Footwell lighting I know it's been done to death. But.

[Matt8892]

I've literally read every single thread I coukd find on it today. And read mention of this, but nothing to definitive.

Has anyone hooked up their lights to the cigarette lighter. Meaning, tapping into the hot wire of the cigarette outlet. That way, the footwell lighting only comes on when the car is running and goes out automatically when the car shuts off. Then no messing with switches or anything. This is really the route I wanna go with it. Any advice on which wire to tap into.

I've also heard mention of fuse 17 in the drive side fuse box. And that it switched power as well. So I coukd achieve the same exact results as tapping into the cigarette lighter wire.

Any thoughts on this guy's?

Also, in case anyone was wondering, I footwell lighting hook up now with a switch. and it's on off whether the car is running or not. And right after hooking it all up I went away for a week and left the footwell lighting on. And the car didn't die!

[eankar]

Just tap into the yellow wire coming from the traction control switch. The lights will turn on when it is dark out and go off when it's not automatically. If you want them to come on when it is not dark out you can turn them on by turning the parking lights or head lights on. And you can also control the brightness with the dimmer switch that controls all of the other dash and switch lighting.

[patternpilot]

I did something else but for the life of me I cant remember where I made the connection. They come on when the door is opened and off when its closed. They are connected to the interior lighting circuit so can be manually turned on with the interior light dimmer switch. Hmmmm. Where is that wire?

[eankar]

Originally Posted by patternpilot

I did something else but for the life of me I cant remember where I made the connection. They come on when the door is opened and off when its closed. They are connected to the interior lighting circuit so can be manually turned on with the interior light dimmer switch. Hmmmm. Where is that wire?

Sounds like you used the gray wire by the brake pedal, but it sounds like he wants his lights on when the car is being driven so that would not be a good option.

[hazy]

I did exactly what you're referencing.

I bought THIS kit off amazon, and it comes with fuse taps/fuses. I just tapped into the fuse for the cig lighter (probably 17, can't recall off the top of my head) and it functions as you're wanting it to.

The LED controller is tucked away in that nook, wires are all ran behind/under the dash, and it comes on with the vehicle either 'on' or 'accessory' When I turn it off, lights go off.

It also has it's own remote, so you can change colors/dim/brigten/turn off with the remote while the vehicle is on if you're heading down the road and don't want them on. A little piece of velcro on the back of the remote, and the opposing piece on the map pocket in the drivers side door makes easy storage/access for the remote, and it's not sliding around inside the center console.

Hit me up if you have any questions, or want pics... It's a REALLY simple install. Literally took me more time to figure out light placement and wire routing than it did to actually do the work. Total time was probably an hr and a half? Maybe 2 hrs including 2 beers?

You could also wire this directly into the cig lighter wiring, but it's a much cleaner/easier install to use the supplied fuse tap.

[myold88]

I connected mine to the gray wire. Only come on when the door is opened or I can turn them
on while driving with the dome light switch. Best of both worlds imo.

[newagemuscle]

Originally Posted by Matt8892

I've literally read every single thread I coukd find on it today. And read mention of this, but nothing to definitive.

Has anyone hooked up their lights to the cigarette lighter. Meaning, tapping into the hot wire of the cigarette outlet. That way, the footwell lighting only comes on when the car is running and goes out automatically when the car shuts off. Then no messing with switches or anything. This is really the route I wanna go with it. Any advice on which wire to tap into.

I've also heard mention of fuse 17 in the drive side fuse box. And that it switched power as well. So I coukd achieve the same exact results as tapping into the cigarette lighter wire.

Any thoughts on this guy's?

Also, in case anyone was wondering, I footwell lighting hook up now with a switch. and it's on off whether the car is running or not. And right after hooking it all up I went away for a week and left the footwell lighting on. And the car didn't die!

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227120

[Matt8892]

Originally Posted by eankar

Just tap into the yellow wire coming from the traction control switch. The lights will turn on when it is dark out and go off when it's not automatically. If you want them to come on when it is not dark out you can turn them on by turning the parking lights or head lights on. And you can also control the brightness with the dimmer switch that controls all of the other dash and switch lighting.

This sounds perfect. So you're saying to just tap into the traction control button wire (yellow wire) that is just to the left of the cigarette lighter outlet?

[Matt8892]

Originally Posted by newagemuscle

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227120

Mines a late 2010. So according to that thread and vin number, I won't have the plug.

[Coop1701]

I tapped in to the Dome Light. I did that because I only wanted lighting when the doors were open. Works well and the kit I got off of Amazon was only like 42 bucks.

[Matt8892]

Originally Posted by Coop1701

I tapped in to the Dome Light. I did that because I only wanted lighting when the doors were open. Works well and the kit I got off of Amazon was only like 42 bucks.

I want them on while driving. Without needing to flip a switch or hit a button

[eankar]

Originally Posted by Matt8892

This sounds perfect. So you're saying to just tap into the traction control button wire (yellow wire) that is just to the left of the cigarette lighter outlet?

That's the one

[Matt8892]

Originally Posted by eankar

That's the one

So basically tap the led wires directly into the traction control wire and it all works as you described? No adding fuses or anything?

[ron123]

Originally Posted by Matt8892

Has anyone hooked up their lights to the cigarette lighter. Meaning, tapping into the hot wire of the cigarette outlet. That way, the footwell lighting only comes on when the car is running and goes out automatically when the car shuts off. Then no messing with switches or anything. This is really the route I wanna go with it. Any advice on which wire to tap into.

This is the exact approach the Camaro OEM LED Cupholder/Footwell lighting option uses. I bought the option kit box brand new unopened that was in the trunk of a Camaro in a wrecking yard. The OEM kit has a connector that attaches to the back of the power port that is inside the armrest and this provides power to the cup holder LEDs and the footwell lights. Bought that kit for about $75 and installed it myself. Normal option price is $500 when buying the Camaro new (and is dealer installed once the car arrives). Lighting in the kit is fairly subtle -- 2 levels of blue, 2 levels of red, or alternates between all 4 settings automatically. Remembers what setting it was set to last, for the next time the car is started.
Ron