LED Underglow

sdahm

sdahm

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I just put blue LED's all around my viper and was wondering if anyone else has ever done this. I checked the laws in Wi and didn't see anything about extra lights besides having a functioning red tail light and headlight without a colored cover on it. Is it illegal to have on while on the trail? I dont see why it would be. You can see the person from a mile away. Seems safer to me.

http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/viper3.JPG
 
wow, thats pretty neat, how many led's did u use, is it a kit? I have a few buddies that have some on their sleds but dont know how leagal it is, but havnt been bothered yet and im in western ny where the law looks for any excuse they can for a ticket. although it may be cause you cant tell they are there during the day and most patrolling is done in the day.
 
I know a kid with a viper that has some, not many and has not had any problems. I know a guy with a F7 that tried using sone and had all sorts of problems, i never inquired about it though to see what problems he had.
 
My buddy put some on his SXR from Autozone, they were about 6" long, had like 10 LED's in each strip, put 4 strips on the sled, looks sweet... He had a battery on the sled so it didnt bother the stator
 
LED's draw very little power compared to other lighting sources, I dont think you would have a problem with the stator.
 
Do you have any pics of how they are mounted to the tunnel? I am thinking of doing this asap! I would just use the small 12V battery out of my riding lawnmower since I obviously don't need it in the winter, and just swap it out in the summer. Did you just simply ground the negative terminal of the battery to the tunnel, then just run a wire to a switch from the positive terminal, then to the LEDs, then just ground the other wire out from the LEDs to the tunnel. How did you mount the batt. in the tunnel?
 
awesome thats sweet!... well im going to reaserch into this abit more and see what I come up with... if the stator can handle a few strips on each side... and mayb one under the hood... would be awesome... would need to know how much they would all suck up in total.... dont want to ruin anything!
 
I went to autozone and $40 later had a sweet ride. I used a battery from my yamaha ttr 50 pit bike as my source. The batteries on them are so small. It fit right under my hood in my powermadd caddie box on my belt gaurd. Just make sure you use water resistant ones. Past experience...some didn't last so long so use easy quick connects to get them off when you need to replace.
 
i had 6 tubes with 30 leds in each tube on my 98 600 hooked rite to the tail light in trunk and never had a problem
 
I think its easiest to just throw a battery in the back of your sled. Don't have to deal with the stator, and you can have them on when your parked with your sled off. They draw very little power. I zip tied two strips on each side under the running boards. Two strips covered it very well. Even had to bend the front which ended where your feet are. Then i took another strip and epoxied it to the trailing arm. Wiring as well. Apply one coat to get it to stick and then another to cover it and it will never come off. I then linked and soldered the wiring of all three strips (on one side) together. all the pos. together and all the neg. together. Did the same on the other side and zip tied one strip under the tunnel to the coolant pipe in the rear. Soldered and taped all the positives and negative ends together and then wired with a waterproof switch. Pos. end of the LED's to the switch. other end of the switch to the pos. on the battery. and then the negative of the LED's directly to the battery. I just drilled a small hole in the top of the tunnel in to the storage in the back of the sled by the battery. All of the ends on the LED's with wiring were siliconed as well as the switch and wires going up the hole to seal it. Epoxied the wiring underneath to the tunnel as well so ice wouldnt effect it

I have an extra strip and will be mounting that on the right side under the hood so it reflects on my pipe and can through the two vents.

I will go out and take pics of everything today and have them posted in a few hours.
 
Here are some close up pics of the lights.

1. Bottom side of runningboard. LED strips are zip tied and siliconed on.
http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/underglow1.JPG

2. Looking down at clutch side trailing arm.
http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/underglow2.JPG

3. Close up of epoxied strip on clutch side trailing arm. Kind of messy looking close up, but you cant see it unless you are underneath the sled.
http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/underglow3.JPG

4. Battery in rear compartment. Wires on the right side are siliconed around the hole leading to the switch in tunnel area.
http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/underglow4.JPG

5. Waterproof switch mounted (on the exhaust side) in the back by the reflector and coolant pipe cover.
http://reflectivemediaproductions.com/underglow5.JPG

My total cost was less than $50.
 
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