The backlight of the car's salon is an integral part of the LED tuning. Make a car's salon brighter, highlight your car, wants every driver.
Motorists put cool discs, low profile rubber, interior lighting, dashboard, bottom lighting and so on.
Standard incandescent bulbs went to the vulgarity, as well as neon tubes, currently dominates LED lighting, since the life of the LEDs exceeds 50 thousand hours, they do not discharge the battery and shine brighter than ordinary lamps.
The kits presented in our store are sold ready to install and do not require installation in the service, it is enough to stick ribbons to two-way tape (in the kit) and connect to the cigarette lighter.
Select the lighting of the cabin.
Usually motorists choose the color of future lighting, under the color of their car. As the most universal option - white and blue colour. White is often supplied in the configuration for business class cars and above. Blue can often be seen in sports cars.
In stock Interior backlighting:
- white
- blue
- red
- green
- multicolor
LED lighting of the car, rapidly gaining vast popularity in any country. High-quality, LED lighting of the car's salon can make a favorable environment to the driver and passengers. However, you should not overdo it, do not forget that the oversaturation of the car with bright colors can distract the attention of drivers on the road.
There are 2 main places for installation, under the feet of the driver and passengers from the torpedo side, or under the legs on the side of the seats.
Buy the backlight of your car's salon is easy, just call our store, or order through the site by sending goods to the basket, delivery in Moscow is carried out on the day of order, or the next day. Sending to the regions of Russia is carried out by mail or transport company.
LED lighting of the salon today is popular more than ever. In the cabin any modern car Many diverse sources of light. At a minimum, there is a central lamp in the cabin, located on the ceiling, as well as the "nastrum" light located in the front of the ceiling, in front of the windshield. In addition, there may be lamps in the car in the car located in cosmetic mirrors, in the illumination of the glove box (glovebar), in the lighting of the trunk, thresholds, leg zones, etc.
For all these lighting devices in 95% of cars, two types of lamps are used:
- basocolized lamps with W5W label (or, on other classifiers, T10)
- sofic lamps with C5W / C10W marking (or, on other classifiers, Festoon - Feston)
But even in two, the most common types of lamps are not wonderful, since more than 20 models of each type are presented in our directory of the LED autolapm. Let's try to figure out which models of LED lamps are suitable for the interior of your car.
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Select LED lamps for lighting car interior is not difficult. On the main page of our store, select the brand and model of your car, after which you open the "Lighting Salon" subsection. If you did not find your car in the catalog, or the "Lighting Salon" subsection for the car model you are interested in is not filled, then you will choose the LED lamps for the lighting of the cabin independently will be difficult.
The most reliable way to find out the type of lamps used in the lamps of your car is to open the plaffones and extract regular lamps. If you see that the whole glass lamp with a flat base near a centimeter with a metal mustache, then you are in front of you a w5w radiant lamp:
The power of this small incandescent lamp is 5 watts, and its light stream is approximately 50 lumens (data on the characteristics of incandescent lamps are taken from OSRAM car lamp catalog). To replace this in all parameters of the outdated incandescent lamp, you can choose a modern, brighter and efficient LED lamp in the section.
If you see a lamp with two metal cones at the ends, then in front of you sofite (it is a two-ceal) lamp.
This lamp is important to measure the distance between the extreme points of the caps. If the lamp length does not exceed 37 mm, this is a lamp with C5W marking, the power of such an incandescent lamp is 5 watts, and its light flux is approximately 45 liters. If the lamp length is more than 37 mm, then this is a C10W lamp, its power is 10 watts, and the light stream is about 100 lm. On our site the length of the C5W lamps is indicated by the last number in the name of the LED lamp. That is, for example, the F-4S50F31 lamp has a length of 31 mm, and the F-6S50F42 lamp has a length of 42 mm. Select the lamps of this type in the section.
If the lamp is a glass housing with a cylindrical metal base, then this is a T4W lamp:
The power of such a 4 watt lamp, the light stream is about 35 lm, it is possible to choose a replacement in the section.
