EliteCM.net

I'm sure this is more of a rice thing than anything else, but I liked the concept. If you noticed the commercials on the new Kia Soul cars, the speaker grills light up and apparently strobe to the rhythm of the music. I was wondering on an electrical standpoint, does anyone have any idea on how this was achieved? Maybe one day I'll end up doing the same to my Gen7, lol. It'd be a nice touch for when I'm rocking to some techno music, haha.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/3559885128_a34efc2d74.jpg)

haha I just saw that too. Looks kool once in a while but what if you are listening to some techno. Going to have a seizure

this looks like my next project i think is neat depending how bright is gonna be

Sound Activation Module: http://www.crazypc.com/products/82391.html (http://www.crazypc.com/products/82391.html) or http://www.crazypc.com/products/823910.html (http://www.crazypc.com/products/823910.html)

as for lights: http://www.crazypc.com/products/el_neon_wire.html (http://www.crazypc.com/products/el_neon_wire.html)

I actually had a sound activation module wired to the cathodes in my trunk...it got annoying and I just took it out lol

+1

It got old too fast for me... I took mines out too...

Please don't subject your car to this!

Hah, I probably won't.  Makes me wonder how annoyed some of the people get when they get their new Kia Soul and have to see that anytime they want to listen to music.  

was thinking of using EL white for that but dont think it will be bright enough. my guess could be like bmw angel eyes or CCFL tubes

i like the idea of having dim lights in the grill, but not the strobe feature.  had a friend that had underseat neons that did it and it got real annoying, real fast.

hmmm, usually the ccfl tubes are made to computer fan sizes...do they have larger ones?...custom would just get hella expenxive

I had those in my Mitsubishi Mirage like 7 years ago and they strobed with the music as well. And yes it did get very old very fast. LOL!

I'm not sure about them pulsing with the music, but they should make circular CCFL tubes in a large enough diameter.  I'm not that crazy about the idea myself, but who knows.  As an accent, these would be up there with under dash lights.  If it's the right color and not extremely bright, it could be pulled off and not look like complete dog shit.

i think if it doesn strobe it will be better

I'd give this a try. But I agree I think without any pulsations it'd look better. A friend of mine has some clarion speakers with a built in LED that flashes to the beat of music.

Putting some of those EL lights around it sounds cool. How would you get it to power though? Sorry, but i'm a complete noob when it comes to car electronics lol

Just so you guys know, speaker quality is all about how it sounds, not about how it looks.  That little tidbit of information is for the newbs.

Tim you make my day rofl

+2!
I have one on my footwell lights and I never turn it on except maybe for one song every couple months lol

I saw that Kia commercial and I cringed. They might as well have put lemmings instead of hamsters. Only a company as desperate for customers as Kia would put sound-pulsing speaker grille lights as a stock option.

BAGS OF RICE!

+3

I have footwell leds that are actually pretty cool but they also pulse to sound i turn them on maybe once a month they got old fast, might sell them soon... also i had speakers that lit up, those got old fast too, don't waste your money... it'll make someone say oooooooOOOooooOOOOoo for .5 seconds and thats it, not worth the effort or money I'd say

(http://readingwritingliving.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/rice.jpg)