Hey man. I do similar things with my car lighting projects. I found a way to do under car lighting for like $20 that doesn't require any modification of the car whatsoever. It's made from 2 6.5 ft led strips from Walmart, pipe hanging metal strips, phone wire, a modified standard fuse, a dollar store usb car charger, and zip ties. It holds up to the elements and looks professional and even. The modified fuse can be put into the fog light circuit slot on the fuse box so that you don't have to run wires inside the car to switch it on and off.
You are right about German car being built well. I drive Mercedes and there is literally no space were I can tuck in that tape.... everything is so tight
Maybe you could try hooking it up to your fuse box, shouldn’t be that much of a hassle with some fuse taps, looks way more clean that running cables under your mat
Trying to get a gift for my father, i’ve noticed his favorite colour is red so i’m thinking of getting him red. He said it would be cool if he had this in his car, when i bought led stripes in my room. Huge help, thanks 👌🏼
So EL wire is DC based, it has a single high output LED that puts a large amount of light through a fiber optic wire inside the wedge shroud. Because the shroud is clear the fiber optic wire emits the light put through it
No. It’s not a single high power led. The whole string is an led. It is made with two semiconductors that glow, then they use phosphors and pigment to color the outer jacket. What you’re referring to is something else. Fiber optics have nothing to do with el wire.
You should've used the 3M double sided tape. So it'll still look good and uniform... Imma a self made car enthusiast... I'm currently doing different additions to my Grand AM GT coupe 04.
Get yourself and older passat (5 years) or golf, opel and mods unlocked. I have an Opel Astra H 2006 budget friendly car with huge potentional to upgrade.
Yeah its awesome but did you know, that there are el wires that connect directly to the dashboard lighting of your car? So it switches on with the lights and you dont waste your cigarette lighter
@@JosephGoesHAM Well you needbto know which wires are responsible for your dash lighting (can be found on google and where they are). You cut the dash lighting cables and connect the positive from the el wire with the lighting wire and the negarive to ground. Put them back together and thats it. I can send you a link but i dont really know how to be honest😅
It uses way to much the inverter black box module overheated and started melting. I actually have a set right now that overheats as soon as you plug it in takes a few minutes and it melts you can smell that burnt smell
Can you hook up a nine volt battery if you wanted to use these strips on office chairs or costumes (clothing)? I was thinking of using a switch with a battery pack and have the battery pack installed underneath the chair . But I wanted to know how much voltage is required if I just use a battery without the converter.
did you know about those but RGB? i want it changeable. Now i bought a kit that had RGB but works in another way they had LED CANNONS to lights up, and it get weaker with the distance from the cannon, soo after a little the colour is not that good
Yo sup james remember me funnyguy02 but I changed my channel name.can you give me some tips for getting a 10 gallon fish tank because I going to get one tomorrow
Is there a high pitched buzz that comes out of the EL wire when it's on? I always had that problem whenever I used it in the past, it was so annoying that I had to take the wire out
Ngl made the interior look 5 years newer looks very futuristic
I KNOWW!!!
Facts Ima do the same give my car some modern life 😂
@@gilianXlr8 how it go?
Yeah 5 years .........
Hey man. I do similar things with my car lighting projects. I found a way to do under car lighting for like $20 that doesn't require any modification of the car whatsoever.
It's made from 2 6.5 ft led strips from Walmart, pipe hanging metal strips, phone wire, a modified standard fuse, a dollar store usb car charger, and zip ties. It holds up to the elements and looks professional and even. The modified fuse can be put into the fog light circuit slot on the fuse box so that you don't have to run wires inside the car to switch it on and off.
Did u post a video ab it? Would b rlly cool to watch
Definitely this is another one of them 2000 babies 😂 ...no offense...this is definitely gonna hurt my fingers 😢
Cool upgrade been wanting to try
Very Kool! My Carmaro came with that aqua color trim on my doors. Looks so SNAP!
That car interior is LIT (literally)!
Speaking of lit, I wonder if that product could be used to back light an aquascape or something?
Aquascape🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😍👌
LITerally
The MOST REALISTIC video thaaaankkk you!!! Omg people havent been so clear. As a girl this has been such a perfect brief😊
You are right about German car being built well. I drive Mercedes and there is literally no space were I can tuck in that tape.... everything is so tight
Omg ikr!
