whats up guys. so ive looked around and although theres been many threads on led lighting throughout the car, there has yet to be one on footwell lighting. So i wanted to give back to the community after learning so much and receiving so much help from members here in such a short period of time.

thanks guys! this ones for you.


DIY

Difficulty - 2/10
Time - 1 hour
total cost - $50 (free for me since my buddy sells them)
materials - 16 gauge wire, electrical tape, scissors or wire strippers and cathode lights.


1. get supplies
2. decide where you want to wire it from. i had no choice but to wire it from my door light due to electrical problems. you can also wire it to a harness on the passenger fuse box. refer to picture with red circles

3. if you wire it to the harness, the blue/white wire is positive and the black/white wire is ground/// if you wire it to the door, blue/white is positive and other one is ground

4. remove light cover and bulb.


5. you do NOT have to remove your door panel to do this if you are wiring to the door. just simply pry the lower portions of the door panel open, reach in and grab the light plug out.

6. strip wiring then tap in the wiring from the new lights. remember, white/blue is positive. test that everything is good


7. run and tuck wires to your liking and your done! here's where i ran my line to inside the cabin.


finished product




in my opinion, it looks very nice and no where near rice. in fact, most luxury cars today have this option stock. i.e; mercedes, lexus, BMW...

btw, it turns on and off as the door opens and closes. lights turn on and off immediately and doesnt dim like the dome light.

feel free to ask questions, im ready to help.

-Patch

 

very clean !

 

Looks really clean.

Did you keep the door bulbs since you have these?

 

yea, because if you open up your door in the streets, itll be better for uncoming drivers.

 

this is sexy. any suggestions for wiring it to headlights?

 

awesome.

you gotta figure out whats up with your dome lights now.
lol

 

Dang...that is super clean, it should look especially nice if you have the whole interior done in white LEDs.

 

if you wire to the dome, can you add a switch on it to turn it on and off?

 

^ I think all you would need is a simple rocker switch between the positive wires.

Clean install BTW

 

Look through the fog light threads

 

The dome is only going to turn on when the dome light is on. If you want a switch, you need to hook up to something that has constant power.

 

Looks good. BUT please take the time to pull the door panel off and run the wire thru the rubber boot. It will be much cleaner looking.


Oh and those are the same lights i have for my trunk ( i have 4 total bulbs)

 

Tuck and hide those wires

 

I might just get one of these for my trunk.

Where can I get them?

Nike Golf FTW!

 

ebay?

 

I ordered a 24 LED strip the other day from eBay so we will see how good they are.

 

http://www.oznium.com/cathode-kit

 

I believe I got a 24 LED strip from ebay Ill show my footwells 2morrow nite dont feel like going downstairs to take pictures now

 

reason i chose the cathode over the LED strips is because the strips leave more "hotspots" and cathodes emit an even lighting throughout the whole area.

hotspots meaning some areas are brighter than others.

 

how can we wire it to the dome so it dims with the dome?

 

look back at the directions in the first post. it will be in your passenger side fuse box with the harness shown in the picture.

 

damn, i know my next mod haha....

has anyone tried it for the front and back seats? just a thought.

kris, is that a gps unit there next to your golf clubs? just curious

 

Your trunk is sweet bro.

 

what wires do you tap into for an led strip in the trunk?

 

^ im assumin the 2 wires that powers ur current light right now?

 

lol yup. pretty much common sense.


stick your head into your truck and look up where you see light emit from. remove the bulb and pull down the whole housing and tap wires. theres only 2 so process of elimination on that one takes 2 seconds. lol

good luck.

 

im a newb at wires and stuff. What does STRIP wiring mean? and also what does it mean to tap into the wiring?

 

this is another common sense question lolz. what do strippers ? lolz tap into the wiring is basicly that, tap into that existing wire.

 

My LED strips in the trunk doesn't really have hot spots. It's pretty evenly distributed. But that might be because it's lighting a larger area.

Are the cathodes just as bright as the LED strips? I like how bright my LED strips are.

 

sorry i was referring to the old LED lamps. i think the new ones are good since they are so close to each other.

but you know the old ones im talkin about right? the big tubes and whatnot. lol

 

^ No...I don't remember those. lol

But yea I might transfer the LED strips to the footwell to see how it looks.

 

The cathodes will light up much brighter than the LEDs do.

 

im not tying to be an ahole but does strip wires mean cut them?

 

^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O08SGS-BvH8

 

ok i now understand that. know what does it mean to tap? how do you connect the wire from lights to door light wires? tie them together?

 

^Yea, you just connect the wires when they're exposed.

 

click HERE

 

Can I wire puddle lights (led strips) and footwell lights to the dome light?? Or will it drAw to much power?

 

thats cool how did you do that where it googled for me? anyways would these wprk?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

 

they're LEDs so they consume less energy. LED strips for puddle lights?