LED/Cathode install in a tC?
11-21-2006, 08:14 PM
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alright here's how it's set up. bring power from the battery in through the grommet and then just make a couple of splices to bring power to each transformer. I have them ziptied up out of sight.
11-21-2006, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by lriicelboy
can you take a picture of the location of the grommet?
dats a good one.....maybe ethan hunt can do it for u......that tiny hole to the engine bay is barely visible i found it by mistake....lucky me
11-22-2006, 02:01 AM
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u have to lay down under ur driver side and look up above the fake pedal where u rest ur foot......have ur hood open and have a buddy flassh some light through the firewall around the same location where ur at under the driver side......u should see something .....that is about the bestttttt way i can explain it......maybe someone can explain it better
11-22-2006, 05:22 AM
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can someone please answer my previous question?
***i currently have the factory illumination kit, is it possible to replace all the tubes and leds from the factory into cathode leds and cathode tubes and not rip out all the factory stuff (cutting of factory leds and putting cathode leds in place)***
if your not for sure could you direct me to someone who does, thanks a lot
***i currently have the factory illumination kit, is it possible to replace all the tubes and leds from the factory into cathode leds and cathode tubes and not rip out all the factory stuff (cutting of factory leds and putting cathode leds in place)***
if your not for sure could you direct me to someone who does, thanks a lot
11-22-2006, 06:07 AM
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i dont think there are such things as "cathode leds". leds are leds and cathodes are cathodes. im not sure about the replacement thing though.. i just know that you might have to rewire the whole thing if you want to change it from the factory illumination.
11-22-2006, 06:44 AM
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what are cathode leds?
yeah.. whatever.. you can cut your stock stuff and still use the wiring... but why do it?
it'll be easier just to rewire everything up yourself... it'll save you from damaging your stock stuff.
yeah.. whatever.. you can cut your stock stuff and still use the wiring... but why do it?
it'll be easier just to rewire everything up yourself... it'll save you from damaging your stock stuff.
11-27-2006, 04:27 PM
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just go to autozone and get a mini add-a-circuit. it's made by littelfuse.
like 7 bucks and comes w/ mini fuses in the box.
add that to an open fuse slot.
or if your feeling ambitious, go to autozone again and get an auxilary fuse box and wire that under the dash. I now have all my auxilary power needs supplied by my secondary fuse box.
like 7 bucks and comes w/ mini fuses in the box.
add that to an open fuse slot.
or if your feeling ambitious, go to autozone again and get an auxilary fuse box and wire that under the dash. I now have all my auxilary power needs supplied by my secondary fuse box.
11-28-2006, 02:40 AM
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hey Neothin, i havae a question for u, i want to connect all the wires from cathodes light and the wire from cup holer to a fuse. Does it have any effect to the fuse?
anyway, i don't know how to get power source for the cup holer, too.
anyway, i don't know how to get power source for the cup holer, too.
11-29-2006, 03:01 PM
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ok im really lost. i want to hook up 2 led strips to a switch i got from autozone and to the fuse box under the stearing wheel (the cig light fuse) but i dont know what im doing at all. i wraped the wires around the fuse and stuck it back up in the box and the cig lighter worked but my leds wouldnt come on. (but i did have the car on and poked the wires up in the box to make sure they work and they do) each led had 2 wires.
so my question is... what wires goes where? which to the fuse box and which to the switch? also do i need a 3rd wire for somthing? my switch has 3 slots each labled.
*one says supply volts
*one says on acc
*the third says earth ground
so what whires go where?
so my question is... what wires goes where? which to the fuse box and which to the switch? also do i need a 3rd wire for somthing? my switch has 3 slots each labled.
*one says supply volts
*one says on acc
*the third says earth ground
so what whires go where?
11-29-2006, 03:16 PM
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red wire from fuse to slot on switch that says "supply volts"
another red wire from the "acc" slot on the switch to the led strips
black wire from led strips goes to ground
black wire from "ground" slot on switch goes to ground
another red wire from the "acc" slot on the switch to the led strips
black wire from led strips goes to ground
black wire from "ground" slot on switch goes to ground
11-29-2006, 04:14 PM
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go to autozone and get an add-a-circuit.
it's made by littelfuse.
looks like this-
http://www.42draftdesigns.com/images...-a-circuit.jpg
it's made by littelfuse.
looks like this-
http://www.42draftdesigns.com/images...-a-circuit.jpg
