How To: Wire Interior Neons

[99ProtegeKV]

finally got pics.

finally got the pics of the lights on. looks awesome. thanks for everyone who helped me out.

 

[blkspdfreak]

i did this to my show truck, hooked it up to the door sencor so when i open the door it comes on.

 

[99ProtegeKV]

how did u do that, cause thats a good idea. obviously its not the same thing for my car, but similar.

 

[blkspdfreak]

its an 86 mitsubishi mighty max. you use the ground wire, just make sure its a big enough guage for how many neons you use. when the door opens, the ground is connected, completing the circuit. i dont know of the newer cars, ive got a msp but havent looked if its the same.

 

[south9border]

i bought a power distribution block from pepboys, tried bringing in a power line from the car battery. All the fuses were in line and correct but the freakin power distributor wouldnt DISTRIBUTE lol I spent like 2 days trying to get it to work
Finally I just called it quits and bought an add-a-line fuse adapter. Hooked up the on off switch and spliced in the neons for power. Finally works.

I suggest saving your wiring from the battery for amps that actually need that much power...
thats just me tho

 

[99ProtegeKV]

yea true.. its not too difficult.. once u have one wire going from the battery through the firewall, its easy to jsut slide in a few more... i would like to have it hooked up to the car so it turns on when i start, but then again.. i cant keep it on for show or something.. so it has its goods and bads.

 

[Proteggy]

i wired mine throught the a pillar and under the headliner and hooked it up to the dome light switch so when you open the door my neons come on looks so nice

 

[skyshels]

Dome Lighting

I understand the wiring, but how did you remove and replace the headliner and pillar cover?

 

[jeffsays]

hi there.
good job...
it's so helping...how you find dude..that's good idea..it worked great...
thanks

 

[danmowchan]

I don't mean to be a pain in the ass, but someone in here mentioned that they wired it to one of the light switches on the ceiling. Can anybody provide any insight on how to get this accomplished?

Edit: I'm in a Mazda3

 

[mx-p5]

pull down the headliner and run wiring

 

[obiwan177]

I just did this to my P5. Using LED lights from www.ledunderglow.com and they're awesome! I disconnected my fogs from the fog switch and taped together the two wires that turn them on, so they're always on. Then I replaced those wires with a power wire coming from the fuse box and another wire going to the LED kit. Works like a charm.

There are a few weird things though. My fog lights stay on when I turn on my brights, and so do my low beams. Also, if I have my LED's off, but turn my lights on, they go on at about 10%. Enough to see the footwells, but not enough for any sort of effect or anything, which I think is pretty nice.

 

[klieu]

wow, nice posts