I have installed led bulbs all throughout the car. basically replacing every bulb with a led. my question is i want to install lights in the footwell to come on when i open the doors but I also want these on the floor to be hooked up to a switch as well so I can turn these on when I am driving down the road if I choose to also. Where and how can I wire this switch up to turn these on if I choose to?
thanks

 

Do you want them to turn on automatically similar to the mirror light?

 

Well I want them to come on when the door opens and also I want a switch on them so I can turn them on whenever id like

 

I have blue leds in my footwells and I love them. Just use a 3 position switch much like a dome light. Position 1 - on position 2 - on door open - position 3 off. Just splice into the rearview mirror signal wire.

 

Tiresmoke whose lights did you use? I'm thinking of doing mine Red if I can ever find a gauge cluster from a 98 firebird. I have Blue ones in my 07 Civic they look real nice, the wife's car.

 

I dont remember exactly which ones I used for the footwells, I got all the other ones from one of the sponsors on here. I would just replace the cluster lights with drop in leds, the factory TA lighting is kinda dull, more of a redish-orange color.

 

Where did you get that switch at ? radio shack?

 

yes i want the reddish orange look, then I could install red LED's. When I put red led's in my camaro dash they look kinda Pink, and were're not going to go there LOL.

 

Wow! Looks like more and more peeps are doing this mod. Remember back in the day people said it was to ricey! Huh! So with that...here are a couple mods I've done:

my Camaro




Mom's Camaro




Now let's start posting our pics!

 

Too ricey for me xD but like i was going on, you got 3 wires to your mirror lights, you should be able to splice off the three. If im not mistaken, one is ground, one is always on, and one is that dimmer power wire that turns on when you open door and when key fob is used. Just wire the three to a switch from radio shack and your done

 

Cobra hunter.. Those blue lights are niiiiiiice... I want that look in my car. Do you have any more pics...? Did you run a new switch..? If so where did you mount it..? Also any bulb info would be great...

I'm waiting on a set up RGB LED strips with remote control my buddy ordered for me to light up my intake on my TA ...

 

Actually they're UV LEDs. I actually tapped into the power source for the rear dome light. So, when the doors/hatch open, the lights go on. When I manually turn on the dimmer switch, they go on. And, when the lights turn off, they fade out. No bulb info to give...just used LED flex strips. Here some more pics-









The engine LEDs are on a seperate switch.

 

do i tap into all 3 wires or is there just a certain one I tap into??

 

If you want your lights to work like the map/courtesy lights, you have to use the dark blue with white wire for power, the white wire for ground, and an additional ground wire from your switch. Connect your switch to the ground side of your LED circuit so that the circuit grounds via the white wire when you want the LEDs to go on and off with the other courtesy lights but grounds through your added ground wire when you want to turn them on manually.

 

I broke into the A Piller on the driver side and spliced into the 2 wires there. My map lights in the mirror work only with the switches on the mirror and my foot wells come on when I unlock the car or when I use the switch on the headlight switch to turn the interior lights on. I needed to leave a Real light Bulb in the headliner socket to get them to go out. I covered the clear cover with Red Tape so not to have any white light.

 

do u have any pictures of your setup??

 

here is a how-to from another guy that did it. cobrahunter's pics are also there, hope this helps...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...-finished.html

 

I will take a couple of pics tonight, but i will have to remove the A Piller to see how I wired it. I remember I cut one wire completely and tapped into the other. I can take the cover off tomorrow and look but I am at work now.

OK here are two photos of my Z28 with Red LED's

 

OK read this

https://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-el...ew-mirror.html

 

thanks for ur help i have to install a system in a truck but I am plannng on doing this mod this weekend.