MustangP51
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- January 16, 2005
- Messages
- 1,377
- Reaction score
- 2
- City, State
- Connecticut
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2009 Limited V8
Good work on the lights man, I like it. I been putting lights under the dash of my cars for 10 years now, never used LED's before though. I just always used the 3 dollar side marker lights you get in the trailer and towing section of the part store. Pretty simple to hook up, just find a ground for each of them (I soldered a piece of wire onto the lug in the plastic housing to make it easier) and take the power wire and wire it straight into the headlights in the fuse box, so they are on with the headlights. No switches needed and I never had one burn anything up, ever. You can get them lights in red orange and blue and even purple if you hit a truckstop, and since those are the most common colors people use for accent lighting, I never had any issues. I always wondered abotu LEd's tyhough they look pretty bright in the pics, do they get distracting at all when your driving with them?? My marker lights I dont even notice anymore I'm so used to them, but everyone else does when they get in the car.
Haha IK I love the truck stop parts/accessories stores. I can drive with them on, no problem but it does affect your night vision a bit, so I usually have them off.
Toast I check my Haynes manual for a color code for the wire, and as usual Haynes did not come through for me. I think Haynes manuals are better used as back up toilet paper.