I would have tried mounting the LEDs on the bottom of the rear view mirror. This way you can kind of hide them. Regardless, pretty cool project. Can we get some non-flash output pics?

 

I've got a much simpler solution that I've been using for 2 years now.

I bought a pack of Amber/orange Varad Hyper LED's. They come prewired with just a power and ground, so they're already set for 12V. The LED is attached to a small plastic square with double sided tape. I took the varad LED, and sanded it down to remove the "hot spot," then I cut about 1/2" off of a cheap white bic stick pen. I painted the entire bic pen piece black, as well as the plastic square black, and then squeezed the LED into the pen. I don't think I needed any glue at all as the LED was almost a perfect fit into the LED. I then tapped power from my cig lighter ring so that the light comes on only when the headlights are on. I used the double sided tape to adhere to the back of the rear-view mirror.

The Bic pen hides the light. The only light you can see is when it's on your console. Because it's behind the mirror, you can't see it, and from outside the car, it's all black like the mirror and is basically invisible too. VERY happy with how it turned out, especially since it's easily removeable and cost like $6 to make. If you want to dim the led a little if it's too bright, just solder in a resistor to adjust the brightness to what you want.

 

^^Worthless without pics^^

 

Use your imagination son!

It's hardly worthless, but I know a picture is worth a 1000 words, so I'll work on taking some today if you don't mind them being crappy camera phone shots.

 

My friend has an acura TL. If you look at the lighting, the LED is placed behind the "hole," completely hiding the LED itself while still allowing the light to come through.

 

stupid question but, whats the point of having these? what do they do?

 

More aesthetic than anything else. Although, my GF's Subaru has some ambient lighting around the cuo holedrs that looks pretty cool. I guess they help me find my drink in the dark?

 

i was just thinking of doing a project like this whats a good place to buy matching amber LED lights.
I want to add to door handle, under the dash and seats, and also to the sunglasses holder

 

As I posted above, the Varad Hyper LED's in Orange match pretty much perfectly. They're a little pricey, but come pre-wired with resistors and are easy to install. You can find them all over E-bay. Just search for Varad Hyper LED. Come in packs of 4.