[camryguru]

nice lights. im sure theres an easier way tho. how did you do the lights in the cubby hole? i've also added lights in mine, one of my first mods. i put a switch on the back of the part that opens so when the door is fully open my lights will come on.

 

[camryguru]

What would be a good gauge of wiring? Also like touring camry said cant i just add a fuse? But i might not at all sine they are on like for less than a minute everyday

16 gauge should be fine. i would worry more about if the insulation of the speaker wire could handle the heat if anything. but assuming 700ma at 12V would produce 8.4 watts of heat, correct me if im wrong please. so it should be fine considering the short amount of time they will run.

 

[camryguru]

a very nice write up!



yeahh.. i would also like to know how.

i have a few questions. so for us, who do have moonroofs and like to also add footwells to the passengers in the back? would it be possible to repeat the same steps but using the dome light in the back instead? or something different? and can you give more details for people who would like to do create a switch to turn on/off the lights. thanks.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2923930/2


thats how i did the lights in my cubby hole. im not sure if his was done the same way tho.

 

[camryguru]

very nice write up, think i need to start working on my car more lol

if i wanted to wire up a switch to the footwell lighting as well as run it to the dome light i'd have to run a constant supply in parallel to the dome light power, just add the switch to the constant supply to activate on/off the footwells? Is there an easier way to do this? I'm just thinking if I'm in my car and I want to look for something on the floor, I can flip a switch and the footwells will come on but not the domelight and at the same time they'll activate when the dome is lit.

try using diodes or a relay

 

[camryguru]

hey CamrySExxx, when you recieved your cathodes was the kit put together to be installed in a computer? i got a kit from xoxide.com and it was a computer kit so i thought that the yellow wire would have been 12v and the black should have been ground. is this correct? because my kits not working and im not sure why, i have to take my volt meter home from work tonight so i can see whats wrong, but it looks like my kit is f*cked and just doesnt work period because i also hooked it to my computers power supply and it still didnt work. so xoxide.com is not recommended to buy cathodes. and now the wires are cut so i cant return it. i went ahead and ordered some from case-mods.com today.

 

[camryguru]

^ hey can i see a pic of your wires and the ones you cut off? it could be different than mine. I am pretty sure i used the BLACK and RED wire. The red wire was connected to the yellow one through a switch though

yeah, same here. the yellow wire comes from the molex connector to the switch then turns into a red wire. i even tried yesterday removing the switch and just connecting the red and yellow together. still no luck. i have my meter now so i can do more research today. oh, the brand of the lights are LOGISYS.


i used the yellow and black wire that are separated on the bottom of the pic.

 

[camryguru]

nevermind, i found the problem. the fuse in the inverter is blown.

 

[camryguru]

so yesterday i recieved my lights in the mail. i also requested an inverter for the other lights i had already. the new lights work, but the old, blue lights, i originally had, still dont work. i hooked the new inverter to them and it blew that one too. i tried hooking the inverter to the new lights, that i knew worked, and nothing. so now i know the real reason. those blue lights were [email protected]#ked. blew two inverters. the two new lights i have are white, and the others are the blue/green. i wanted white, and blue. but they said white was sold out so i said replace the white for the blue/green ones. what i recieved were the white, and blue/green. so what i got was not what i ordered, but i did get the extra inverter with wiring/switch free of charge.

 

[camryguru]

here's a pic of my footwell lights. there are the blue/green and white ccfl's. they're just sitting under the seats for now and depending on how the move while driving i get lots of variation in color. i just switched out the white ones today for blue, so now its blue/green and blue. i'll see how that looks tonight. If i like it im putting the white ones in the trunk.