Help Interior Lighting Kit

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:32 pm

i bought one of mx mania yesterday and was starting to install it, but for the heck of me i cant find the plug that is under the dash. it only has 2 wires coming out of it, its suppose to be up around the fuse box area but i cant seem to find it.
the car is a 2001 NB btw.
Does anyone have any picys of where this would be located?

Cheers in advance

silvermiata · Postby **silvermiata** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:31 pm

3 wires are coming down from the passenger side kick panel. just take off your glove box (really easy) and you will see the 3 wires running. 1 is door tirgger, one is 12+ and one is negative.... just tap it in... took me ages to find the damn cables while installing my alarm...

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:00 pm

Yeah, it's on the passenger side. White plug mounted to the body up near the blower. I only remember 2 wires but my memory is pretty average these days.

silvermiata · Postby **silvermiata** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:44 pm

hmmm... gary i could be wrong as my short term is not very good either :roll:

maybe it is 2 wires.. well just use a voltmeter to check

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:18 pm

sweet as cheers.

the damn instructions said it was under the fuse box! doh!

thanks peoples! time to pull the glovebox out again

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:50 pm

Regie wrote:sweet as cheers.

the damn instructions said it was under the fuse box! doh!

thanks peoples! time to pull the glovebox out again

You'll probably find the instructions are for LHD cars.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:15 pm

Benny wrote:
Regie wrote:sweet as cheers.

the damn instructions said it was under the fuse box! doh!

thanks peoples! time to pull the glovebox out again

You'll probably find the instructions are for LHD cars.

hehe yep they sure are. oh well i have a good mental image of how the dash looks under the steering column now

they are installed and working and man there is a lot more light in the cabin now when the doors are opened. i recomend this kit to anyone! its tops!

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:18 pm

Regie wrote:
Benny wrote:
Regie wrote:sweet as cheers.

the damn instructions said it was under the fuse box! doh!

thanks peoples! time to pull the glovebox out again

You'll probably find the instructions are for LHD cars.

hehe yep they sure are. oh well i have a good mental image of how the dash looks under the steering column now

they are installed and working and man there is a lot more light in the cabin now when the doors are opened. i recomend this kit to anyone! its tops!

can you wire them to light up when the parker lights are switched on?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:57 pm

sliq wrote:can you wire them to light up when the parker lights are switched on?

I'd think you wouldn't want to do that since it'd mean that the interior lights would be always on if you're driving at night?

Nonetheless, I'm sure it's possible. Just a matter of figuring out where the ACC cable runs to and tapping to that.

silvermiata · Postby **silvermiata** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:42 pm

sliq you can wire them so they turn on when your parkers are on, just tap the + side into the wire behind the light dimmer switch (cant remember what colour it was i can find out for you.) and it should do the trick... good idea to put red leds under the dash for nigth driving..

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:23 pm

silvermiata wrote:sliq you can wire them so they turn on when your parkers are on, just tap the + side into the wire behind the light dimmer switch (cant remember what colour it was i can find out for you.) and it should do the trick... good idea to put red leds under the dash for nigth driving..

silvermiata are u free this sunday? we can do my radiator and i can have a squizz at your interior led's

fabiank · Postby **fabiank** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:27 pm

I've been trying to work out how to do this for months, and stumbled across this topic. Is the wiring for the lights the same on a 2004 SE as well? I assume I will find the wiring under the glove box as well and not under the steering wheel?

Thanks heaps :-)