robowarrio

Hey guys, quick question on the cup holder LED mod concerning the wiring. So I was thinking of tapping my LED strips into the armrest cubby hole light as my power (negative/positive) and call it a day. Since that light normally comes on with the parking lights. Would that be ok to tap into those wires?

Or my other thought was tapping into the 2nd acc adapter that's located in the center armrest cubby hole. Not sure which one would be more secure to do so? Any input would be helpful on that.

guitarplayer16

iTrader: (8)

You can tap into the armrest light.

Technically you may tap into red/black wire for your positive. Universal wire colour on Acuras for parking light wire.
You can tap into the red/black wire from the heated seat buttons too.

gatrhumpy

iTrader: (1)

I wired mine the the auto headlights on my TL. That way whenever the exterior lights come on the cupholder LEDs light up as well.

robowarrio

Ok cool man! And the black I can ground it to a bolt or can I tap the negative on the armrest light? let me know man..

guitarplayer16

iTrader: (8)

I usually like grounding it to a bolt, but tapping to the negative on the armrest light is perfect too.

This works perfect.
I don't know where the wire for the auto headlights are, but I'm going to assume its more work to get to than the parking light wires already within a 6 inch radius of the vicinity of the cup holders.

robowarrio

Thanks man! I'm actually going to be tackling it this morning. I'll post pics of the outcome and let you know.

robowarrio

And here's how they turned out. Great mod IMO. I posted these on TL Facebook page as well.

quanaman

iTrader: (4)

Nice! How many LEDs did you use?

When i did mine, i installed three 5mm in each cupholder, right below the little rubber flap that keeps your drink in place. This way the LEDs themselves werent visible.

guitarplayer16

iTrader: (8)

Love the look

I'd definitely do it but my cup holder is closed 99% of the time

polobunny

Looks good man, great work!



+1
Sometimes I open it and I'm like "Ohhhh a dollar!"

robowarrio

I used an LED strip that I got off ebay and basically lined each diode and marked my holes and voila. I think the strip was a 12 inch or shorter but it's enough to wrap around the cup holder on the outside.

robowarrio

I'm a huge coffee drinker and I always have a travelers mug in there so mines is 99% of the time open but I must say the lid that closes the cup holder is a plus one for me in case I ever want to close the lid and not see the LED's..

sockr1

iTrader: (5)

looks great robo!
i never use my cupholders (never had coffee, rarely drink soda) so this isn't something i'd do but regardless great job on the install!

polobunny

You mean never had coffee in your car or never had coffee at all? O_O

sockr1

iTrader: (5)

never had coffee at all haha.

thoiboi

You're not missing much

GreenSpades

Well coffee = life to me, so he is missing out on that.

Really though, just say no to drugs.