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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Default where/how did everyone mount their cathodes under their dash

im having trouble finding a good spot and a good way to mount the cathode on the drivers side. any ideas? pictures would help.

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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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driver side is ezzzzz. Zipties!
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theres no place to zip tie! only on one side and it wont get tight enough to stay lol
Old Apr 23, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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Yea i zip tied mine to the wires under there
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hmm any other suggestions?
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There are wires under the driver side of the dash....just use those as anchors for the zipt tiez
Old Apr 23, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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TRD sparks has the install manual on their website for the interior lighting kit.
http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...4&parts_id=409

Top right corner of the page. But I don't think this is any better than what was already suggested.
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I used M3 double sided tape on mine. Well mine are LED strips so i guess thats diffrent...Or will it work the same?
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Makes it easier if you get the little square that has a loop on it. Uses sticky tape to mount, then you zip tie to that. Just find a flat surface to stick it to.
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Originally Posted by ExpresScion
Makes it easier if you get the little square that has a loop on it. Uses sticky tape to mount, then you zip tie to that. Just find a flat surface to stick it to.
That's what I did on my car and my girlfriends car, but she didn't like the cathodes so I switched it to amber LED strips.
Old Apr 28, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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i went up a little higher on my driver side and mounted with larger zipties....i also have led strips from oznium...my hard part was under the seats...ouch..
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