How to Wire Footwell Lighting

[2SSRS@Gen5diy]

Originally Posted by Jakefeb3

No 1ss doesnt have abl in the doors. Thats whats causing me grief. i opened up the driver side fuse bezel and was looking for the power connection that was used here:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...&highlight=abl
But aparently 1ss doesnt even have that cable. If someone who has a 2ss could figure out where this cable connects to, that would be totally killer info to have. If I could figure out where this cable connects to, maybe I could just wire my own

It comes from the dimmer Switch.

[Jakefeb3]

the dimmer switch info was my first thought when I was thinking about how to do this. But I think all those connections are just sending data to the bcm(or something)

[Jakefeb3]

Originally Posted by 2SSRS

It comes from the dimmer Switch.

So which pins are they?

[2SSRS@Gen5diy]

Headlamp and Panel Dimmer Switch info

[Jakefeb3]

In this photo, it looks like a purple wire and another(?) wire

[Jakefeb3]

The only thing I see thats purple in the diagram is the foglights, but I dont think that is right. I dont see anything related to the ambient lighting or anything like that. Any thoughts?

[TonyNo]

Originally Posted by daphatgrant

What size fuse did you use?

3A (smallest I could find). My strips draw 0.07A each.

[cybercoaster]

Thanks TonyNo. I hope to wire in my CCFL soon

[CRZ]

For me it's looking like the best option is to tap off the forward outlet/cigarette power, install a switch that I'll mount to the right of the steering column, and manually turn on the footwell and accent lighting.

The dome switch obviously needs to fade out, and I'd like to be able to have some leds working when the car is rolling. Plus, if you switch out the dome lighting to a highpower color LED, the interior of the car will already show up lit up in your chosen color from the dome light regardless of what your footwells are doing.

I thought about connecting to the headlights, to engage the LEDs whenever the headlights were on, but having the control to turn them on whenever is probably going to work out better for me.

I'll probably get the lights and install them in January, I'll be sure to post up pics when I'm done.

[TonyNo]

Originally Posted by CRZ

if you switch out the dome lighting to a highpower color LED, the interior of the car will already show up lit up in your chosen color from the dome light regardless of what your footwells are doing

Not quite. Anything in the front 3/4 of the footwell is still dark.

[CRZ]

I'll certainly grant you that, Tony!

I guess I'm just talking about seeing the car from the exterior, when I engage the dome from the remote.

It's all in what you're looking for. If you need/want your footwell lights for further illumination in the interior to find things dropped or better light the car for entry purposes, the dome light's the way to go.

For me, I always have a flashlight on my person and one in the glovebox, so the dome and footwells are more a cosmetic thing than a utility.

[TonyNo]

Yup. All about what you want.

[SummoneR]

Tony, thanks for the write up, I had not thought about hooking it up to the dome light, that works perfectly for what I want to do.

I want the foot well and under the seats in the rear to only come on when I need to find something, therefore attaching it to the dome light works perfectly. My sister has footwell lighting in her Scion, and it's way too much to have on while driving. I plan to do small accents here and there in other area that I plan to connect with a switch, I was hoping to eliminate the number of switches and this works great.

Thanks again!!

[CarNutzCustomz]

Looks like GM will be offering a plug and play solution for footwell lighting.

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...umber=92213222

Originally Posted by Jakefeb3

In this photo, it looks like a purple wire and another(?) wire