Interior Lighting

[G0DZLR]

iv got 3 sets of dual white neons that connect via ciggy lighter ports (surprises much). using them as ambient lighting to go in the footwells, down the centre console, and also under the front seats to illuminate the rear footwells. something subtle for classyness

dont really want to use the ciggy port as

A. it gets in the way

B. i have other plans for that power socket

C. it looks tacky

iv got a 3port ciggy power splitter i picked up with the lights, so i figure i can use that still, and have it all bundled near a alternate 12V power source within the car. where would you suggest i connect it to? like obviously the battery compartment or somewhere in the dash, but where? any good/bad spots.

cheers

[sIIgtst]

personally i would cut the ciggie ports off the neons and hard wire them with a swtich..

(provided the ciggie port isnt a transformer for them or anything like that otherwise leave it and use the 3x ciggie port)

but you can hadwire the 3x ciggie port with a switch and then plug the neons into it...

either way i tapped my neons into my accesories wire from the fuse box ( i tracked it down from the ignition )

simply fuse and switch a wire from accessories wire to the pos of the neons and earth the earth to the body.

and then when ever you flick the switch hey presto illumination....

Or alternatively you can tap into the power of the interior light the same way ( by traking the wire back down to an easy to get to location

then simply connect the power directly to the ciggie port/neons and earth to the body and when you open the door/boot hey presto illumination.

Its pretty simple.. i did the first option in my 33 with 4 neons lighting the footwells had no dramas in the 18 months they have been in.

Hope that helps and you can understand it

Corey.

[G0DZLR]

hey corey, have you got a pic of what you did for option 1? like the fuse box. and did you use a seperate switch or does it just come on when you click it over to accesories?

sounds pretty neat otherwise just what i want

[sIIgtst]

HI.

i dont have a pic handy soz ill try get 1 tomorrow arvy for you..

basically you find the accessories wire in your steering column by removing the cover and i used a test light and checked the wires

coming from the ignition barrel one at a time while turning the key to accesories and off each time until i found the one that turned on and off

with the key ( dont go past acc. or you could tap into a start up wire )

i just tapped into that wire and ran it with an inline fuse to a switch i put on the dash and then to the positive of my neons and the

negative form the neons went to the car body..

the reason i tapped the acc. instead of using any old 12v was so i couldn't accidently leave the neons on with the car off and key out

So even if i bump the switch on or something i wont have a dead battery in the morning becuase the car and neons are off

hope that made sense

Corey

[Pattygtst]

Just out of interest dude i had a set of dash neons just put in with switch. Only issue is the neon globe on the drivers side is totally visible. The installer said there was no way around it as there are to many wires. What did you do and is there away around this?

[sIIgtst]

Hey pattygtst

when i first mounted mine my neon was visible too..

So after stuffing around with a few ideas the way i solved the problem was to mount it slightly up the plastic trim under the dash

(the bit under the steering column) and the glow aims at the foot pedals. the plastic stops you from seeing the neon.. you only

need to put it up there the width of the neon. just enough to get it out of sight..

there is plenty of room and minimal wires so i don't know what your installer was talking about there.. maybe he meant up above the pedals

or was lazy dunno.

the glow on mine is fine it lights up the whole foot well and it only starts to fade out abit just as it hits the seat so i was stoked

Ill try to get some pics up on sunday arvo or monday im not at home at the moment but the car is.

But until then I hope that helps

Corey

[Burgies]

Im in the process of doing the same, and one of my cig lighters had the resistors etc in there, but what ive done is unscrew the casing and pull the wires off the cig plug inside, so now they can be wired to anything just a tip that might be useful