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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 12:59 PM
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Yeah, that's the same year and model as mine Takes5tries.
Skitzianist,
Between THOSE 2, I would choose the 1st.
And color, since your balt is silver, I'd get white.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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i got leds in under my dash and seats and in my cupholders as well... Its very easy to wire youjust have to take about 2 hours to wire it. check mine on cardomain, pics arent as good as the guy with the green leds. I put my switches in a differnt spot as well.
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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Are you using the resistors to dim the lights? As well how many ohms are those resistors? I couldn't see the resistors good enough in the pic to grab the color code
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Old May 18, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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hey yeah im a newb and was wondering how do u tap into the 12v source lol
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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hey yeah im a newb and was wondering how do u tap into the 12v source lol
What I did, was take the center console out, and cut the wire in half (since I only used one cig lighter. Later I realized that was stupid and spliced it back together.

What I reccomend you do, is strip some of the insulator off of one of the 12v wires, and connect your LED's to those.

(don't forget the switch you should have to turn them on/off).

Later on, I might wire them to my headlights, so when they come on, so do the cupholder LEDs.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:27 AM
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You read your maps upside down?

Man.....even moderators are getting bad on this site.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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if you can rig something up for me in a kit that is easily installable i'd buy one.. What are you using to light up the leg room areas? Little bulbs like that or short tubes?
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Custom LED tubes for my feet. The kit is easy. drill glue solder and wire. cant get easier then that.
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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LEDs are so functional
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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I've never really did any wiring n a car before so I was hoping you could answer some questions for me.

1. How do you tap into the cigar lighter (what color wires hook up to what)?
2. What is needed to hook into the fuse block, where would you put the fuse at and how do you hook into the fuse block.

If you could answer these questons I would greatly appreciate it and pics would probably help greatly.
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Old Sep 3, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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I have already started putting together some packages to sell on ebay. If you guys are intrested let me know. I will include LEDs, resisters, and also wire.
Hell yea, I'll be interested in that, as long as it comes with directions
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackLS
I've never really did any wiring n a car before so I was hoping you could answer some questions for me.

1. How do you tap into the cigar lighter (what color wires hook up to what)?
2. What is needed to hook into the fuse block, where would you put the fuse at and how do you hook into the fuse block.

If you could answer these questons I would greatly appreciate it and pics would probably help greatly.

The wire you want to tap into for power isn't black. The ground is though. I'd use two in line taps (A piece of plastic with two places for the wire to run and has a metal end that you press into the wires to complete the circut) Just run the lighting off that if all you are runnign is the leds. There isn't enough current rinnign through them to pop that fuse I wouldnt' think. LEDs use like a milliamp of juice a piece. It'd take a bunch of them to pull even one amp.
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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leds use little no no electricty, i believe you would need over 1,000 to blow the fuse
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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I still have kits by the way if anyone is intrested!
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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how much?
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 12:07 AM
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Can you sell a color shifting setup?
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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What would it take to make them Sound sensitive?
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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i think they would work with a music interface unit from street glow
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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My kit is done and installed
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During installation I only used two resistors per each cupholder instead of the recommended 3, to make the cupholders brighter
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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leds use little no no electricty, i believe you would need over 1,000 to blow the fuse

nope i touched the ground to the power wire and POOF went fuse...oh well, they have replacements in the fusebox (i wired into the accesory outlet....canstant power even when keys are out and everything, I can turn them on whenever I want, as opposed to going to the power outlet). Its so damn hard to mount a damn thing in these cars! 4 months later, I STILL dont have the back right LED mounted (blew all the LED's...whoops!)
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DJNateGnau
What would it take to make them Sound sensitive?

buy something with a sensitive box connected, splice into the line after the box, and there you go...its just a box that controls that.
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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my leds stay on forever till i shut them off with my switch. the pwoer cigar lighter outlet is on 24/7/365 unless battery is unplugged
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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Bump for the new commers! I have kits available in any color!!
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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How much?
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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