Ok, so I decided that I wanted to put blue neon in the footwells of my 2006 Z, and began to look on the forums for a good way to go about doing this. After looking at the articles that exist, I realized that none of them explained what I wanted to do with the neons. If you want your neons to go on when you turn on the car, and go off when your turn off the car, and stay on all the time in between, please read on.
What You Will Need:
- Two neons 10" or 12" (I used the pepboys/autozone type, since everything is already included in the pack, and I was too impatient to wait for something to be shipped
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- Electrical Tape
- Scissors or a knife
- A Coat Hanger
- Zip Ties
Step 1:
If you bought the neons from autozone or pep boys (the ones that actually expect you to install them by plugging them into the cig lighter), just cut of the cigarette adapter and strip about an inch of plastic off of the black and red wire. Do this with both neons, and set them aside for now.
Step 2:
Go into the passenger footwell, and feel around for the wiring for the cigarette adapter that is in the passenger area. When you find the two wires (one red one black), try to pull them down a little just so it'll be easier to work; you can tuck them back up there again once you're done.
Step 3:
Take your scissors or knife, and strip the plastic off of about an inch of both the black and red wire on the cigarette lighter wiring. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CUT THE WIRES. just strip off the plastic. Do this all the way around the wire, making sure theres a nice good section of clean copper on each wire.
Step 4:
Test. Turn your key just before ignition, and touch the neon wiring to the cig wiring. If you bought the pep boys ones, make sure they're on the "always on" setting, and not the pulse to the music setting. If they light up, keep going with step 5. If they don't, sorry!
Step 5:
Now take your coat hanger, stretch it out, and tape one of the neons wires onto it. Make sure you cover the end of the hanger with a lot of electrical tape so it doesn't scratch your car. This neon is going to be for the driver's side. Now feed the wire through the center console, slightly toward the rear of the shifter. When the wire comes out the other side, disconnect it, and just tuck the wire in the plastic siding until you get up near the cig wiring. Now you're good for the driver's side.
Step 6:
Take both the wiring for the driver's side neon and the passengers side neon, and wrap the wiring around the cig wiring for both neons. Now just wrap this up with some electrical tape.
Step 7:
Grab Some of the zip ties, and mount up the lights in the footwells. I also used the zip ties to hide some of the extra neon wiring.
You're done! The neons will come on whenever the key is turned, and turn off when the car is off. Easy to install, no battery connection neccessary, and they look great too. I'll try to post some pictures later on, but if you did it like my car, there is no visible wiring or light hardware. Only the cool blue glow
PLEASE give me your feedback. This is my first car project.
Thanks
Dan
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