Ambient Interior Lighting
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From: Colorado
It sounds cheesy but I did buy a strip of LED lights from ebay for $5 that came with double sided sticky tape on them. I hooked them up for a rocker switch ($5 from autozone) and tapped into a 'hot' wire off the fuse box under the dash; having the on/off switch worked perfect for turning them on/off and was done under $15.
Matthew
Matthew
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That's a great suggestion and I definitely feel it has potential with Raxiom! I'm going to talk to my contact at Raxiom and see what we can do.
Shane
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Really? Any chance you might do a quick write up on how you did the wiring? How hard would it be to hook that into the wiring for the headlights do you think? Did the LED lights already have the resistors wired in so it was pretty much plug and play into what Im assuming was 12v?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-30cm-15-Blue-LED-Car-Trucks-Motor-Grill-Flexible-Waterproof-Light-Strips-/350766432544?pt=US_Car_Lighting&hash=item51ab4f0120
but from a different seller. They only come with a Pos/Neg wire. Very easy to wire up to each other (if you run more that 1 strip like I did) with some shrink wrap and hooked into a rocker switch. I only used them in my footwells and not outside so I would not know anything about hooking them up to the headlights.
Matthew
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: IL
Just keep in mind that depending on local ordinaces it is illegal to have interior lights that are visible from the outside. In HS (over 10 years ago) my car had neon lights that would light up the whole interior and I was pulled over several times for them being visible from the outside. Under the dash and rear seats are probably the best place to put them just to light up the footwells a little bit. They are super easy to hook up. If you get the automotive lights the resistors are already built in and they are a simple 2 wire hook up. If you want indivudual LED lights there are LEDs that come in a little holder that push into a drilled 1/4 hole and is a two wire hook up with the resistor preinstalled.
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From: Colorado
Just keep in mind that depending on local ordinaces it is illegal to have interior lights that are visible from the outside. In HS (over 10 years ago) my car had neon lights that would light up the whole interior and I was pulled over several times for them being visible from the outside. Under the dash and rear seats are probably the best place to put them just to light up the footwells a little bit. They are super easy to hook up. If you get the automotive lights the resistors are already built in and they are a simple 2 wire hook up. If you want indivudual LED lights there are LEDs that come in a little holder that push into a drilled 1/4 hole and is a two wire hook up with the resistor preinstalled.
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From: Colorado
uuummm. Let me see what I can do. The lights I bought were like these
4X 30cm 15 Blue LED Car Trucks Motor Grill Flexible Waterproof Light Strips | eBay
but from a different seller. They only come with a Pos/Neg wire. Very easy to wire up to each other (if you run more that 1 strip like I did) with some shrink wrap and hooked into a rocker switch. I only used them in my footwells and not outside so I would not know anything about hooking them up to the headlights.
Matthew
4X 30cm 15 Blue LED Car Trucks Motor Grill Flexible Waterproof Light Strips | eBay
but from a different seller. They only come with a Pos/Neg wire. Very easy to wire up to each other (if you run more that 1 strip like I did) with some shrink wrap and hooked into a rocker switch. I only used them in my footwells and not outside so I would not know anything about hooking them up to the headlights.
Matthew
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Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Wisconsin
We do have the Raxiom Map Light LED Conversion kit available, but nothing for lighted foot wells unfortunately. I don't think a clean white LED lighting is ricey at all, either. I think the LED foot wells just have been brought up yet.
That's a great suggestion and I definitely feel it has potential with Raxiom! I'm going to talk to my contact at Raxiom and see what we can do.
Shane
That's a great suggestion and I definitely feel it has potential with Raxiom! I'm going to talk to my contact at Raxiom and see what we can do.
Shane
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 55
From: Wisconsin
uuummm. Let me see what I can do. The lights I bought were like these
4X 30cm 15 Blue LED Car Trucks Motor Grill Flexible Waterproof Light Strips | eBay
but from a different seller. They only come with a Pos/Neg wire. Very easy to wire up to each other (if you run more that 1 strip like I did) with some shrink wrap and hooked into a rocker switch. I only used them in my footwells and not outside so I would not know anything about hooking them up to the headlights.
Matthew
4X 30cm 15 Blue LED Car Trucks Motor Grill Flexible Waterproof Light Strips | eBay
but from a different seller. They only come with a Pos/Neg wire. Very easy to wire up to each other (if you run more that 1 strip like I did) with some shrink wrap and hooked into a rocker switch. I only used them in my footwells and not outside so I would not know anything about hooking them up to the headlights.
Matthew
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 55
From: Wisconsin
Just keep in mind that depending on local ordinaces it is illegal to have interior lights that are visible from the outside. In HS (over 10 years ago) my car had neon lights that would light up the whole interior and I was pulled over several times for them being visible from the outside. Under the dash and rear seats are probably the best place to put them just to light up the footwells a little bit. They are super easy to hook up. If you get the automotive lights the resistors are already built in and they are a simple 2 wire hook up. If you want indivudual LED lights there are LEDs that come in a little holder that push into a drilled 1/4 hole and is a two wire hook up with the resistor preinstalled.