Space inside the lamp
After the desired type of lamps is defined, it is necessary to inspect the luminaire of the cabin. When choosing sophistic LED Lamps C5W Pay attention to the lamp length, as well as on the space inside the luminaire of the cabin. If the places around the regular lamp a little, such as in this case:
it makes sense to choose a narrow lamp.
If the place is enough and the larger LED lamp will quite fit in the lamp of the salon or trunk, then you can put wider and much brighter lamps.
Large LED lamps provide uniform light throughout the lamp area Good illumination of the entire scatterer area, that is, they solve a familiar to all the problem of the "light point".
The lamp that is installed w5W Begotolic LED Lampmay be different shape and size. The first thing to pay attention to is the location of the lamp inside the lamp. If the lamp inside the ceiling is located parallel to the plane of the diffuser, i.e. Simply put, sideways, like in these photos:
It is better to stay on LED side luminescence lamps, for example:
In this case, the entire light flux of the lamp will be directed to the desired side, and not illuminate the walls of the lamp of the cabin of the cabin, as in this photo ...
In addition, it is important to evaluate the space inside the lamp and, if possible, select the larger LED lamp for the best illumination of the entire diffuser. A good example of selecting bright LED lamps for interior lighting:
In the case when the lamp in the lamp is perpendicular to the surface of the diffuser, and the places inside it is very limited, as, for example, in this lamp of the cabin:
And if there is plenty of space in the lamp of the cabin, then the choice of choice appears: put small LED lamps more or less standard sizeAs shown above, or put larger, slightly unusual LED lamps like such:
having high brightness and giving a magnificent effect of bright, scattered light.
Brightness and color of the lamp
In addition to the external form and the size of the LED lamp, it is necessary to take into account its purpose, that is, wherever the LED lamp will be installed and that it should light.
The lamps of the "nasturn" light are designed to read in the cabin, for example, roadmap. So, the light in them should be enough to read, but at the same time, the light should not be excessive in order not to make her eyes. To read it is better to choose white or naturally white color of the glow. The optimal indicator of the light flux in this case is 100-150 lm.
The central lamp of the salon creates overall lighting inside the car. Logically put a LED lamp white color With the maximum indicator of the light flux so that dark corners remain in the cabin. But if you are not an amateur classic solutions, you can put colored LED lamps, for example or and make yourself in the salon blue, red, green or even pink light, which looks very unusual.
Light in cosmetic mirrors located in sunscreen visors should not be too bright, because while using a mirror lamp will shine directly into the eyes. Comfortable light stream in this case 25-70 lm. In this case, the lamps should be well covered face, which means the light should be pure white.
Illumination of the head zone, glove box and trunk should be so that no trifle is lost in the depths of the car. Here you can not bother and put on these, usually small lamps, the most bright LED lamps:
A bright light of such LED lamps will be especially useful when searching for a fallen phone or lipstick in a glove.
LED backlighting doors or thresholds Performs two important functions. Firstly, illuminates the space in front of you when you leave the car, and secondly, it means an open door in the dark, making it more noticeable for other participants in the movement. In the lamps located in the door, you can install LED lamps of any color and brightness, your taste.
Ready lamp sets
As you can see, with the independent selection of LED lamps in the salon, it is necessary to take into account the many nuances. If you do not want to beat your head with indicators of the light flux, lamps and configurations of lamps, then stop your choice on one of the more than 100 we have ready-made sets of LED lamps made specifically for a specific car model.
Lamps in such a set just repeat inner space The lamps of the salon and the trunk of this car are equal as much as possible with the light of the lamps, and also have light brightness regulators and a lifelong warranty! Select a set to illuminate the cabin of your car in the section.
According to the requirements of traffic rules, any changes in the configuration of the external lighting devices of the car are a direct impairment and entail penalties or administrative sanctions (P 3.1). However, the additional lighting of the cabin with the rules is not directly prohibited, which makes it possible to decorate the car, improve comfort, give the opportunity to consider the map or without tension to read the text in the guidebook. The most popular type of lamps are LED -LAPs, durable and non-discharge battery even with long use. There are several options for mounting backlight in the cabin, which should be considered more.
