better diffuse light Discovery 4 SDV6 Landmark
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Ref the head liner, try this guy, he trades on ebay under the name Droverbits. Got mine from him, very cheap, brand new and fitted perfect.
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g-mack



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head liner is a DIY job, bought materiel from eBay Thumbs Up My 109 thread

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Alexke wrote:

A few years ago , I nearly built in a Programmable PLC in my car for various cool functions... (remote lights, ventilation etc...)


Have you seen the little 12-24V Barth units that RS are selling at the moment? I'm very tempted to get one to play with.
I've also built some low powered radio receivers at work, based on something from RF Solutions but only using 4mA at 12V so won't put undue strain on the battery. One day I might get round to some remote control lights, but there are more important things to do first Laughing
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Alexke



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I used http://www.velleman.eu/products/view/?coun...;id=375928 this kit for remote lightning. very easy and quick. range was great! Discovery 4 SDV6 Landmark
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Post #496540 26th Jan 2016 10:32am
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Alexke



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Just did the Driver (UK passenger side) :
took 1 hour (hardest part is pulling cable trough grommet.)

After removing the door , test fitting LEDīs


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grinding the LEDīs flat for diffuse light


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fitting LEDīs and using hot glue .
Also using heatshrink on connections.


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Door handle LED test fit.

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Soldering !


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Stil works + heat shrink


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Hot glue is amazing! its flexible and easy to remove!


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Done!


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I am tempted to change the puddle LEDīs to 5mm versions for a bit more illumination. Discovery 4 SDV6 Landmark
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