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05-10-2013, 02:12 PM | #1 |
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Footwell Mood Light Help
I have no electrical experience or background. Just bought these blue footwell mood lights from zeta performance.
Is there a way to set it up so the light turns on when door opens and stays on when car turns on. (Whether you out a switch or not) I need help! Sent from my SGH-I317M using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Just wire them so they are getting power from both the dash lights when turned on and the door switches
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You can look in the DIY forum. There's a whole thread on it.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...twell+lighting The Search function is your friend.
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For the footwell light, you can also tap into the radio harness or the hazard/clock harness, so they will turn on along with the rest of the interior light, and could adjust the brightness with the illumination switch.
The little blue box (battery pack) and the blue button switch from the package is just for demonstration purpose, as you would remove those prior to the installation. |
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i tapped into the traction control/sport mode light switch so it goes on only with the interior lights...its in the tread mentioned above
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Could you go into further detail i have been looking for a DIY for tapping into the interior lights. I think a good step by step would suffice. It would be much appreciated.
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1. Place lights where they can't be seen (obv) and make sure the wires on the drivers side and the passenger side are facing each other (facing the center) --||-- (sorry I know that's crude but that's basically it, if you need pics I can grab some) 2. Pull off the bezel surrounding the shift knob and unplug the bundle of cables attached to the traction control sport mode module. Strip the black tape off the wires and I believe the small purple wire is the lighting one but you can use a volt meter to test that. 3. There is a screw that holds down the shift unit to the body of the car. This is a good ground. Attach your ground wire to this. 4. Splice in your led lights to the purple wire and wrap it up. 5. Tuck the light wire underneath the side of the main center area with the shifter and all that and the wire should be all hidden. 6. Put the bezel back on and you should be good to go! Sorry this was all done at work on my phone lol it may be a little simplistic. If you need further details or pics I can probably grab you some. The final product is in that forum above |
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You just gave me an idea. I have mt br so there is no snow mode button in the middle. Was thinking that I can maybe grab a parted frs/brs snow mode button and make that the switch. Sent from my SGH-I317M using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Looking at the switch and how it is connected do you think it's possible? or do you think it might be crazy excessive work?
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I dont think it will be that hard. You just have to split the wires and connect the snow/sport wires to the light then connect that to a power source. So it will go light-wire-snow/sport-wire-power source. So when you flip the snow/sport it will turn it on or off, by cutting the power or letting the power connect.
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I used a dremel tool and installed a switch on the inside of the console tray. It is covered by my armrest too. Looks pretty nice, I will take a picture of it this afternoon.
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