So im getting ready to buy some puddle lights and was wondering if anyone wired them to the door coutesy lights instead of the map lights? this way they would only turn on with the doors open and not have to worry about them turning on with the map lights on. I really do not want to worry about the puddle lights turning on when i turn the rear or front map light on, especially when im driving. just want them on/off when the doors open and possibly when i unlock/lock the car with the remote. also, anyone in the NJ area willing to install these for me? thanks

 

Connecting them to the door courtesy lights will only let them turn on when you open the door. The whole point of puddle lights is to have them on BEFORE you open the door, i.e.: When you unlock them with the remote. In order for them to function like that, they should be hooked up to the map lights.
I looked at them a bit and even picked up an electrical manual to see if there was an easier place to tap the map light circuit, but then got distracted with other things.
OH LOOK! A BUNNY!!!!

 

oh okay. i was thinking maybe just the rear dome lights and adding a switch to them so i can turn them off while im driving to avoid them turning on. good idea?

 

If you tap the rear domes you would not need a switch. They would only turn on if you hit the unlock on the key fob or if someone turned on the rear dome light.

 

Then I would sit in your backseat and turn the dome light on and off! Why don't you tap them into the window lock switch?

 

use a relay so you can use both the unlock light up and a switch tied into the relay do turn them on when you want.

 

yeah im thinking of tapping into the rear dome light or something and adding in a relay switch so i can turn it off as well while driving.

 

Be sure to post up some pictures when you're done!

 

deff! wont be able to do this till after exams but its on my to-do list

 

Exams? Summer classes I assume yuuuuck.

 

haha nahhh got my DATs

 

That's why I tapped my rear domes because my front maplights are turned on more often than my rears.

It is exactly true that the reason you want to tap the domes instead of the doors is so you can have them turn on with the fob. But most of all turn them off with that cool delayed fade.