Interior Light Mod - with Christmas lights?!

Hi All,

Me and ShadowSei have been busy again, this time turning a funny idea, into something actually quite good!

I had a 6 meter rope light which we got after the Xmas sales for £11...and I said to Ant, "wouldn't it be cool to have this on my car somewhere?"...obviously we couldn't as it is for the home, and not for a 12v battery. I've always fancied having lights in my car, but don't really want to spend too much money doing it!

This is what I had:



So, Ant texts me one day, and says "I've bought you something..". Turns out that he had bought me an inverter which converts normal household plugs into 12v:




So, I think you get the idea - household plug goes into inverter, which then goes into the cigarette lighter. This means I can use this lighting, along with any other household gadgets, in my car

Here's some pics of what we did:

















(Image below - the sill cover sits more flush now Ant has drilled it down)













Looking towards the back of the car from the front seats:



Next, I need to change the dash to blue

Again Ant, thank you so much for the help with this! Couldn't have done it without you!

Mike
TalkCento Admin

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Loving what we did here mike. in the ideas that came out like the bit around the parcel shelf cracked me up but you know what they actually worked. LOL

I really like what we accomplished here when we did this i would probably re-create this when i come to doing mine. Plus its always nice to have household objects being able to run in the background. (Laptop being a bonus! i could do quick uploads onto the forum when i want to, and Karen can use her hair straightener's and whatever).