UnderDash lighting, Help me wire it !! Options

[NaderG]

i Need help with wirring my under dash lights , plz be as detailed as possible and a couple of pics would be superb !! , i already asked a couple of ppl on PM but the answers werent detailed enough and i felt lost so please help me out , thanks !

[cnelson]

your making it harder than it is with the home depo idea..

please note: this is not the only way to do it. this way your parking lights, or your headlights MUST be switched on.. (yes there are differant ways without useing them) however this is also the safest because you add a fuse, it will help incase soming shorts, or there is a bad gound.

My setup:

led's under seats, under dash, and in vents, and couple other places..

Tools needed:
wire, (one roll of red and one roll of black, small gague like 16)
wire striper (makes things easier)
add-a-fuse mini from any auto store
a switch if you want but not nessary..

Install:

1) open your inside fuse box.. find the one for the parking lights (i don't remeber the number)
A. Rmove the fuse from there..
B. place the 'add-a-fuse mini' than put the old fuse and a new fuse of the same size in

2) put your lights where you want em..

3) Take the red wire, and connect one end to your positive line on your lights, and one end to the line coming off the 'add-a-fuse'

4) Take the black wire and connect it to the negitives on your lights, than the other end to a UNPAINTED piece of metal in the car for the groud.

5) THIS STEP IS IF YOU WANT THEM ON A SWITCH
You would run the positve wire to the 'acc' line on the switch and the line coming from the 'add-a-fuse' would go to the postive end on the switch, and than the negtive line from the swtich to a UNPAINTED piece of metal.

now, when you have your lights switched on, you can have the interor light s turned on, or have them off if you installed the swtich.

Hving Troblue?
when i first did this, make sure you have GOOD ground.. because your lights won't come on if you don't have a very good ground.

I'll make this more in-depth with pics later, it took me only 3 minutes to write this.

-cnelson.

This post has been edited by cnelson: Jun 22, 2007 - 5:49 AM