68 GT convertible project
Just a small update. There is a company called "Illumin8s" that sells a multi function LED kit for Challengers, Cudas, Chargers and some GM products. I thought these LEDs would look great on my Dart so I contacted the owner. I sent him one of my parking light housings and he designed a kit for me. He will be adding this kit to the others that he sells.
Here is what the LED looks like when it's mounted. There is no modification to the stock wiring. It just plugs into the stock socket in the housing.
Here is a video showing how these LEDs work.
[ame="[MEDIA=youtube]nactAwM4Wtw[/MEDIA]"]Illumin8s - YouTube[/ame]
I've been trying to deside how I want these to function. The stock headlight switch is setup so the parking lights are only on in the first possition. The parking lights go out when the headlights are on. I found a post on this site that shows how to rewire the parking lights so they stay on with the headlights. I thought about doing this but I think I came up with something that I like even better.
What I think I'm going to do is wire the parking lights up to an ignition hot wire so they come on whenever the key is in the "RUN" possition. They will act as a daytime running light this way. I did have a concern that since they are up so high in the grill, that they might be too bright at night. That's why I'm going to run the power wire through another toggle switch. I'm going to find another switch and bezel, and install it in the dash inplace of the cigarette lighter. This way, if the LEDs are too bright at night, I can switch them off.
Just a small update. There is a company called "Illumin8s" that sells a multi function LED kit for Challengers, Cudas, Chargers and some GM products. I thought these LEDs would look great on my Dart so I contacted the owner. I sent him one of my parking light housings and he designed a kit for me. He will be adding this kit to the others that he sells.
Here is what the LED looks like when it's mounted. There is no modification to the stock wiring. It just plugs into the stock socket in the housing.
Here is a video showing how these LEDs work.
[ame="[MEDIA=youtube]nactAwM4Wtw[/MEDIA]"]Illumin8s - YouTube[/ame]
I've been trying to deside how I want these to function. The stock headlight switch is setup so the parking lights are only on in the first possition. The parking lights go out when the headlights are on. I found a post on this site that shows how to rewire the parking lights so they stay on with the headlights. I thought about doing this but I think I came up with something that I like even better.
What I think I'm going to do is wire the parking lights up to an ignition hot wire so they come on whenever the key is in the "RUN" possition. They will act as a daytime running light this way. I did have a concern that since they are up so high in the grill, that they might be too bright at night. That's why I'm going to run the power wire through another toggle switch. I'm going to find another switch and bezel, and install it in the dash inplace of the cigarette lighter. This way, if the LEDs are too bright at night, I can switch them off.