Installing Glow Lights

[Phastroh]

I am going to write a lot so if I misspell or whatever than it is what it is.

So let me first say, I am not a big fan of underglo however I do not hate it but I think it is not something I want on much.

I have the VelossaTech LitKit with the Diode Dynamic LEDs so I decided to get their Undeglow kit since it can plug right into the wires that are already there.

The Velossa Kit has a 4 to 1 splitter and since it uses only 2 with the 2 intakes you have 2 free inputs. You can plug the 4 to 1 (non-Bluetooth) into one of the remaning plugs because I had asked. The drawback is that if you do this instead of opting for the $80 additional Bluetooth controller the underglow has to be on whenever the LitKit is on and the same color.

That is a no go for me and so I purchased an additional Bluetooth controller. Unfortunately both have to powered and you can no longer use one of the 2 remaining plugs however I am not 100% on that but my decision on how I doing this is a little different.

Since I have the ADRO v3 CF body kit except I went with the the V2 Lip cuz it is the best of the 3 made I had an idea.

I decided to have my LitKit coupled with an Intercooler light and a light to be installed in the rear Difusser on one BlueTooth Controller.

Then I put the Underglow Kit on its own Bluetooth controller.

Now I can turn the underglow kit on and off by itself and it can also be it's own color too.

BLUETOOTH #1 - LitKit, Intercooler, Rear Difusser.

BLUETOOTH #2 - Underglow Kit.

So tonight I only did the Intercooler and front Underglow piece because to do the intercooler I had to remove the bumper and the front Underglow I would have to remove it again later so I just did them both at the same time. I also plugged them both into the LitKits Bluetooth to at least be able to use them and check if the Underglow works until this weekend when I can install the rest and I would just need to move the plug as all the wiring is done.

So one think I did was order LED Strip clamps you see on the underglow part. They are clear and screw into the CF lip. I then drilled the CF and the soft foam and plastic to run the wire up into the bumper and up the same path as the LitKit wiring.

I am a little disappointed that the front and rear Underglow strips are only 50CM. I am going to ask Diode Dynamics if it is possible to have them make me a custom strip that the wire is in the center and the strip is as wide as the front of the car. It is just not wide enough and I am not sure if it would look better if it was much wider like near the tires. Just seems so short as you see in the photos.

They can just put the power wire in the center and I can pull the wire out by giving it slack from the top likely change it and pull it back up. I am tired of taking the bumper off LOL I have taken it off 4 times now and well it gets old.

I am lucky that I can drill into the CF with those little clear clampos and they are very secure and I can do this down the whole sides and rear. I am excited to get the lighting up inside the diffuser too. I think it will look amazing.

Great thing about these lights is you can dim them so the underglow is not over powering and since they can be their own color when I wire it later, I can mix or have them fade back and forth like say red on top and blue on the bottom and fade at the same speed to be opposite although I am not gonna do those 2 it is just an example.

I can go red and green for Xmas LOL

Many options with 2 bluetooth controllers.

My brother said my car looks like ET LOLOLOLO now I can't unsee it.

 

[Phastroh]

Today I wanted to just install the 2 rear glow pieces, one in the diffuser and the other the underglow rear piece however that was not possible for a few reasons.

#1 the 50CM was not wide enough to illuminate the whole diffuser and the other 50CM was also to small for the width of the underglow.

I was already unhappy with that little 50CM in the front but the kit comes with 2 50CM(F&R) and 2 200CM(SIDES) so I guess it is standard.

The only piece the 50CM fits perfectly in the Intercooler. I am likely to get the 100CM for the front lip eventualy but I did order 2 100CM for the Diffuser and rear underglow. I considered a 200 for the rear underglow because it really is long enough for the entire width but it just is not flexible enough to fit the curves so a 100 straight across will have to do.

Now I will say to illuminate the diffuser will be a huge challenge do to the way the CF is constructed as there is no easy way to place it where the vents are and the fact there is not much room up in there and also if I were to just place it in the easiest spot you will see the LED bulbs and that is a big no.

Additionally there really is not even a consistent flat surface for the Underglow piece as well but I tink I can do that as I fiddled around trying different way with the 50CM piece when I was under there. The Diffuser has fins so it makes an easy install not so easy.

So tonight I was able to install the side pieces install and run all the wiring for the second Bluetooth controller so now I just need to run the extension wires once I do the rears. I found it easy to feed the wires down toward the ground in the engine bay and through the covers under the car and out to the sides.

I apologize for not posting photos of that but I will later. I was tired after doing it all.

As I mentioned yesterday the 4 underglow pieces with but able to turn on and off and be colored independently.

The LitKit, Intercooler and rear Diffuser will all be their own colors.

So I know light photos look bad always but I still wanted to post a few combos just to show the colors different.

 

[Phastroh]

Finally finished however I am unhappy with the rear underglow mounting since there is literally nowhere to put it with the Difussor there.

I had to let a section stretch across midair LOL but I did secure both sides with clips and later today I will put a few tie straps but still I don't like it but I have no choice.

I drilled it into the CF but you could see the lights from the rear just a bit so I am not leaving that. You can still see the very center a little so I am going to get a small black lip type thing and stick in in front to hide it but not to where it deflects the light.

THe lights up in the diffuser came out perfect. It does reflect a tiny on the ground but it is impossible to stop unless I somehow cover the are and just no at this moment. I can like do it easy but to screw anything in is near impossible with no room to get in there. Shit sticking the lights in place was tough enough. Best installed prior to attaching it but who knew months ago and no I am not removing it LOL

Pix suck but you can see it. Running the lights wires, I just slid it behind the heat shiled I think its the gas tank between the mufflers and then over the rear arms and into the side and up in the covers that run along the bottom and them over and up into the engine bay. I will attach some wire shield stuff later so they don't get engine heat constantly.