Winter Upgrades 2013
12-27-2013, 07:26 PM
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Winter Upgrades 2013
I was looking back at the old winter upgrade post and the post about all the snow up north that gave me the inspiration to start one for this year. Ok. I'll start it up.
Going to add some LED lighting to the cockpit and engine compartment. Red accent on boats so red in cockpit and blue in the engine compartment to go with the mercury racing blue on the 525SC's. All the JL Speakers are going to get LED rings in Red and cup holders will have LED's as well. Carpet in cabin is old aqua color and it is gong to go grey. I am going to do some underwater LED's of the stern. I think they will be blue or white. I would really like to go red but I heard it doesn't show up well in the water. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this!! I would also love to get my windshield cut down but not sure if I will be able to make that happen. A few minor maintenance items and I should b ready to hit the water in April!! Damn glad I,m not snowed in like some of you. Here in SC it was 68 and sunny today. Getting cold at night down to 39 ish.:lolhit
Going to add some LED lighting to the cockpit and engine compartment. Red accent on boats so red in cockpit and blue in the engine compartment to go with the mercury racing blue on the 525SC's. All the JL Speakers are going to get LED rings in Red and cup holders will have LED's as well. Carpet in cabin is old aqua color and it is gong to go grey. I am going to do some underwater LED's of the stern. I think they will be blue or white. I would really like to go red but I heard it doesn't show up well in the water. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this!! I would also love to get my windshield cut down but not sure if I will be able to make that happen. A few minor maintenance items and I should b ready to hit the water in April!! Damn glad I,m not snowed in like some of you. Here in SC it was 68 and sunny today. Getting cold at night down to 39 ish.:lolhit
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12-28-2013, 11:47 AM
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Did something a little different than the regular LED speaker rings, located the LEDs inside my JL's. Plus the looks of the speakers sticking out further for the spacer rings and how they looked during the day with a clear plastic spacer, just didn't cut it with me. They look awesome with the music as the light beats with the music do to the light reflecting off the speaker cones as they move.
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Last edited by US1 Fountain; 12-28-2013 at 11:50 AM.
12-29-2013, 12:05 AM
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Took some time to do. The end result was well worth the effort. Just gotta use the small 8 cm wide LED strips lights. The standard width ones are too wide and won't fit.
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Some people are like Slinkies - Not really good for anything, but they
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bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
12-29-2013, 11:56 AM
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Te LED strips come with double sided tape installed. Once it's on, it's on. My speakers have the tweeters in the grills, so I had to be really careful undoing the wiring to pull the grills away. Plus the grills required a little bit of clearancing (cutting back) at the 6 mounting ears on the back side to clear the LEDs. Not a big deal, just something needed done. A dremel with a cutoff blade and a 10-15 minutes each speaker grill did the job.
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12-29-2013, 09:52 PM
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Those particular ones I got from my local car audio installer. I pd $130 or so for a 15' roll of them.
However, you can buy them all over ebay for $20. Most are shipped from China or Japan???? but some are shipped from here in the states in less time. Get the waterproof ones. They are encapsulated in silicone. I bought a roll of those for cockpit lighting and they are working just as well as my local purchased ones. Was skeptical of the cheaper ones and didn't want to have them burn out after spending the time to install them in the speakers, so I bit the bullet. But 2 yrs later, both sets are going strong, no issues. Save your $$
However, you can buy them all over ebay for $20. Most are shipped from China or Japan???? but some are shipped from here in the states in less time. Get the waterproof ones. They are encapsulated in silicone. I bought a roll of those for cockpit lighting and they are working just as well as my local purchased ones. Was skeptical of the cheaper ones and didn't want to have them burn out after spending the time to install them in the speakers, so I bit the bullet. But 2 yrs later, both sets are going strong, no issues. Save your $$
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Some people are like Slinkies - Not really good for anything, but they
bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
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bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
