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Old 03-24-2010, 04:55 AM
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I just bought an LED GLOW underbody kit but

i dont know how and from where to run the wires inside the car...???

Im not sure if to run it to the fuse box or battery...???

any tips would be GREAT!

Thanks to everyone in advance!
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^lol yea ive been reading around the forums since i joined a few weeks ago....man you guys are harsh towards underglow neons :/

@pena: what color did u get?
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Run it through the firewall into the fusebox with a mini add-a-fuse.
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X2 run it through the rubber grommet the harness runs through just be CAREFUL with the harness
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Originally Posted by Fire It Up
^lol yea ive been reading around the forums since i joined a few weeks ago....man you guys are harsh towards underglow neons :/

@pena: what color did u get?
I got blue LED's
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Originally Posted by cavalierkid888
Run it through the firewall into the fusebox with a mini add-a-fuse.
What are the pros and cons of connecting it to the fuse box or battrey?
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if you connect it directly to the battery, make sure you have an inline fuse on the + side. also youll have to run a switch inside the car. take the ground and hook it strait to the battery.....take the positive and run it like this.........wire to leds-switch-inline fuse-battery.
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also another thing you can look at......run a 10 gauge wire inside the car close to the fuse box, buy a secondary fuse box from the parts store and just use that for the power to anything you need....thats what i did, that way you dont have to deal with wiring up fuses all the time....the secondary fuse box i have has 6 outputs so its nice.
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