Bud vase lighting

[DannyRandomState]

So I decided to take the plunge and do it.

It wasn't that bad really, the hardest thing was getting the wire over to the dimmer switch.

I will post some pics later.

[DannyRandomState]

So it got dark enough to shoot a pic.



The effect is good, I thought it would be brighter with the two LEDs. I epoxied the bulbs in and backed everything with aluminum foil. No light is coming out where it shouldn't, so I guess that was a good Idea.

[weldtech]

Originally Posted by dannyyucaipa

So it got dark enough to shoot a pic.



The effect is good, I thought it would be brighter with the two LEDs. I epoxied the bulbs in and backed everything with aluminum foil. No light is coming out where it shouldn't, so I guess that was a good Idea.

Nice work. I might have to make that my next project.

[EvilinaDM101]

Looks GOOD!! So! what's next?

[Duffy]

Something else you may want to do, if not already, is to block light escaping from around the bud vase holder. Use a piece of black foam from scrap packaging material cut to shape to fit inside the housing. Also try using bright aluminum foil to direct more light onto the at bottom of vase. The A/C guys use an adhesive backed aluminum tape that will stay in place.

[DannyRandomState]

Originally Posted by dannyyucaipa

The effect is good, I thought it would be brighter with the two LEDs. I epoxied the bulbs in and backed everything with aluminum foil. No light is coming out where it shouldn't, so I guess that was a good Idea.

Everything wound up really good. i didn't have the adhesive backed foil as mentioned above. So I pushed the alum foil into the epoxy after a couple minutes. I checked it today after work, and no probs.

As for the other stuff I am slowly working on the paint of the grab bar ends, and the speedo surrond. When I get that accomplished I will for sure post the peeks.

[JuggBug]

You go Danny! Go!

Can't wait to see pics of the painting!!

[yellowherbie]

Looks good.. I should do it to my car

[alexirkhin]

so, howd you do it ? lol. i might need to buy the vase first. lol.

[Turboboy]

I have some led lights i want to mount where the cupholders are.
they have a 12v adapter attached but i want to hard wire them and have them come on when i turn on the lights.where would be the easiest place to connect.

[aimeejo]

looks really sweet. i want to do this in my car too!

[Duffy]

Bugsgogo.com has the bud vase holder already wired for a lighted bud base. Come in several colors too.

[Angel0910]

Originally Posted by DannyArizona

So it got dark enough to shoot a pic.



The effect is good, I thought it would be brighter with the two LEDs. I epoxied the bulbs in and backed everything with aluminum foil. No light is coming out where it shouldn't, so I guess that was a good Idea.

*drool*

That looks GREAT!!

[squeebug]

*squeebug needs to get his crap together and relight his again. All the stuff is there I just need to hook the LED up again.

[alexirkhin]

so anybody know how i can do this??? i really wanna know, is there a how to???? im REALLY new to bugs..... thanks!!!

[Breez]

VERY NICE.


To everyone that wants to do this mod, there should be a "how to" in the "how to" section of the forums. I hope that helps.

[Fowvay]

Me looks down at his sig... Oh there it is

[brieryrosie]

Here is another way to light your bud vase:

http://www.newbeetle.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12432

This method requires no wire connecting technique!

[Beetle Mania]

I got Green LED lights from AutoZone and used one in the bottom of the vase. Very easy to do and looks awesome

[masha]

Hard-wiring is great but I'm scared so I found nifty LEDs that use your 12v accessory plug-in and have an on/off switch.

Good enough for me!