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Ok, so I bought these l.e.d. strips and i have them mounted under the headlight lenses inside the bumper (facing outwards). Now, what I would like to do is wire them so they turn on when the car is on with ignition or whatnot. And then off when the car is off. Could you guys possibly help me by telling me where or what I could wire these to? Thanks tons, I want to get these things going!
Wire them to your parking light harness. It's easier that way. I had them awhile ago.
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Not to sound dumb, but where is that harness exactly? and that wont blow fuses or anything will it?
the wires that go to ur parking light bulb
Harness is found plugged in to the orange turn signal bulb, and no you won't blow fuses, LED's hardly draw current, you would have to run a ridiculous amount LED strips to blow your park light fuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by shartOFwar
^^^ Thats true but just remember to take off the battery neg plug while you do this. And ground the LED (black) wire to the chassis intead of the harness.
^why not go to harness for ground? Just curious.
Some of the wires in our car if anyone has notice goes crappy over time so a more direct grounding to the chassis for fail safe. He could use the harness ground but that would take more work depending on how he does it (Im hoping hes gonna splice/tap it) versus self tapping screw to the chassis.
Note: OP, If your gonna self tap. make sure the thread are not painted over or it wont be grounded.
wire them to the parking lights that work best on my galant
Ground to the chassis power through the same switched. 12v that turns on your audio
whats the point of that?Quote:
Originally Posted by master_visionary
Whenever his car is turned on the lights will come on and go off when the car does
It will fray overtime if an accessory with a higher current draw than what it was designed for is used, but LED's hardly draw juice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ADExternal
LED’s are essentially DC devices that need from 1.2to 4V to power. How many LEDs and how many he may attach? and are they all going to be LEDs? It's just a fail safe way to work for a more dedicated current to ground to.Quote:
Originally Posted by oakrdrs187
I believe he is using 12v LED strips. Chassis ground is best with high current lighting such as HID, but have you ever seen how thin the wires are on those LED strips? Just crimping a ring terminal to it cuts it, which is why I would just solder it to the factory ground wire. Either works fine though.
Alright so I finally got around to wiring them up and what I did was, grounded them to the chassis and then ran the power to the harness that plugs into the upper parking lamps. So they turn on when the parking lamps are on. They look pretty good Imo and they light up the whole inside of the headlight lens.
Can you upload some pics?Quote:
Originally Posted by shartOFwar
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by wetamup2k3g
Man seriously where's da pics??? Show n tell :)
Sorry guys. i'll hopefully have pics up soon. Some jackass backed into my parked car at the local mall and effed up my front bumper and driver's side fender. Should only be a few days and then will be good as new. then to the pictures!
Oh, you too? Post that in the graveyard forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by shartOFwar
So, that makes four cars, three today or in the last 24 hrs, 1 recently. Not to mention in the last few months, a whole bunch.
^^only 1 IMO is too much, 4 is equivalent to genecide in my book.
Are you guys freaking kidding me? That many so close together? thats insane. The thing that gets me a bit is that I just washed my car a couple hours before it happened. Go figure lol
so where are these pics?
If I can dig mine up ill post.
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You still have those on your Andrew?
They're there, but not hooked up. The passenger side needs to be replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by oakrdrs187
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^^ Haha....
they aren't weather proof, is it worth it in your opinion?
It was actually the solder that had to be done to switch the wires to the other end of the strip that went bad. They looked cool. It'd be something Id do again. Just with better quality LEDsQuote:
Originally Posted by oakrdrs187
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not to shabby.. was iffy bout it to be honest... somehow managed to keep it clean... approveee
which wires should i connect led strips to so that they blink with the turn signals but come on when the car does like the OP wanted? There are three wires connected to the turn signal bulb, which one do i splice into?
update: nvm. i see that to do what i wanted requires a different led strip