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PutPut113 · 01-19-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SummoneR

BTW no need to excuse anything, it is always best to ask more questions if you don't fully understand something than to make a mistake and really mess something up. Especially if your not use to doing stuff like this. Best of luck on your install!

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Thanks! Really appreciate it.

I'm probably going to work on the install this weekend. Definitely want to hook it into the ABL wiring - sounds like its the easiest, and fortunately - what i want.

So summing up the posts above, I'm going to start on the passenger side:
-T-tap into the purple wire (it looks like in the picture its the thinner purple wire) and connect the red wire from the foot lights

-T-tap into any black wire in that same harness (looks again like the same thin size as the purple) and connect the black wire from the foot lights.

im pretty sure thats what everyone's been confirming to me is correct.

wlvrine · 01-19-2011, 06:41 PM

I too am ignorant. I just want to be able to connect my SMD light strips so I can switch them on and off whenever I want to.
PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!
Thank you in advance.

TonyNo · 01-19-2011, 06:57 PM

Hop over to page three of this thread.

wlvrine · 01-19-2011, 08:15 PM

Thanks for that!
So since I have two light strips, does that mean I cn just conect both wires (from each strip) to the same connection?

TonyNo · 01-19-2011, 08:22 PM

Yup.

calbert1999 · 01-19-2011, 08:26 PM

It would be great if the lights came with a direct connection to something with a simple splitter.

esipp · 01-23-2011, 05:25 PM

Thanks, TonyNo! I did mine this weekend and it went very smoothly thanks to your instructions. I definitely wouldn't have tried this without them.

dmwhiteman · 01-23-2011, 06:50 PM

Just got mine finished using this walk through. They look awesome!! Thanks for putting this together! It rocks!!

wlvrine · 01-24-2011, 01:41 PM

So if my goal is to just be able to switch my lights on and off anytime, does it really matter what wire I tap into if all I want/need is a power source??
To me it seems like it wouldn't matter.

TonyNo · 01-24-2011, 07:07 PM

Thanks guys.

wlvrine: You got it.

wlvrine · 01-24-2011, 07:40 PM

Well, I hooked mine up. Used the grey wire (position 1) from the pink connector as my power source and connected them to the switch that came with the AAC lighting strips. They were not very bright, barely visible, and would dim and brighten depending on how I moved the wire.
SO WHAT DID I DO WRONG??? Needless to say, I gave up.
If there's more advice, it would be nice. If not, its ok, I can leave it as is.
Thanks.

TonyNo · 01-24-2011, 08:12 PM

What did you buy from AAC? Am I correct to assume that you have CCFL's? If so, it won't work on the ABL circuit, which should only be LED's and series resistors.

wlvrine · 01-24-2011, 08:24 PM

They're the SMB lighting strips.

TonyNo · 01-24-2011, 08:41 PM

I think you are combining info from separate posts.

I started this thread for lighting tied into the dome circuit, which is the grey wire on the grey connector at the BCM.

Other people have mentioned a purple wire behind the kick-panel.

I don't think I have seen anyone mention a grey wire on the pink connector of the BCM.

01-19-2011, 06:57 PM	#311
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01-19-2011, 08:22 PM	#313
TonyNo Drives: 2016 2SS, SW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 1,079	Yup. __________________

01-19-2011, 08:26 PM	#314
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esipp Drives: 2011 2LT/RS CGM A6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 77 View My Garage	Thanks, TonyNo! I did mine this weekend and it went very smoothly thanks to your instructions. I definitely wouldn't have tried this without them. Attached Images

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TonyNo Drives: 2016 2SS, SW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 1,079	Thanks guys. wlvrine: You got it. __________________

01-19-2011, 06:41 PM	#310
wlvrine Drives: 2013 HW Edition Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 341 View My Garage	I too am ignorant. I just want to be able to connect my SMD light strips so I can switch them on and off whenever I want to. PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION! Thank you in advance.

01-19-2011, 08:15 PM	#312
wlvrine Drives: 2013 HW Edition Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 341 View My Garage	Thanks for that! So since I have two light strips, does that mean I cn just conect both wires (from each strip) to the same connection?

01-23-2011, 06:50 PM	#316
dmwhiteman Drives: 2SS Black w/ Inferno Orange Stripes Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: PA Posts: 565 View My Garage	Just got mine finished using this walk through. They look awesome!! Thanks for putting this together! It rocks!!

01-24-2011, 01:41 PM	#317
wlvrine Drives: 2013 HW Edition Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 341 View My Garage	So if my goal is to just be able to switch my lights on and off anytime, does it really matter what wire I tap into if all I want/need is a power source?? To me it seems like it wouldn't matter.

01-24-2011, 07:40 PM	#319
wlvrine Drives: 2013 HW Edition Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 341 View My Garage	Well, I hooked mine up. Used the grey wire (position 1) from the pink connector as my power source and connected them to the switch that came with the AAC lighting strips. They were not very bright, barely visible, and would dim and brighten depending on how I moved the wire. SO WHAT DID I DO WRONG??? Needless to say, I gave up. If there's more advice, it would be nice. If not, its ok, I can leave it as is. Thanks.

01-24-2011, 08:12 PM	#320
TonyNo Drives: 2016 2SS, SW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 1,079	What did you buy from AAC? Am I correct to assume that you have CCFL's? If so, it won't work on the ABL circuit, which should only be LED's and series resistors. __________________

01-24-2011, 08:24 PM	#321
wlvrine Drives: 2013 HW Edition Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 341 View My Garage	They're the SMB lighting strips.

01-24-2011, 08:41 PM	#322
TonyNo Drives: 2016 2SS, SW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 1,079	I think you are combining info from separate posts. I started this thread for lighting tied into the dome circuit, which is the grey wire on the grey connector at the BCM. Other people have mentioned a purple wire behind the kick-panel. I don't think I have seen anyone mention a grey wire on the pink connector of the BCM. __________________

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