Looks good man. BRIGHT!!! lol...just curious. what did you tap into for them and are they controlled by your interior lights or a switch you wired in.

 

Cigarette lighter fuse(I think #6) its the switched +12v source for my hardwired radar detector, subwoofer remote turn on, and now these LEDs

Just buy an add-a-circuit from advanced autoparts

 

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Here are pictures of power wire:

I didn't feel like pulling my panels today.

Subs are out because I had to go to costco lol.


Pictures:

Under the hood:

Inside the car:

Trunk:

I grounded in the spare tire well, below the tire. And also ran the speaker wire I spliced and connected the LOC in the trunk, all RCA and power wire slack is in the spare tire well. Then it runs back out as you can see.

 

I PM'd thanks

 

Best I could get, I was in a rush.

I put an alligator clip on the wires so you knew which pair I was talking about:

Using an add-a-circuit(the wires in there are the radar detector, amp-turn-on, and LEDs) I havnt cleaned those up yet because I want to make sure I'm 100% happy with the placement of everything.

Green is positive^^ Green/Black is negative^^ the speaker wire is tapped into the wire by stripping wire with a razor and splitting strands in half like so:

Then I push the speaker wire through, wrap around, then tape.
Oh and wiring diagrams are available via a PM

 

Best I could get, I was in a rush.

I put an alligator clip on the wires so you knew which pair I was talking about:

Using an add-a-circuit(the wires in there are the radar detector, amp-turn-on, and LEDs) I havnt cleaned those up yet because I want to make sure I'm 100% happy with the placement of everything.

Green is positive^^ Green/Black is negative^^ the speaker wire is tapped into the wire by stripping wire with a razor and splitting strands in half like so:

Then I push the speaker wire through, wrap around, then tape.
Oh and wiring diagrams are available via a PM

I bought a LOC and it has 6 wires coming out of it. Which wires do I connect to the speaker wire?

Do I only splice into the green/green,black wires to get my signal for the LOC?

Thanks

 

Ok just one more question, where exactly is this at, like where did you splice at?

 

Pull up the door sill on the driver side, its right below the hood release lever.

 

thanks


thanks a lot man really appeciate it now just waiting for that line output converterto come in

 

question in some of the cruzes dashes it looks like the dash lights are either blue or green. is the color adjustable?

 

In the RS the gauges are "iceburg blue" or something i Think, in a non-rs I think it is the greenish color. I could be wrong.

 

They are all ice blue lighted

 

Hey itsbmw, I have a lot of questions and you seem to know what you are doing lol.

1. Do you have all three of those things tapped into the same fuse and is that alright to do?

2. Does it matter if you put two 10amp fuses or two 20 amp fuses in the add-a-circuit?

3. How did you route the wire from the LED's to the fuse box...specifically from the passenger side LED?

4. Where are you grounding all the wires? I haven't really found a good spot.

Thanks man

 

Hey itsbmw, I have a lot of questions and you seem to know what you are doing lol.

1. Do you have all three of those things tapped into the same fuse and is that alright to do?

2. Does it matter if you put two 10amp fuses or two 20 amp fuses in the add-a-circuit?

3. How did you route the wire from the LED's to the fuse box...specifically from the passenger side LED?

4. Where are you grounding all the wires? I haven't really found a good spot.

Thanks man

Thanks! I like to think I do

1. yes they are all tapped into the same fuse, and of course this is okay, I'm staying under what the fuse is rated for, and everything is securely connected.
2. I would say it does not matter, I ended up using a 10 and a 20, but I think 10 and 10 would be a safer bet.

3. The panels that run underneath the center console of the car pull of extremely easy(by those panels I mean the one to the right of the gas pedal, itll pull right off and you can route the wire from one side to the other.

4. Open the driver door, and where the left side of the dash meets the door, that part pops off, and there is a screw towards the top that you can loosen and put your wires behind, tighten, and voila, you have a ground

I know this picture isn't from the cruze, but it should give you a general idea of what I mean:

Car fuse box image by jdubose on Photobucket

 

Ahh you are the man! That is gonna help a bunch. Thanks a lot! What is the best way to get that side panel off near the door?

edit: Nevermind got it off. Installed blue led lights on both sides too and the install is clean! Maddd thanks to itsbmw...helped me out a bunch with all the tips man!! If you were 21 I'd buy ya a beer or two.

 

Finished product:

 

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Itsbmw, how did you run your wires to the trunk? On my Celica I went under the door sills and then under the seat to the trunk. Is that possible under these door sills?

 

Pull up the door sills, lift carpet, theres more than enough room for 4AWG wire.

 

Nice job. My buddy did this but he tapped in to a ballast he installed for these lights so he didnt take up the ciggarrette lighter. They are controlled by an off on switch underneath the steeringwheel just an idea throwing it out there

 

Nice job. My buddy did this but he tapped in to a ballast he installed for these lights so he didnt take up the ciggarrette lighter. They are controlled by an off on switch underneath the steeringwheel just an idea throwing it out there

That's really not a great idea. This guide doesn't take up the cigarette lighter, you just tap the fuse(which doesn't disable the cigarette port). No need for a switch, and if you wanted one you could put it between your remote wire..


