Styling Footwell lights

Alex_gregory_uk · Nov 27, 2007

I have got some LED strips to go in the front footwells and was wondering if anyone knew where I could join the cable to. I want to do them off the interior light and would be able to follow the cable down the pillar and into the dash and connect there, but am just wondering if anyone knew where the cable was so I don't have to take the trim off to work out where it goes.

Thanks in advance.

Alex

smifton · Nov 27, 2007

You can Wire it into the headunit apparently, although I havent tried myself. My ideal place was the interior light as well.

Alex_gregory_uk · Nov 27, 2007

The benefit of the interior light is it has the automatic dimmer built in so all the interior lighting will dim at the same time. So I'll take the feed from the interior light when I can locate the right wires!

T-Jet 120 · Nov 27, 2007

sounds abit dodgy to me, i wouldn't even tink about touching the electrics, could cause all sorts of faults in the future.

tommy_8884 · Nov 27, 2007

wire in parallel to the wires behind the courtesy light (if you have a sporting the wiring is quite complex cos of 2 bulbs and lots of switch positions). Not tried it but there is no reason why that wont work. Im sure you could feed it down from there without having to remove any trim. Just takes some niffty tucking.

BigAl54 · Nov 27, 2007

tommy_8884 said:
wire in parallel to the wires behind the courtesy light (if you have a sporting the wiring is quite complex cos of 2 bulbs and lots of switch positions). Not tried it but there is no reason why that wont work. Im sure you could feed it down from there without having to remove any trim. Just takes some niffty tucking.

What makes you think that only the Sporting has "2 bulbs & lots of switch positions"?

tommy_8884 · Nov 29, 2007

it does have 2 bulbs, i took the light appart last night to see what type of buls were in there, there are two switches (one left, one right) each with 3 positions. To get them both on always you switch the left one on, to get the right one only you switch the right switch while the left is switched, to get the left you have to switch the left and the right, to get them both on auto you switch them both to the middle and so on. As i said, rather complex ( i probably got those combinations wrong). If you were going to wire a light off it you would have to chose which bulb you wanted it to run off i guess.

BigAl54 · Nov 29, 2007

tommy_8884 said:
it does have 2 bulbs, i took the light appart last night to see what type of buls were in there, there are two switches (one left, one right) each with 3 positions. To get them both on always you switch the left one on, to get the right one only you switch the right switch while the left is switched, to get the left you have to switch the left and the right, to get them both on auto you switch them both to the middle and so on. As i said, rather complex ( i probably got those combinations wrong). If you were going to wire a light off it you would have to chose which bulb you wanted it to run off i guess.

I didn't say yours didn't have two bulbs. I said what makes you think that only Sportings have them. As far as I know all G.P.'s have the dual light set up.

Tris Harris · Nov 29, 2007

Do you GP guys not have a cig lighter/ 12v power source to tap into?

Andy Monty · Nov 29, 2007

there is a faglighter but its switched with the ignition...

sledge · Nov 30, 2007

I am saying nothing

puntokris · Nov 30, 2007

Why do you want lights in your footwell? is it so you can vacuum your mats at night?

T-Jet 120 · Nov 30, 2007

sledge said:
I am saying nothing

lol think i'll do the same now

Alex_gregory_uk · Nov 30, 2007

I wondered how long before the negative comments started!!!! I am following the footsteps of minnnt who I think was done some nice interior lighting.

I haven't had chance to look into it yet but will put some pics up when I have done it.

T-Jet 120 · Nov 30, 2007

lol not negative comments, we were just saying that we wouldn't do it to our GP, as if a fault occured you can say bye bye to your warranty, electronics is a dodgy area to be fidling with, unless you know what you are doing of coarse.

Alex_gregory_uk · Dec 4, 2007

I have fitted them and it was very easy. Look great too

smifton · Dec 4, 2007

Pics? and explain how ya did em matey?

Gav F · Dec 4, 2007

tbh if you screw up the wiring by wiring LEDs to the interior i dont think you should touch anything electronic...ever lol
nice to hear you got it done

post some piccys up so i can convince my mate to get them in his gp

tommy_8884 · Dec 5, 2007

BigAl54 said:
I didn't say yours didn't have two bulbs. I said what makes you think that only Sportings have them. As far as I know all G.P.'s have the dual light set up.

Oh right, the manual shows lower spec light set ups, i thought that this would mean lower spec models had them. It was like thins on my corsa. Sorry

Alex_gregory_uk · Dec 8, 2007

Here are a few pics, and a quick video to show how the lights dim when opening and closing the car.

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