Interior lighting

Silver ACR · Post by **Silver ACR** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:49 pm

Anyone know a good place to tap into the dome light circuit? I'm planning on switching over to an LED interior lighting system that operates fron the existing door switches.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:20 pm

I just used the existing wires...LED's draw shit for power so you ok.

Silver ACR · Post by **Silver ACR** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:35 pm

Floyd wrote:I just used the existing wires...LED's draw shit for power so you ok.

Thanks. Care to share just where you tapped into the circuit? Wire color, location, etc?

nodestiny · Post by **nodestiny** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:45 pm

Floyd wrote:I just used the existing wires...LED's draw shit for power so you ok.

Completely agreed. I have 8 whites laying at my house... eventualy put them in the wife's fist gen (her light is a dim yellow that SUCKS).

Anybody have pics of them installed?

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:42 pm

Well i had like 20 LED's in mine, i swaped them out for 4" cathodes that are green...dont ask why. i just had one of those moments.
there are only two wires up there. one is power and the other is ground.

dutch animal · Post by **dutch animal** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:45 am

Silver ACR wrote:
Floyd wrote:I just used the existing wires...LED's draw shit for power so you ok.
Thanks. Care to share just where you tapped into the circuit? Wire color, location, etc?

i'm also interested in this answer ?

have an aftermarket alarm instalt but turns on after 20 sec ... turns of if i use the key and turn the car on.

but doesn't turn of if i open my door.

found the yellow - doortrigger wire in the kick panel ... but need a + also ... thinking on tapping it from dome light.... but can't seem to find wires ... or how to remove interieur roof ?

found the constand 12 v pink on doortrigger ... but is constand so need to have a wire that only gives my 12 v when doors are open ?

so anyone knows where and wich colour wire to use from dome light ?

or other sugestion ?

zhneon · Post by **zhneon** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:45 am

Pull the dome light out of the headliner and you can probably get a feel for the wires. If I recall correctly, they went across the headliner down the drivers (passenger if you're RHD) pillar. But don't qoute me on that, yours might be different. Not sure about the wire colors though or that they would be the same.
Also, thread ressurection ftw.

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:01 pm

^^ Is right. Just pull from the wires at the dome light. The wires do indeed run down the driver side c pillar. Caution though. Don't know what type of set up you are going with. The dome light is a ground switched if I remember right. Meaning the dome light always has power going to it and the door switch either cuts or gives ground to the light making it turn on and off.

dutch animal · Post by **dutch animal** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:15 pm

zhneon wrote: Also, thread ressurection ftw.

i know

im told to use the search function ... so i did

thanks for reacting ... found the wires ... but didn't solve my problem

thanks anyway

kornholio788 · Post by **kornholio788** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:20 pm

Ok I see what you need.

I can't think of any wire off the top of my head that isn't 12v + constant for the door switch. You might have to wire in your own.

dutch animal · Post by **dutch animal** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:37 pm

i've started a new topic fot my problem ... with wiring diagrams and further explaining.

viewtopic.php?t=48719

maybe you guys can help me there a little ?