Put some lights in my elite.5

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Weaklink
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Put some lights in my elite.5

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Got board tonight and tried out some led strips in my amp.
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The start.
The start.
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Led strip with wires soldered on.
Led strip with wires soldered on.
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Led strip mounted.
Led strip mounted.
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Tucked the wires along the side.
Tucked the wires along the side.
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Ran the wires out the gap. No mods to the amp.
Ran the wires out the gap. No mods to the amp.
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LEDs lit up. Lights on.
LEDs lit up. Lights on.
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LEDs off
LEDs off
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Lights off
Lights off
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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Nice. Mine looked cool as well.
Eventually ill be switching to all clear plexi.
Whats the point of the plexi if you cant see through it. Just my opinion though.


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Agreed. They sure his a lot of cool looking stuff in there.
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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Weaklink wrote:Got board tonight and tried out some led strips in my amp.
Dude that looks so sick especially that last photo it really brings out the guts.

I may have to do this on my MPS2500
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I understand why every one does blue lights but I will be putting 7 color strip on mine.
what else can I say I am a grumpy asshole most of the time.
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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Mine are white. They get a blue tint from the board I think. White I think makes the components pop better.
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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^^^^Exactly 8) ...gonna do the same thing to my TI2 1000.4 and 1300.1 :shock: ...I have a reel of the white and the blue smd 3528 led's ...will try both, but agree with Art as the white adds a nice offset and the blue pcb doesn't hurt either. :twisted:
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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I am keeping the smoked plexi because if you put a frosted decal on the back it will not be all that visable with the lights off but with them on it should look like super bright and floating. How do you get the ends off?
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There were 6 bigger Allen head screws on the end. The two upper middle ones hold the bars above and below the plexi. There are a few smaller allens next to the terminals as well. After the ends and bars are off there are smaller allens holding the plexi down. The Allen kit that came with the amp fits all the screws.
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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what ever happened to the dude with the home made CNC that could cut/etch the designs into the plexi? Where did he go....
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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That looks great. It's giving me ideas...
A few of these and a few of those.
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ttocs wrote:what ever happened to the dude with the home made CNC that could cut/etch the designs into the plexi? Where did he go....
I know people who could do it. The same people who do my ZPA plexi but im quite busy right now, and I owe someone one of those Plexis that I'd need to ship before doing any other projects.
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Re: Put some lights in my elite.5

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there are all kinds of options that could put those amps over the top. I mean just think about how simple stripe around the edge could look cool. Or hell go crazy and get that PG phoenix. But get yourself a 7 color strip for sure some of then offer a stroby effect form the white lights and I can't see hwo that would not look cool
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