Default in the ceiling plates of most passenger cars W5W halogen lamps. To increase the brightness of the glow, LED lamps are usually made. RGB panels appeared on the market, allowing you to change the color of the backlight using the control panel. Installation of such panels is easy - it is necessary to do the following operations:
- remove a transparent cap from the slap;
- remove the stock halogen lamp from the nest;
- insert a special adapter with a plug instead;
- attach the LED panel;
- attach the panel to the bottom of the ceiling with two-way tape;
- close the plander.
Interesting!An option with the RGB panel is convenient because no soldering or other connection is required, all the work is to disassemble and assembling the plafoons themselves. The cost of the kit is small, and the decorative effect is very expressive and varied - some models can create 12 color options and brightness.
Highlighting legs in the car
The illumination of the lower tier of the car interior was first produced only on premium cars. However, quite soon this option began to be used for more simple modelsAnd some car enthusiasts began to set the backlight of the legs with their own hands. There are special sets that simplify the installation of this type of light design to a minimum. They are a set of 4 lamps and control panel. For nutrition, a plug from the cigarette lighter is used, and the fixation of the elements is performed using pieces of two-way tape. The wires are stacked under the edges of the floor mats so that no one accidentally tear them away. There are less complex kits consisting only of lamps of a simpler design, without a remote. They give a smaller effect, but cost much cheaper. Of the most complex models, you can select kits with the ability to control via a Wi-Fi module.
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Contour lighting machine
The contour illumination is one of the most expensive options when buying a new car. Lighting of this type pursues exclusively decorative effect. The appearance of the front panel, dashboard and other elements of the cabin, highlighted along the ribs and plane transitions, is very attractive, it advantageously emphasizes the interior decoration. Luminous lines divide the salon on the zones, separate the dashboard sections, the sheel of the doors, the speed switching unit and other departments.
There are sets that can be installed in the car of any brand. They are produced in the countries of Southeast Asia, so the price of them is available to any car owner. The standard set consists of the following components:
- powerful LED;
- power Driver;
- connecting wires kit;
- lightwater.
The LED is inserted into the end of the fiber, which is stacked in the interface of the dashboard panels or other elements of the cabin cladding. Drivers are powered by overall lights. The installation of a special complexity does not represent. In addition, you can choose the most preferred color of the LEDs, all of them are about 10 options. The cost of the kit depends on the length of the fiber (2-5 m), the presence of a wireless console and other design features. In any case, independent tuning will cost several times cheaper than a regular option that the car is equipped at the factory.
Illuminated instrument panel
The dashboard is equipped with backlight, but for lovers to install additional light elements in the car salon, this is not enough. The owners increase the brightness of the backlight, change the color of each instrument, make the area of \u200b\u200bthe speedometer in the zone of large values \u200b\u200bof red, etc. This issue has a large scope for fantasy, especially since the installation of the lamps is no problem. It is only necessary to purchase a set of 40 multi-colored LED lamps that have the same base, like stock bulbs. From the user you only need to replace the "native" devices to diode lamps, picking up the color for each element to your taste. The procedure is extremely simple and does not require the use of the soldering iron or other tools. It is only necessary to check the performance of the LEDs before installing.
This project should like most car owners. Everyone must have tried to find shoes under the seats and knows that the light bulbs in the cabin are so dull that it is quite difficult to do it. So why don't you make a LED backlighting the car's salon with your own hands, and do not allocate it, so among others?
Necessary note: I did not want to risk the integrity of my wiring and therefore did not cut anything, but only threw the wires from above. Well, now we will start the conversation.
What do we need to illuminate? So:
LED ribbons. I prefer to use RGB ribbons that allow me to choose among a certain number of colors, and not content with only one color.
- controller LED RGB ribbon with remote control remote control.
- four-core wire. Usually, V + (white), R (red), G (green) and B (blue) wires are used from the LED tape.
- Connectors.
- soldering iron.
- Silicone glue.
You will also need brains and patience. Because as soon as you make this LED lighting of the car, you will begin to begging the sun on the sunset to ride on your pumped wheelbarrow))).
