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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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I currently have the blue OEM glow kit installed on my car and want to switch to red to match my gauges and hvac.

I'm gonna buy the 12" red cathode kit & 2 prewired 5mm red led's for the cup holders.

http://www.oznium.com/cathode-kit

http://www.oznium.com/prewired-leds

I have the OEM kit that has a switch already i'm hoping I can reuse (I have a extra fog light switch could I use that if I can't reuse the old switch)? Anybody got any wiring instructions to help me wire it all together.
Old Oct 8, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jmetcalfe84
I currently have the blue OEM glow kit installed on my car and want to switch to red to match my gauges and hvac.

I'm gonna buy the 12" red cathode kit & 2 prewired 5mm red led's for the cup holders.

http://www.oznium.com/cathode-kit

http://www.oznium.com/prewired-leds

I have the OEM kit that has a switch already i'm hoping I can reuse (I have a extra fog light switch could I use that if I can't reuse the old switch)? Anybody got any wiring instructions to help me wire it all together.
you should be able to use the same wiring with the same switch... just cut strip and splice the cathodes in to the same wires from the OEM kit...
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 02:53 AM
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Real easy job. Just finished doing this on my new car today actually. If you have any questions along your way, feel free to PM me.
Old Oct 14, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by toeveryhour
Real easy job. Just finished doing this on my new car today actually. If you have any questions along your way, feel free to PM me.
Yeah it wasn't to bad I got it done in about hour. I just reused the old wiring and tapped in using t taps.

I got one question though I purchased 2 extra 5mm prewired led's that I wanted to put in my doors either in the pocket at the bottom or in the handle area. Is there any way to tap them into a power source so that they only come on when I turn my headlights on. I would just tap into the window switch but I believe that would make the led's stay on whenever the car is running.
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Figured I'd post some pics of them after I got them installed. The pictures suck but you get the idea

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