interior light install - wiring schematic anyone?

[bassthrive]

Im looking to install lights in the driver and passenger footwells which will come on when a door is opened or more generally speaking, when the interior dome light comes on. I took off the panel under the glove box and found a whole load of wires there. If I could splice in to some switched power there it would be a whole lot cooler than running these two lights off the cigarette lighter. I dont know why our cars didnt come with these lights in the first place. The lights I am using are 12v 5w philips blue vision bulbs.

- Paul

[ZXLNT]

Well looking at the wiring diagram in front of me, the ground circuit needs to be complete to turn on the dome light. All this is ran of the integration relay it looks like. Where that is, I dont know. The dome light, personal light and vanity lights are ran off of the same circuit. It looks like a red wire from the integration relay. 7.5 amp fuse on that circuit. Maybe look around for that fuse will get into the right area. I study this some more and get back wid ya.

[mattacosta]

you should try wiring into the fuse panel...maybe that will work... i would suggest that....it's just a matter of finding the right wire...

heres a suggestion i don't know how well it would work:

you know how the dome light turns on when you open the door? maybe hook it up to the door....the little trigger on the door that controls when the light goes on and off.. something like that i don't know really...just throwing ideas out.. email me if you have any ideas... mattacostaj@hotmail.com

[bassthrive]

yea, special thanks to Xyntax for telling me how his lights are hooked up. he went through the fuse box (headlight fuse to be specific). there is a fuse for the dome light there as well. tested it out today and it works just how i want it to. just gotta figure out a way to hook the wire into the fusebox permanently. right now i plan on just holding the wires to the sockets of the dome fuse and pushing the fuse in to clip the wires in place. the light i tested it with was an old sidemarker, but those wires were pretty thick. ill have to use a wire with a higher gauge when i officially hook them up, unless anyone else has another suggestion...

[bassthrive]

that is, the large fuse box by the battery.

[Gunman]

Hi bassthrive, what you want to do is quite simple, first you need to drop the knee panel under the steering column, and what your looking for is a red wire with a white stripe, it is located in a 7 pin plug on the top right side of the fuse box, of course always test it with a meter or safe light. Every time the dome light comes on it will show you negative, Once you determine its the correct wire simply tap into it and wire up a relay, what your gonna do is wire the red with white to pin 85, pin 86 and pin 87 are gonna be run to constant 12 volts, just make sure to properly fuse off with the recomended power amperage, and then pin 30 will run to the lights that you want to turn on in your kick panels. total time should be less than half an hour to complete everything. only one more thing on pin 87a just place a female fully insulated spade over it to keep it from grounding out.

[bassthrive]

you've got a message gunman

[Gunman]

here's a diagram i got together for you as far as how to wire up your lights. As far as finding the correct wire you must test since there a more than a few red with white that toyota likes to use. A safe light is very much like a test light except that it only reads what your probing, if you have power it will usually show a red color and ground will usually show a green color, a meter may be a bit confusing for you to test with. Constant 12volts will show you power no matter what position the key is in. I think that should help you out, again if you get stuck or confused on anything else, just let me know

[Yanks0114]

Me and a friend had worked on a project like this on his firebird. Of course it was a little different but basically we tapped into the door plungers so when the doors were open the neons were on, but he also wanted a manual on switch. When the switch was flipped, we didn't want the dome lights to come on because the power would feed throughout the circuit so we used transistors to limit the flow of electricity one way. It turned out great and its really unique

[Gunman]

are you talking about a small black piece with a silver stripe on one end yank? if so thats a diode, to prevent the dome light from ''seeing'' the switch other wise everytime he hit the switch the light would come on right?

[Guest]

i put lights in my footwells, front and back (camry). I've taken pictures, but it's a 35mm, so it's still in the camera. i also wired up my personal light (the map light) to turn on with my front doors.

basically, you can just tap into both the plus and minus of the dome light, once you determine which ones they are. i didn't use a relay. i don't think it's necessary for the (2) 5 w bulbs that you'll be using.

jerold

[Yanks0114]

are you talking about a small black piece with a silver stripe on one end yank? if so thats a diode, to prevent the dome light from ''seeing'' the switch other wise everytime he hit the switch the light would come on right?

LOL yup.

I was a little too tired last night to actually think of what it was called. I knew i used the wrong word, but then again it was like 1130 and i had been on a plane for 4 hours.

[bassthrive]

Hey all, heres an update of my progress, or lack thereof. I need to get to the wires under my steering column. First problem, i cant get the plastic kick panel off. Is there some trick to it? Help would be appreciated.


scew one, easy enough

one side of the panel popped out

here is a view from the brake pedal, the picture is upside down, the panel is stuck on some sort of clip right next to the steering column

closer view of that clip

two screws on left side of panel, making a grand total of 3 screws taken out

this panel is all one piece and it seems to be joined with the door jamb holding it down!

hood release removed

closer view of the panel lip under the door jamb


P.S. - i have decided to go with two 6" neon tubes under the dash for the driver and passenger's side instead of the original philips bulbs.

[Guest]

Hey all, heres an update of my progress, or lack thereof. I need to get to the wires under my steering column. First problem, i cant get the plastic kick panel off. Is there some trick to it? Help would be appreciated.

been only a few weeks since i pulled apart mine, but my memory is just so bad. i'm pretty sure if it's stuck, it's just those clips holding it in. i think if you just stuck your hand back there, you could feel it. those clips are a pain. all i know how to remove them is just to pull them out with brute force. hopefully, someone else can offer a "less brute force" solution. good luck. i bet those neons will look awesome.
jerold

[Gunman]

10mm bolt covered by kick panel