As soon as the plan has become clear, proceed to the design of wiring taking into account connectors. Why connectors? They play an important role in both the compound and in the protection of the connection. Suppose several LEDs failed. No one wants to pull out all the wiring. When using connectors, you will only need to remove a faulty ribbon section, fix it or replace them and insert into place.
In the following image, we see the four connector in pairwise located behind and in front. Thus, the wire to each tape passes between them. LED controller connects to a power source of 12 V.
Now, since I do not want to cut the wiring and include additional fuses in the scheme, I will save it from a cigarette lighter or charging, which will be very easy to do. Also in this case, when removing the ignition key, the lighting will be flown.
Now that everything is melted, we are waiting for the next very important step - measurements. The importance of this phase is to arrange elements in the right places without tensioning wires.
We do the first measurements for the selection of the cabin highlighting, which is located under dashboardBy defining the total length of two front LED tapes. Secondly, we make measurements for tapes located behind, under the chairs.
After this part of the work is made, proceed to the definition of the length of the wires, having in mind that it is necessary to have a reserve of length to fit the place of their attachment to the ribbons. To determine the wire length, we measure the following sections:
- from the controller to the front left connector;
- from the front left connector to the front right connector;
- from the front left connector to the rear left connector;
- From the rear left connector to the rear right connector.
Connecting a backlight circuits under the seats, leave the additional wire length so that the connections are not broken when the chair moves in front or back.
After completion of measurements, it comes time for cutting LED tapes in length.
For our project, four segments of the LED tape are needed. All LED tapes have a lines of the cut every three LEDs. Keep in mind that it is better to make a cut in short, rather than long, since the excess "tail" tape will hang out, and this will give the type of incompleteness of the design and spoil the impression.
After soldering, it will be best to check its quality, Ignoring all the colors of the LEDs. So, in the images we see that checking the three main colors - red, green, blue.
If they light up without any problems, you need to ensure the safety of spike places. One method is to apply silicone glue, which will prevent the contact of the wires between themselves and ensures the rigidity of the connection.
ready for installation in the car. In the same way, we will make three more that in the total amount will give us four sections of the car's interior highlighting.
Now is the time to go into the car and proceed to connect the scheme.
As you can see, first of all we are secure on the glue LED ribbon, located under the instrument panel. Then secure the connector to it. Pay attention to the photos - they clearly show what they say about.
After the case is done, let's hide our wires. It is enough to shove the wires inside the panels and stretch them into the chairs, where the next section of the LED lighting of the car will be installed.
Under the sections of the LED tape segmen, it is worth not to glue with glue or sticky ribbon, but skip between springs and strings and tied at the ends. It should be noted that I left a sufficient stock of the wire length so that the movement of the chair ahead or back does not affect the integrity of the compounds. When this step is made, proceed with the alteration of the charger.
There are several different ways Sign up our interior backlight:
- from unused fuses from the fuse block using jumpers;
- Through the door panel. In this case, the backlight will shine when the doors are open, and shine when they close;
- from headlights (either from the main block of fuses or from cutting wiring, feeding lights).
But we will use charger. Why?
The reason for the alteration of the charger is that I do not use the cigarette lighter in any way, except for charging the phone. So why not modify "charging", if it is often used and, thus, facilitate its simultaneous use for two tasks.
Most of the chargers for phones give 4 at the output (which is not enough for our LED backlight). That is, they lower the tension car battery from 12 V to 4V. All that we need is to start the wires by the voltage stabilizer.
When we open the charger, we will see the fuse (protects against overloads) and the stabilizer scheme (which lowers the voltage). We solder our wires to the fuse and to the "land" bypassing the stabilizer. So we get the 12 V we need!
Thus, we also save our LED lighting of the cabin. Once all connections are made, proceed to check our work.
Using the remote control, you can:
- turn on / off the backlight;
- change colors;
- regulate the intensity;
- Use attenuation effects.
Now it remains to wait for the sunset, and it will be possible to roll out our pumped wheelbarrow out of the garage!
Testing the backlight of the cabin in the morning.
