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Old 05-28-2008, 07:55 PM
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I have now added LEDs to cupholders in the doors and in the center console. I used prewired LEDs from Oznium.com. They ship quickly and every light worked perfect. No duds! Look!

The rear cupholder isnt done in this pic. No grommets left.


The switch




the blue light on headliner from switch!



in the doors

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crap, how do I make those pics smaller!
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Looks good. Just resize the pics with like MS paint or photoshop. Even photobucket has a tab where you can resize images.
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yeah, workin on that...
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ugh, no matter how small I make them... still huge on here...
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I'm a LED newb, so can you briefly describe how you wired everything up?
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Originally Posted by D_Unit
I'm a LED newb, so can you briefly describe how you wired everything up?
You're kidding, right? + to + and - to chassis...


J/k, bro. In this case I just think he wired it directly to the switch.
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I'm a LED newb, so can you briefly describe how you wired everything up?
You're kidding, right? + to + and - to chassis...


J/k, bro. In this case I just think he wired it directly to the switch.
You jackass! j/k....

Do people normally run power from the battery? Or do they tap from somewhere else?
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Tap from the fuse box. That's what I would do!
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with my lights i tap the illumination wire.. easy to get to behind the radio.. then they come on when i turn my lights on at night
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Originally Posted by D_Unit
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I'm a LED newb, so can you briefly describe how you wired everything up?
You're kidding, right? + to + and - to chassis...


J/k, bro. In this case I just think he wired it directly to the switch.
You jackass! j/k....

Do people normally run power from the battery? Or do they tap from somewhere else?
No, the wires were run to the fuse box. I would have to have my hubby answer all the electrical questions. We had a hell of a time running the wires from the back doors though. We had to do this all by the seat of our pants not having a wiring diagram or anything. It sure was a learning experience.
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Originally Posted by Slody4Futbol
with my lights i tap the illumination wire.. easy to get to behind the radio.. then they come on when i turn my lights on at night
My center cup holders come on with the lights, but I didnt want them all on when i was driving, thought it might be too much light on the interior and didnt want to get ticketed for it.
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