Under hood lighting and radiator vanity plate

I decided to do a little dressing up under the hood yesterday. I installed an led light strip near the hood latch and a position switch under the insulation pad on one of the threaded studs from the vent extractor. These two items are shown in the bottom picture. I also wanted to put a vanity plate on the radiator cover but they are very expensive and aren't illuminated. I saw where people are selling the illuminated door sill plates as low as $24. I got this idea when I saw how easy it was to remove the illuminated part, flip it 180 degrees and hot glue it back in. I broke off the two retainer studs and used double sided tape to fasten it to the radiator cover. This way the radiator cover is not modified. I wired the sill plate to the same circuit as the hood light switch so it comes on with the hood light. Just like in the door sills it needs to be dark to see them light up. The whole project was under $40.

UPDATE, 2/18/2018, here is the link to the photos previously hosted on photobucket. The last three photos were taken today. After 10 months the sill plate is still working fine.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AwJ2BL8LbvHsH1sY2

Looks good man, cool idea!

Brilliant... looks like it belongs there!

Good stuff OP

Just as thought.......of you wire it to your door sills you can then control it with My Color.

Fordever said:

Good stuff OP

Just as thought.......of you wire it to your door sills you can then control it with My Color.

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Good idea, thanks!

I can definitely see this idea showing up in 2 months on one of the large Mustang vendor sites...at a 100% markup!

Nice job!

CVCashmere

CVCashmere said:

I can definitely see this idea showing up in 2 months on one of the large Mustang vendor sites...at a 100% markup!

Nice job!

CVCashmere

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Thanks to you guys here on the forum I was able to properly wire the light in the floor sill to illuminate white. Of the four wires I had no idea what each wire function was since they are all four black. Based upon a previous posting, the negative was identified. Everything else was elementary.

Fordever said:

Good stuff OP

Just as thought.......of you wire it to your door sills you can then control it with My Color.

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You had to take it one step further didn't you!

:first:Very cool!!!

If you didnt tell me it was the doorsill i wouldnt if though about it. Looks great!

that looks awesome, may have to attempt that one day, looks oem

Nice work

images are broken?

RoninRed said:

images are broken?

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What do you mean? They are still showing up for me. They were placed on Photobucket. Make sure you are logged in to mustang6g.com.