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Been brough up before, but Van lights?
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Post 1 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 00:17
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Looking for what others have used to light up the back of their vans. Took delivery today of the Promaster (compliments of Snap!). Im wanting to trick it out. BRIGHT in the back it will be.

Suggestions?

Thought I saw a thread on this but couldnt find it. Probably tucked in one of dozens of "van" threads.
Post 2 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 01:18
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I had this bookmarked.
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OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 09:03
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Thanks HD. For the reminder that Stanley ruins yet another thread lol.

Those strips are cheap. WIll look into them.
Post 4 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 09:05
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That thread brought back some bad memories :-(
Post 5 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 10:05
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My brother in law works construction and has an enclosed trailer he uses for work. He used those LED tape lights. He ran them all the way around the top, and they work great. They also don't pull a lot of power, so he doesn't have to worry about them killing a battery
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Post 6 made on Tuesday August 9, 2016 at 10:49
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I put LED strips in my van as well. I soldered them into the rear dome light so they work as the stock lights would. The stock dome lights were completely useless. With the LEDs, I can tan back there at night.
Post 7 made on Wednesday August 10, 2016 at 02:53
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On August 9, 2016 at 10:49, goldenzrule said...
I put LED strips in my van as well. I soldered them into the rear dome light so they work as the stock lights would. The stock dome lights were completely useless. With the LEDs, I can tan back there at night.

That's exactly what I did.
I bough some cheap ass crap from eBay. Came with double sided tape that I slopped on the ceiling 'temporarily'. Now 3 years later they are still there.
Post 8 made on Wednesday August 10, 2016 at 13:17
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The entire interior world of my E150 van improved tremendously when I put just a three foot strip of LED tape along the section between the side wall and the ceiling. I wired for a second strip on the left-hand side but haven't bothered to put it in yet. Power comes from the rear dome light.

Oddly, I got a thumbs up and even a thanks from another installer because I used cool white instead of warm white. It happens that I'm convinced we use warm white simply out of thoughtless habit after more than a century of looking at incandescents. (Well, not me personally, but us as a group.)

The dome light is in about the dumbest position possible -- just inside the back doors at the top. Lean over from the back and the van is in shadow. The row of lights adds light, sure, but the light is not just in one position, so there's not one strong shadow.

In the referenced thread, 3PedalMini mentions cabinets that use bolts and polyurethane glue. Depending on where you're putting this cabinet, you might not need any bolts!

About ten years ago I built some cubby holes for my van. It's four cubbies wide and four cubbies high. Each cubby has a plastic toolbox in it that holds a category of stuff. Even with ten years on it, this shelf unit of 1/2" MDF held together with not a single screw, just GOOP, has never had a problem. 3/8" quarter-round molding at the edge of each cubby keeps each toolbox from sliding out. The cubby height is just what's needed for the toolbox to fit and be lifted over the molding. The entire unit has short flanges in the front and back and is screwed down to a slide-out unit that I built with about a five foot drawer. (I used bolts, screws, etc on that!)
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Post 9 made on Wednesday August 10, 2016 at 18:54
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[Link: amazon.com]

I've put these in my my van and a couple of my co-workers vans. Cheap and effective.


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