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Old 03-21-12, 09:30 AM
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Holy **** people.....

1: Tap the constant (+) and door (-) wires into the dome light wiring coming from the fuse block/integration relay.

2: Use the car body as the 3rd wire (ground).

3: Wire them into a switch for Door/On/Off, same as the Dome light.

4: Hook whatever footwell lighting up through the switch.

There, you have you floor lighting run exactly liek the dome light, but on it's own switch. Now you can have it to go ON, go one with the DOOR, or have it OFF. And it will not be affected by the dome light.
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yup theres that way as well.i wanted that way actually by dome light directly but i dont want to " strip" the roofliner..so ya many ways. About the fuse as long as you dont overload it with bunch of wires, one should be good. and picking the right (higher) fuse is i think should be ok (i think cigratte/power fuse i picked) . Plus i had this LED footlight connected for almost a year now. However its just the rear passenger and not the front ones.
thats my 2cent.

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Old 03-21-12, 12:28 PM
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#1: You do not touch the headliner, you do it where the wires come out of the fuse block.

#2 DO NOT USE A HIGH AMP FUSE THEN STOCK, DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT!!!!

I've had 4 strips of 12 LEDS for my floor lighting for 3 years now.
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Originally Posted by ASG14
#1: You do not touch the headliner, you do it where the wires come out of the fuse block.

#2 DO NOT USE A HIGH AMP FUSE THEN STOCK, DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT!!!!

I've had 4 strips of 12 LEDS for my floor lighting for 3 years now.


agreed ..do not change the fuse amp.
dp u have a pic? want to see how it looks like

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Old 03-21-12, 01:40 PM
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I may, but can;t look till I get home from work. And my car is currently at my friends shop getting a custom exhaust made so may not have it back for a week.
Old 04-05-12, 06:41 PM
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do someone know how to hide the wire ?



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Old 04-05-12, 07:08 PM
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oh god
Old 04-05-12, 07:12 PM
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I;m debating cutting off my **** so I don't have kids that have to grow up in this world, if what I have been reading is any indication of where we are headed.
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well he asked so we have to try to answer...
ok i would say you could drill a hole underneath/base of the light and run the wire through it. hmm
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i got it ... now i can only see the wire when i open the door



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i tryed to pass the wire through the wire hole ( the one that go from the door to the inside of the car , that covered by a large rubber ) but i wast able to take it from their
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I just came across this thread and EEngineer you crack me up. Well it is what it is, lol
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