[itsbmw]

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

 

[slecyk]

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.

 

[slecyk]

Finished product:

 

[itsbmw]

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[4piecekit]

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?

 

[itsbmw]

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.

 

[darkmeth]

Props!

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

Itsbmw-thanks again for the assist. Got around doing my setup this last weekend and it worked like a charm! Appreciate it!

 

[itsbmw]

Itsbmw-thanks again for the assist. Got around doing my setup this last weekend and it worked like a charm! Appreciate it!

Yep! Not a problem.

Glad to hear everything worked

 

[CHEVYCRUZE RS]

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

 

[itsbmw]

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.

 

[Big Tom]

Could those lights be tied into the dimmer control?

 

[itsbmw]

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.

 

[mrheavydee95]

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.

 

[osiris10012]

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.

 

[itsbmw]

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

 

[mrheavydee95]

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?

 

[Vulgar_Display]

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.

 

[4piecekit]

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.

 

[Vulgar_Display]

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?

 

[osiris10012]

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