I swear Germans only work within a micrometer spacing. The attention to detail is nuts. Sat in an A8 and it's sublime
I only wish they built their engines and electronics as well as Japanese cars…
Red help you at night helps cut down on other Head lights blinding
Try blue and green but red helps so much better truck driver show me this
that's dope bruh definitely getting it for my car 😎😂 love u bro keep the vids comin😉
So cool James! 💖
Thanking about doing this for my 90s Chevy
Red would've matched that Passat interior perfectly.
Blue matches even more
Does it waste petrol?
@@Wow-vc1qt no
@@donovansmith6334 oh someone else said it did?
@@Wow-vc1qt technically it does, just an extremely small and not noticeable amount.
We can all see how much you love that car, can't blame you though, it's a awesome car🚗
Lol this ain't nothing compared to car guy's, I've spent around $300 on my car and im only 17 with no job
@@es2_civic79 only $300? Lol
@@W-2Forms 300$ is 1 rim on my car 🤣🤣🤣
@@jtair4s921 you only buy one wheel or something
Boofswagen
Cool lightning 🌩
Maybe you could try hooking it up to your fuse box, shouldn’t be that much of a hassle with some fuse taps, looks way more clean that running cables under your mat
So true!
He could have easily routed it better so it wouldn't have looked as tacky
I have those but without the light so just a blue strip which also is cool
Trying to get a gift for my father, i’ve noticed his favorite colour is red so i’m thinking of getting him red. He said it would be cool if he had this in his car, when i bought led stripes in my room. Huge help, thanks 👌🏼
YOOOOO, THAT'S SICK!
That looks so AMAZING!!!!!
New spiderman candidate
So EL wire is DC based, it has a single high output LED that puts a large amount of light through a fiber optic wire inside the wedge shroud. Because the shroud is clear the fiber optic wire emits the light put through it
No. It’s not a single high power led. The whole string is an led. It is made with two semiconductors that glow, then they use phosphors and pigment to color the outer jacket. What you’re referring to is something else. Fiber optics have nothing to do with el wire.
Phosphor and copper coating
Literally got the light for my polo
Ohh snap?? That's a new one to me
Love me some "Wolkswegen"
I have a golf 6 to and im getting inspiration from you
But mine's a MANUAL
Wait won’t it drain ur car battery ,like heavily ?
“they can see it through the tints”
😂 i didnt even know them shits was tinted 🤦🏽♂️
Haha
It’s 35 in the front and 25 in the back I’m not trying to be a limo driver 😂😂
Where did u connect the power?
You should've used the 3M double sided tape. So it'll still look good and uniform...
Imma a self made car enthusiast... I'm currently doing different additions to my Grand AM GT coupe 04.
Looks amazing! Might try this with my car soon
Looks fire.
When I get a sportier car than my 08 picanto 2 I might try something like this
Awesome dude 😎 it reminds me of the BMW i8
an i8 is my dream car!
@@JamesMorelan Do the lights waste petrol?
Get yourself and older passat (5 years) or golf, opel and mods unlocked.
I have an Opel Astra H 2006 budget friendly car with huge potentional to upgrade.
Nice job but my question is which brand did you use for the headlights
Wolksvagen is like Apple. They are using really strong glue😂
Looks good.
ooo i wanna try this! i just put some floor lights & now i’d love to see if i can do this in my truck !
What kind of truck do you have
@@claysumm5398 an 04 dakota
It would be fancy!
Can you cut it at different lengths?
Oh snap ... what the he'll does that mean . Iv never heard that before
“Oh shit” 😂
Yeh would've preferred if he just said oh shit but I guess it's for monetising purposes 😂
I was thinking the same... ohhh snap.. crackle and pop
Are these generally safe just reliability wise?
So far i havent had any problems!
Yeah its awesome but did you know, that there are el wires that connect directly to the dashboard lighting of your car? So it switches on with the lights and you dont waste your cigarette lighter
yeah, wtf
You think you can send me a link of one?? And how would you do that??
@@JosephGoesHAM Well you needbto know which wires are responsible for your dash lighting (can be found on google and where they are). You cut the dash lighting cables and connect the positive from the el wire with the lighting wire and the negarive to ground. Put them back together and thats it. I can send you a link but i dont really know how to be honest😅
I have a vw Passat 2012 and I got mine red to match the buttons lol
he's one of those 5 people on earth that say "oh snap" every 2 seconds
Snapping cool
Makes it look like tron
What are your floor lights connected to?
