Lighting Mod - Engine Bay

SgtGoldy

I was hoping to get some advice:

I wanna do a lighting mod for the engine bay. No not rice, just a High Intensity LED strip (White LED's of course) that activates when the hood is lifted to provide enough light to either
A.) Show off your engine bay to friends
B.) Work on surface parts ie. taking off engine cover, running wires, battery, steering/brake/engine oil levels, etc.

Now my question is what kind of trigger can I use to discretely have it automatically turn on when the hood is raised? I have yet to really find anything that doesnt require drilling/cutting. I wanna stay away from that as much as possible.

Ill even make a DIY once I get the items =D

That is... if people would be interested in that sort of thing.

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