PDGCLS01

Im adding some led strips, white ones, under the dash to illuminate the floor when the door is opened. Which way is the best to wire these? to the lights in the door or to the dome light? the light in the door is only one wire green and orange striped. how does this work? Any suggestions. I dont want a switch I want them to come on when the doors are opened. Thanks for anyones help.

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

wire them to the light in the door. You'll need to take off the door panel slightly to see what color the wires are and then tap into the wires near the fuse box.
thats what I did to mine. I have a white LED strip mounted on each footwell that goes on when the door opens. I wired mine the way that only the side that has the door open illuminates, you can have them both open at the same time if you wanted or try the dome light. Maybe they will fade out :shurg:

I really like my footwells though.

PDGCLS01

Thanks alot, I tried going right to the switch in the door jam but the grounding on that is kinda wierd. Ill give that a try in the morning its getting dark and i dont want to try workin on electical at night. Thanks for the tip. Each side fusebox has its own door wire huh? ill see what color wires it is and do that. the dome light was a good idea and it has three lil tabs two power and one ground in front of the switch you can tap into but tryin to run the wires through the headliner doesnt sound fun.

PDGCLS01

oh btw way where did you mount them below? on the edge of the plastic kick panel or what? doesnt look like theres much to mount them too and the ones i have have 3m adhesive on the back not sure what kind you used.

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

What I learned is that the ground is actually connected to the switch and the positive is constant. so watch out for that, I blew a fuse that way.

As for mounting, depends which side your talking about. I just got creative.