I know I sound stupid here, but does that use a lot of power?... like is it bad for your battery?
It’s like using a phone charger. As long as it turns off when your car is turned off it shouldn’t be a problem!
It uses way to much the inverter black box module overheated and started melting. I actually have a set right now that overheats as soon as you plug it in takes a few minutes and it melts you can smell that burnt smell
Ohhh snappppp x infinity
Can you cut the wire to adjust the size?
thanks for the video. What kind of led bulbs did you install in the floor lights?
Was looking into these but are they not super bright and distracting while driving at night? And is there a reflection on the windshield at night?
They aren’t too bright many cars have them in as stock and I was able to jam my lights far enough that they don’t reflect on the windshield
What about in hot weather, does it unstick?
How many meters of this did you buy/need?
Putting LEDs for your headlights, doesit give u a bulb out message?
ay got a passat too thinking about this
Can these cause fires?
how did this end up holding up a year later?
Ive had it since i installed it lol
James Morelan It looks great! This is going on my Mercedes
Is this blue light or white?
cool upgrade lmao
Thank youuu haha
I have to get this to match with my floor lights 💛
How do you do both the footlight and the dashboard like (as in connecting them or something) due to having just the cigarette lighter to connect it?
you can cut the wires and have them connect to some other light that lights up so it doesn't take up the cigarette slot
How long does it have to be?
Why didn't you get Red?
Hope i can find those lights for my blue honda city 2017
looks pretty good :)
Can you hook up a nine volt battery if you wanted to use these strips on office chairs or costumes (clothing)? I was thinking of using a switch with a battery pack and have the battery pack installed underneath the chair . But I wanted to know how much voltage is required if I just use a battery without the converter.
Oh snap
How does the trim power?
I will buy a car soon inshallah and will definitely try this
Not bad bro and it gave me a good idea on the light. However felt bit dizzy at 10:00.... 😁
Its a fibre optic light
Beautifuuuul
Bro how do you hook up both the lights under the dash and the neon stripe on the dash ? If they only hookable with the ciggarete lighter?
did you know about those but RGB? i want it changeable. Now i bought a kit that had RGB but works in another way they had LED CANNONS to lights up, and it get weaker with the distance from the cannon, soo after a little the colour is not that good
Great video! Are u familiar with the kit that Autozone carry’s? The price Is 70$
Yikes that seems over priced
Bro no way is this the fish guy from wat back!
where did you get the adapter from
Where can i get the vw light door logo? How did you install it?
do i just need to plug it into the cigarette lighter?
Can you split parts aswell? I bought 5 meter xd just need 2
I just got the same car 💪🏾
Yo sup james remember me funnyguy02 but I changed my channel name.can you give me some tips for getting a 10 gallon fish tank because I going to get one tomorrow
My lights are bright on one side and dim on the other, it’s all one strip idk what to do
yoo? this is sooo cool indeed
from where did u order ? can you please write the link
Aftab Siddiqi did you even check the description of the video😂😂💀
can you put this on the exterior as well?
You might be able to
EL wire light degrades when exposed to sun
@@londonboy3501 thanks!
Doen't that change the color?
Frick my Audi has almost 0 panel gaps
Haha I bet!
Bro where did you get your jacket ?
Could you make a video on how to install it? 🤔
Double sided tape should work
So apparently when you turn off ignition the cigarette lighter goes off too. Not so in my Tesla Model 3. Any suggestions got wiring Tesla's??
You might have to unplug it to prevent it from draining your battery
Well, I ordered a USB adapter so I will use that, they turn off when the car is locked.
Is there a high pitched buzz that comes out of the EL wire when it's on? I always had that problem whenever I used it in the past, it was so annoying that I had to take the wire out
@Jordan how can I avoid the buzz ? It won’t blow up right ?
Cool dude ❤️❤️❤️
Where did u buy or order yours from ?
Milton Douglas literally in the description😂🤷🏽♂️
I want to see more car upgrades on your vw passat
Upgrade a car radio
So amateurish but that what makes this video great! Lol
That black box almost caught my car on fire.
Can you elaborate
What happened ?
No idea. I had it on. It was working. And started getting hot and smoke was coming out. Saw flames afterwards. Unplugged it right away.
@@LUClFEAR damn bro I just got it installed I pray that doesn’t happen to me lol
Only issue I got is a little high pitch sound when the lights on but I rarely hear it since music is on lol
How did you connected it?
Usb power