i had an underbody l.e.d. tube that would not fit in the back of my 04 cooper s because of the exhuast.. i had it under there for about a week but i didnt like the way it looked so i decided to do something else with it.

1. i removed the l.e.d. strip from the tube rewired all the grounds to one single ground to complete the circuit..

2. i used silicone to insulate all the resistors and wires so that when its installed it wont ground out to the car anywhere.
3. i removed the rear carpet and drilled small holes where each l.e.d. will be which was a bit difficult for me to do, with all the measurements and only one carpet.. kind of a preassure builder.. lol anyways.
4. wired up the l.e.d. strip to the car with a switch in the front.
5. placed strip behind the carpet.. i did not secure the strip to the carpet because of those metal brackets on each side of the boot (i have to make the strip go throught those brackets) if they were secured to the carpet then i wouldnt be able to put in the strip or get the carpet out if needed later.
anyways
not too hard but was a bit time consuming for me.. i didnt take any pics while working only finished product.

please tell me what you think.. either good or bad.
now for the pics












this one has nothing to do with it but let me know what you think anyways.

 

Pretty sweet!! Good work!

 

Looks great.
Should be a factory installation.

 

oops wrong section.. meant to put this in the 1st gen minis

 

That looks tight yo!! Plus, the l.e.d.s in the boot ad a lot of MUCH needed light...

 

how are these wired up?

 

i have a multi switch box in the section under the steering wheel and i have the pos and neg wires from the strip go to under the car through a small hole near the battery and they go through an assortment of places under there then to get back into the car there is a small hole that wires come through on the drivers side next to the master cylinder agianst the fire wall..

the picture attached is the multi switch i got at an autozone

 

not the under car neons, just the strip in the boot.

 

i like, are the l.e.d. protruding at all?
i couldnt tell from the pics.

 

i was wanting to go for that look but they ended up not protruding.. but im still happy with the results. they sit pretty much flush with the carpet.

 

thats not bad though, at least you can still put stuff back there with out having to worry to much.