indiglo - on/off button

[daboolz]

I have just bought a reverse indiglo gauge off ebay for my gen 4 2000 camry. I installed it no problem, however, this indiglo comes with a cable that connects to an on/off button.

So, just turning the headlights on is not enough to turn the indiglo on, I still have to press the button. I tried cutting the wire for the on/off and connect it together, no luck. Apparently the indiglo can only be turned on when there's a change in the current going through the on/off button. So I have to separate the wire to turn on the indiglo if I start with the cables joned and vice versa.

Any ideas on how I can get around this?

[CamNub]

Not to get off topic but...
Uh...Isn't a 2000 a gen 4.5?
97-99 = Gen 4
2000-2001 = Gen 4.5 (look at ur back taillights and see if they aren't completely straight. If they kind of curve down, you have a 4.5.)

[daboolz]

my camry's backlight looks exactly like this:



Can anyone help with the indiglo?

[88 LE]

Kinda weird that your indiglo guages have a on/off switch.

The ones i've seen have 2 wires, power (tap into parking light wire) and ground.

Anyways how many wires and prongs are on the switch?

[white90dx]

My indiglows have a switch that looks like a power switch, but its actually the switch that changes the color... could that be what you are talking about?

-Charlie

[.tony. .riot.]

Originally posted by white90dx
My indiglows have a switch that looks like a power switch, but its actually the switch that changes the color... could that be what you are talking about?

-Charlie

Same here.

[prnc_chrmng]

^
ill third that

[Troyfrezze]

No, what he's talking about is an actually on of switch. I think I have the same set. The power wire is wired into my lighting system , but there is also a wire that comes down into a wire strip and then goes into a button. Now I don't mean it's got wires you can just snip at and there is a big metal button. It's a wire sheet, and a button. The button is nothing more then a circuit sheet with a non-conductive coating with a simple on/off button in it. All this is wired directly to the ballast that controls the gauges.

I'll go and take a picture of it here in a second, bout to grap a bite to eat now that i'm home from work.

[.tony. .riot.]

Are you guys sure that's a power switch and not the switch to change the color of the gauges?

[DrewsCam]

Originally posted by daboolz
my camry's backlight looks exactly like this:



Can anyone help with the indiglo?

nice one

hmm i had indiglos also, did u ask the company about them, mine i just wired to a 12 volt inverter that plugged into the cig lighter , but you can also tap into the fuse box

[Troyfrezze]

No, again it's an ON OFF button. Here are a few photos of it, assuming he's got the same setup I do.

[Troyfrezze]

here is another picture

[.tony. .riot.]

That's pretty fucking weird.
Hah.

[DrewsCam]

troyfreeze, you gotta secure that urs didnt have sm backing on it mine did, i had mine right next to my alarm led

[jhbhatia]

how is that a 2000? i assumed (and know) the gen 4.5 was 2000&2001? those tails looks gen 4 (97-99)....am i the only one who noticed that????