sticky?


Glove Box LED Light DIY

You will need:

1. LED:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...FLS.htm#photos

WFLS-B30, using just 3 of them



2. Level Switch:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2049719

the outside pins are NORMALLY CLOSED CIRCUIT so in this position both wires would pass electricity





3. In-line Fuse Holder:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2102786

4. 0.5-1A Fuse



Step 1:

Pull off the stereo panel and disconnect the power plug from the clock
Remove the glove box by pushing IN from both sides.
Remove the black covering


(thanx 1stone!)


Step 2:

Remove the electric tape and open up the sleeve the power plug is in




Step 3:

I found that the blue wire is connected to Accessory. You can try looking for constant 12V if you want. I did this out of safety - in case the switch breaks off or whatever else and the light would be ON inside without you ever knowing. Also I dont know what this is conected to so you must use a fuse, maybe this is connected to airbags who knows...





Step 4:

Scrape off some insulation or cut the wire. Solder on a wire.






Step 5:

Feed the wire through the back of the stereo into the glove compartment and solder on the in-line fuse






Step 6:

Solder on the wires on the outside pins of the switch and solder one side to the inline fuse holder





Step 7:

Align everything inside of the glove box compartment





Step 8:

Solder Positive side of the LED to the switch




Step 9:

Ground and mount the LED




Step 10:

Zip tie some wires and re-install the black cover. Turn on the Accessory





Step 11:


Aligning the switch is a bit tricky and will take a couple tries. I just used electrical tape to place it at the edge in the corner then re installed the glove box and tried closing it and listened for a CLICK indicating the the switch broke circuit. Once I found the perfect position I used 3M double sided heavy duty tape. I will secure it better in the future but for now it holds up EXTREMELY PROMISING






You're Done!

 

this should be stickied! great job

i'm definitely doing this when i have time