Make sure he used an inline fuse coming from the ballast, he doesn't need his car catching on fire.


EDIT:

I see what you were saying now, oops. Yes I did not use a cigarette lighter adapter for these either, everything is hard wired. We tapped the cigarette lighter FUSE, not the cigarette lighter.

 

Could those lights be tied into the dimmer control?

 

In my opinion I would say highly unlikely. You could try it, but my guess is it would mess something up.

 

cut off switch

itsbmw , I'm planning on installing the lights just like you have instructed above. I"m curious though, where did you put the cut-off switch? If you have a pic of that would be awsome. Thaks.

 

itsbmw , I'm planning on installing the lights just like you have instructed above. I"m curious though, where did you put the cut-off switch? If you have a pic of that would be awsome. Thaks.

i don't think he has it on a switch. just on the front cigarette lighter circuit(turns on and off with the ignition). I am not positive though.

 

Osiris was correct, they turn on and off with the ignition.

 

Oh ok, I plan on putting a cut off switch with mine. I just need to find a good place to it. Any suggestions fellas?

 

Could you clarify where you found the speaker wires to splice into? I'm dreading having to do it inside the door. I want to use the stock wires so I don't have to fish into the doors to hook up new components.

 

Vulgar, all I have to do is tap into the speaker wires and everything should be finished. I might need a new amp but that's another story. Pop off the driver's side door sill plastics. Right under the hood release is the harness with eleventy billion wires. Look up in itsbmw's pics earlier in this thread. I am just trying to get the rear door speakers. On the harness there are wires going in and coming out. Coming out it looks like the spearer wire pairs are twisted around each other. The white/dark blue pair is the rear right and the 2 dark green wires are the left rear, which are the two I think itsbmw has the clip on in the earlier pics.

 

My question was asking if all of the speaker wires were there by the hood release?

If they are that really simplifies this whole build in a huge way. Do the tweeters have their own dedicated wires off the head unit, or do they run off the door speakers?

 

yes all 4 sets of speaker wires are there...just peel the tape below the massive connector back and it will reveal all of them..you may have to move a couple to find them all but they are there....each speaker wire set is twisted into a pair and are colored as followed:

Left Front:
(+) Dark Blue
(-) Brown, Dark Blue Stripe

Right Front:
(+) Yellow
(-) Yellow, Black Stripe

Left Rear:
(+) Dark Green
(-) Dark Green, Black Stripe

Right Rear:
(+) White
(-) Dark Blue, Black Stripe

 

Another question, I'm also thinking about installing an amp this weekend adn I was curious to know where did you put the ground wire.

 

heres where i put mine(not my car but the pic is for reference).....if you remove the passenger side cover where the red arrow is pointing there is a factory ground under there...i think there are 2 wires grounded there if i remember correctly...if you remove that cover you will see it...its just 3 plastic fasteners and it comes right out..hopefully this helps...my amp works like a champ...

 

I have my sub in the back right corner of the trunk. If you take out the trunk liner there is a raised spot with a hole up near the corners on both sides. My first intention was to thread the hole and use that. I didn't want a bolt sticking up into the liner and possibly tearing through it. I drilled a small hole in the side of the raised piece so the bolt will not create a bump under the liner.

It's raining right now, as it's been for days, but I can snap a pic of the ground if you'd like.

 

Awesome, i really appreciate the help guys. I plan on installing the amp and sub in my new ride this weekend. I"m so excited i can't wait to "giterdun".

Another question while I"m thinking about it. How hard is it to remove the plastics along the bottom of the doors and the plastics between the doors (where the seat belt is). Do they just snap apart? Any particular place where i should start taking them apart (middle, end)?

 

they are very easy....i started at the back side of the panel...and worked forward...they have the usual plastic snap in clips and the kick panels also have a metal pop in clip at the top...i think they all have 3 in the lower section and the b pillars(seat belt ones)same thing just pop off...i didn't take mine the whole way off just enough to sneak the wires through....and you don't need to take the door seal off it just overlaps the panels and they will come off no problem...there may also be a factory ground under the left side as i mentioned earlier i am not sure cause i put my sub on the right side and didn't look...

 

Thanks for your help Osiris, i had everything I needed but now I can't find the last piece to complete the install. I have the LS model and I saw on here how to take the rear door off to connect speaker cable to the trunk for the amp source. The problem is I can't find that article. Can you let me know how opened up the door panel.

 

no prob....you don't need to take off the door panels to tap into the speaker wires for the amp....all 4 sets of speaker wires are under the hood release under the kick panel where the red arrow is pointing in the picture in the massive harness(you will need to peel the tape back and they are all there)...bmw has a gator clip on it in his pics i think on page 2 of this thread