Cabin light UPDATE 11/24/2010 — logbook Toyota Supra 1992

From the very beginning, I did not like the interior light — dim. in addition, the dirt in the ceiling was immeasurable. Therefore, it was decided — cut. For those who will open the ceiling in the cold - okstites - the whole crunches in the heat. In the cold, it will simply crack and get yourself a hemorrhoid instead of a holiday.
After raking out the dirt, I saw light bulbs (we can still factory ones)) on which the dust burned, the contacts also oxidized. I treated the contacts with a cleaner and lubricant for contacts and inserted LEDs there. the light became white, but pointy ... therefore, a piece of foil (such as a reflector) was introduced under the ceiling, it got better, but other crap appeared - if you just open the doors - we get 11V, if you turn on the light - 14 (when the car is running). Diodes do not like this, therefore, in the near future, diode lamps will be replaced by diode plates (this will be a cabin light from buttons) and I will put ordinary lamps to open the door.
In addition, in the process of picking, the idea came up to highlight the legs and two drawers in the armrest. For drawers, floating phones are being looked for (I don’t want to stick LED strips - a collective farm), but they will go to the feet just right. So far, I’m thinking about switching with regular light, because it’s just not kosher and boring to parallel everything.
Tomorrow I'll take pictures of everything disassembled around the world so that it's clear what I'm talking about.

So, the system has been slightly modernized. Warm white diode strips were bought and cut into pieces of three LEDs. On each side of the ceiling, 9 LEDs turned out. Three strips of LEDs were attached to a cut-out piece of a Nestea tea bottle that perfectly matched the shape. To connect the power, soldering was used to the factory contacts of the ceiling lamps (one terminal is soldered there from the factory, and the second is copper, so soldering is not a problem). After connecting, I realized that now I have enough light in the cabin ... Now I’m thinking how to make everything so that the diodes are not visible, but only a uniform light spot ... since there are still a few diode strips left, I will experiment with plexiglass diffusers and light guides.
Sekas continues)