Many car owners are interested in the possibility, namely the installation of the backlight. After all, such a backlight is capable not only to decorate, but to completely transform even the most normal cars. Properly selected color, competently installed lighting will give your car a completely new appearance, will delight not only you, and attract the views of others. Many tuning salons and auto repair shops today offer their backlight installation services. However, you don't always want to pay extra money. After all, the installation process itself is quite simple, almost everyone can do it.
Consider how to make the backlight.
Make a backlight for legs in the car is easy. There are several ways to carry out this procedure.
What is needed for mounting?
In order to make the backlight of the foot in the car, you will need the minimum amount of materials and tools.
From the materials you need to purchase a LED or neon tape. What exactly to take, solve you. Neon lighting, of course, looks much more beautiful, the light is more pleasant. However, it is more expensive and requires connection through the ignition unit, and for this you will have to interfere in the electrical structure of the car. That is why it is still better to take LEDs to highlight. They are easier mounted, inexpensive and differ simplicity of installation. Calculate the length yourself. It all depends on where you will install the tape, and what exactly will you light up: only the front seats or decide on the backlight of the passenger legs rear seats. It is also important to determine the color of the tape itself. After all, the lighting should be harmonized with the interior design.
You also need a wire (up to 5 meters), a shrink tube and glue. If there is a desire to tinker, you can additionally purchase a controller to regulate the brightness of the lighting, the control panel and switch.
You also need some tools, namely Passatia, soldering iron on 220 V, knife and screwdriver.
Installation of LED ribbon
Before installing the backlight, you should decide where you will fix the ribbon itself.
To highlight the leg area, it can be installed below the seats, along the perimeter of the lower part of the front seats, under the instrument panel and under the glove compartment. It all depends on your imagination. Remember, choosing a place for mounting, it should be borne in mind that the installed lighting should be sent to the floor.
After the place is selected, measure and cut off a piece of ribbon required size. Do not forget that it can be cut in all places. It should be cut only in places where contacts are for soldering. Therefore, measuring which segments you need, it is better to take a little less than the opposite, so that there are no savings during the attachment.
After cutting to the edges of the tape, the wire should be soldered and try to connect it to the power source. If it works, insulating soldering places. To do this, the connection is equipped with a shrink tube, warming it with a soldering iron or even with a lighter. After insulation, fasten the tape into the selected place with the help of a sticky layer, glue, or even conventional silicone screeds.
In the same way, we make and install the lighting tape and in other places of the cabin.
Connection
Depending on how and when the backlight is to light up and operate, select the method of its connection.
To the lighting of the salon
Most often, the backlight of the legs in the machine connects to the lighting of the cabin. It will work only when the doors are open or with the lights included.
In order to connect the backlight to the lighting of the cabin, it is necessary to remove the ceiling (most often it is on the clamps, although it may also be screwed to remove it). Next you need to connect the wires. Connect the white plus to the red - minus. The reason is hiding. The easiest way to stretch them on the side rack. After that, connect the wiring of the LED tapes at the feet of the driver and passenger and connect everything to the power. Then check again to check the lighting operation, and only then make insulation of all contacts, install the ceiling back. If there is a desire, you can additionally install the controller, then the light will smoothly fluff, and not sharply go out.
From cigarette lighter
In the case of connecting the lighting from the cigarette lighter, the light lighting will light up exclusively from the open door. It is very convenient, because often the backlight is needed only when landing in a passenger car. Plus the diode must be attached to the cigarette lighter, and minus - to the door end. On the door, the wiring can be displayed through the same pass through which the entire wiring to the door goes. However, in most cases, to do this, you will have to dismantle the panel.
From Gabaritov
When connecting to external lighting, the light in the cabin will always burn when the dimensions are included, that is, during trips to dark time day. In order to be able to disable it, you should immediately foresee such an opportunity, to the backlight additionally make the switch.
In order to connect, the plus wire is powered from any light bulb on the instrument panel, and minus throw on the body of the car.
conclusions
Illuminated legs in the car is. Everything can be done with your own hands and very quickly. The mounting of the backlight is quite simple, for this you will need quite a bit: materials, tools and a little bit of fantasy to think about how and where to install everything and connect.
