C8 Interior LED Demo

[@yanezpb7109]

Finally I haven’t seen someone do a full interior kit 🔥

[@GuytheCarGuy]

The kit was minimal. I didn't want to go too crazy. This was just the footwells and the fiber optic light tubes in the center console and rear waterfall.

[@jasonlo8780]

How much to do this for me? I need this ASAP

[@GuytheCarGuy]

You can get the lights from Autozone. I think I paid around $75 for everything. I soft mounted mine, meaning that they're held up with adhesive and gorilla tape where applicable. On the plus side, they can be removed in probably under a minute, leaving no residue or signs that they were ever there. On the minus side, they can be dislodged if someone kicks around in the roof of the floorboard with their feet. They could be permanently mounted with epoxy or strong adhesive, but I don't see the benefit in that, as I've only had to fix the passenger footwell once in the year I've had the car, which took about 2 minutes. If you were to pay someone to do this, I imagine they'd charge you around $200 for all the materials and time. It takes about an hour or to hour and a half to install it.

[@yanezpb7109]

What kind of kit did you use ?

[@GuytheCarGuy]

This is a Type S LED kit, utilizing the internal fiber optic internal LED kit, and a la carte light strips from Type S. The fiber optic lights are what you see in the center console. The additional light strips are purchased separately, along with the extension wires needed to runt he system. It utilizes the passenger side 12v receptacle for main power. The control box is mounted behind the passenger seat on the floor and can support up to 4 independent chains of lights. This one is using 3. All told, I think the entire cost was around $75. Self installed.

[@bossnutz]

@@GuytheCarGuyI’ve looked at the auto zone Type S and there’s a lot 😮. Do you mind specifying exactly which ones you used?

[@GuytheCarGuy]

@tzThere's a complete kit for the interior. Box comes with the light controller and 48" of lights (4x 12" strips). Retails somewhere around $70. That provided the light controller and the LEDs for the footwell. The Type-S stuff is modular/upgradeable, so I bought those multicolor fiber optic lights for around $25 that are used on the center console and the standalone 12" strip for the rear waterfall. The lighting controller in the kit has 4 slots, so you can run 4 chains off the same controller. This car is using 3. Power is provided via the 12V socket to the left of the C8's glove box. The wires are then tucked into that passenger's side center console trim and ran down the centerline out of sight into the space behind the front seat. The benefit to doing it this way allows one controller to sync all the lights together. If you're using a color change or music effect, it keeps all the lights the same color/pattern. Total install time took me about 3 hours... but at least half of that time was mocking up placement and deciding how I was going to run everything. If I were to replicate this, I could probably do it in under an hour.