One of the projects I recently completed for someone (A girl with a Chevrolet Cobalt) - Could easily do this for a Ranger - or any vehicle, with the same approach. This person wanted pink and purple.

I did the radio, cluster, shifter and hvac controls.





























For your visual enjoyment!

 

Dang buddy!!!

 

forgot these..
The cup-holders I built are much more extravagant.

I used 1/4" Plexiglas to make a light bar that fit its way around the edge of the cupholder. To do this I had to scan them into CAD.






I then drilled holes in both the holders and the Plexiglas to fit the LEDs.



I then added jems and jewels along with some glitter to make it really girly.



I then enclosed the entire project in a rubber like epoxy solution, so it would look like it was under water.



Here are the results at night:




The LEDs are wired to a circuit I designed that allows them to run at 15ma regardless of voltage (used voltage regulation) - The entire ambient circuit is designed this way.

 

That is really bad ***.

 

Wow, U R a madman… Nice work !

 

you should have your own tv show. oh and there goes the resale value on the cobalt haha.

 

Wow...it's so cool...I need it! I don't care if it's pink and has hearts...that **** rocks!

 

looks damn cool JP



This. This is what got you laid lol

 

man, that is excellent!!!!

 

That is extreme!
You must really like this girl, cause that looks like it took some work.

 

Nice work!

 

Wow!

 

Looks nice , not a fan of the jewels but it shows something different, Are they still dimmable ?

 

f...ing mad man... how much did something to this extent run?? if u dont mind me askin

 

thats what I was thinking lol

 

Nice job, I especially like the cup holders.

 

that's pretty sweet lol

 

The LEDs that replaced factory lights (hvac, radio, cluster, prindl) Dim because I hooked them to the analog output from the BCM that the original incandescents used. (radio was LED from the OEM, just a matching green) - so yes they dim. The cupholders are part of an ambient lighting circuit I added to the BCM, which drives a regulator putting a constant 12V to the output. - There are alot more lights on this circuit than just the cupholders. I added footwell lighting and door panel lights. Some of them are ultraviolet and everytime I try and get a good picture I fail miserably. I also did my "under door puddle lighting" circuit (can't get a good photo because it's ultraviolet)

I don't really pay attention too much to cost when I do these projects, when I take something out of the car to work on it I just do the absolute best I can with the engineering I understand and the parts I have available. The HVAC for this was particularly hard because I had to make an overlay to go over the TOP of the OEM one. Like us "ranger-folk" sand off the green on the back of our clusters to remove the OEM color you can NOT do this on a Cobalt. The colors that make up the HVAC are painted on the back side (its a transparent plastic up front), so when you sand off the green, the black and white come off too. Figuring out how to get around this was the hardest thing.

 

Nice work!

 

damn i wish i had no life and agreed to be used by a girl

looks good!

 

Actually, I have a life, do this professionally, and was paid really well for this job.

 

The LED expert does it again!

 

Wirelessly posted (Droid2)

Awesome work!

 

wow man, you do amazing work! your SO articulate!

would love to see more photos!

 

Can someone fix the pics? I was on dial up over Christmas break and never got to see the pics