alarm led placement (Pic added on page 3)
alarm led placement (Pic added on page 3)
I searched around and couldnt find anything. I was wondering where did you guys place your the led for your alarms. I want a really nice looking spot for it, something that looks OEM. I really like the ones in the locks on the vw's and stuff, but obviously that wont work on ours. So pic's would be great, but a good description will work also. Thanks for your help.
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The best place I've seen an alarm LED put is on the driver's side door, about 2 inches away from where the door lock is.
Do you know how they put it there? Like an led holder or just drill a hole and just push it through or what?
which side of the lock, towards the front of the car or back of the car? Thanks bud.
which side of the lock, towards the front of the car or back of the car? Thanks bud.
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Rep Power: 348 I don't like having the LED on the steering wheel shroud...Just doesn't look right to me. And no matter what you're going to have to use an LED holder, unless you drill a smaller hole and just wedge the LED into it. And it was towards the front of the car
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Rep Power: 299 i like where the shop put mine. on my ac vent in the upper right corner. when it flashes when on the whole pillar glows at night so i can look out the window to see it. and looks clean where it is.
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Rep Power: 297 ^mine is sorta around there. on the left of the steering wheel on the bottom part of the dash so its basically pointing at the seat part (where yur butttt goes lol) of my driver seat. i think it looks clean there 
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Originally Posted by tuner04civic
i like where the shop put mine. on my ac vent in the upper right corner. when it flashes when on the whole pillar glows at night so i can look out the window to see it. and looks clean where it is.
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Rep Power: 297 thats interesting never seen it there before..
why does your roof look odd? looks like it has shaping in the middle....shouldn't it be flat?
why does your roof look odd? looks like it has shaping in the middle....shouldn't it be flat?
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Originally Posted by manthatguysfast
why does your roof look odd? looks like it has shaping in the middle....shouldn't it be flat?
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Rep Power: 297 well mine is an 01, but its an EX so it has the sun roof. my girls is an 05 VP and her roof is flat (i think..haha)
ive never seen one like yours...or maybe theyre all like that and i only noticed on yours. but it reminds me of my moms 04 navigator - the roof is shaped wierd because of all the a/c vents
does that part in the middle go all the way back? or does it flatten out? im tripped out about this haha. i dunno if ive just never noticed that or what!
ive never seen one like yours...or maybe theyre all like that and i only noticed on yours. but it reminds me of my moms 04 navigator - the roof is shaped wierd because of all the a/c vents
does that part in the middle go all the way back? or does it flatten out? im tripped out about this haha. i dunno if ive just never noticed that or what!
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Originally Posted by manthatguysfast
well mine is an 01, but its an EX so it has the sun roof. my girls is an 05 VP and her roof is flat (i think..haha)
ive never seen one like yours...or maybe theyre all like that and i only noticed on yours. but it reminds me of my moms 04 navigator - the roof is shaped wierd because of all the a/c vents
does that part in the middle go all the way back? or does it flatten out? im tripped out about this haha. i dunno if ive just never noticed that or what!
ive never seen one like yours...or maybe theyre all like that and i only noticed on yours. but it reminds me of my moms 04 navigator - the roof is shaped wierd because of all the a/c vents
does that part in the middle go all the way back? or does it flatten out? im tripped out about this haha. i dunno if ive just never noticed that or what!
, haha but seriously, i don't know, i'll have to check in local civics if they are made like that too, maybe its a canadian thing Gearbox thanks dude, I really appreciate the pics. I think the only problem with that area is I put my arm up there all the time. I know i'd push it back inside the door. Then i'd have to take it all apart again. Thanks for the offer on the amber led, but I wanted to stick with the red theme. I pulled my alarm led out of the box which its been sitting in for two years and tested it and it was red so I went with it. Its 3mm so I took my air vent apart. And found that if you look where the defrost air comes out theres a tiny little area of flat space in the bottom left corner. So I drilled a hole and shoved it in there so its completely hidden. But if you walk up to the driver window bam its blinking right in your face. If anyone wants pics i'll get some let me know.
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Rep Power: 329 www.superbrightleds.com will have the LED's in any color you want. As for me, I had it in the guage pod on the civic I owned. If I had it to do over again, I doubt I'd have installed one there, or at all. For one, it advertises to potential theives that you have an alarm, and would lead them to searching for a way to disable it, which could lead to a lot more damage to teh car than you want, should a theif really want in. If I were to install one though, I'd think about putting it inside the driver's side air vent. I had LED's in mine for interior lighting and it looked slick. Drilled a hole in the top of the air vent and put in an LED holder. The actual LED was out of sight, but it emitted a nice glow in the vents.
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I wouldn't put an LED anywhere in the car that would illuminate the interior. This would just provide lighting for theives to get a good look inside the car...
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Rep Power: 813 well with a modded car i like thieves to know it has some kind of protection. i have maybe $400 of audio equipment deck and amp and its from 3 yrs ago. everyone knows this from car shows too. nobody is stupid enough here to try anyway. and if they are there are surprises waiting for them.
