Rear interior lamps October 09, 2012, 10:11:10 PM So I want to swap in some LEDs into the rear seat panels on my car. There is a pigtail there in the harness for factory lights, but I cannot tell where the wires run. Does anyone have information about where the other end stops? I figured it'd be in the center console but there is nothing in there. Hints? Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #1 – October 09, 2012, 10:24:22 PM I know my car has a connector in the center console for the on/off switch that allows rear seat passengers to turn those lights on. I can get a picture if need be. Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #2 – October 09, 2012, 10:29:24 PM Yeah, I believe there should be a switch at the back of the Center console, but maybe not all center consoles got them. Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #3 – October 09, 2012, 10:34:21 PM I didn't have anything when I looked. I'll take it apart again and look one more time before I get my interior back inside. Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #4 – October 09, 2012, 11:04:24 PM As per the 83 and 84 dealer brochures, the rear lights were part of the "interior luxury group option" and was optional on base birds, standard on Elan, Heritage, and Fila. Its very possible there was a different harness for the cars without the option. Im not sure about the later years (87/88) cars..... Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #5 – October 10, 2012, 01:03:49 AM turn out the wire IS there. It's two pins though, so the ground must be somewhere else?Anyway, got the wires mostly run for the carpc. Doing things right takes a lot of time, but it's also much more stress free going at a slow pace, tidying everything up. HDMI, 4xUSB, antenna, and two signal wires are run flat on the passenger side of the center console, and the speaker wire I will be placing in the channel near the door tomorrow. Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #6 – October 10, 2012, 12:31:07 PM I have no idea where the ground is. I know that the connector only has those two wires, which I found odd. Is you can an LX? If should it should have had the switch on the rear of the center console by the ash tray. Quote Selected
Rear interior lamps Reply #7 – October 10, 2012, 02:27:12 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;400200I have no idea where the ground is. I know that the connector only has those two wires, which I found odd. Is you can an LX? If should it should have had the switch on the rear of the center console by the ash tray. VIN provides "LX Sport" for insurance companies. I don't have the rear lamps, but picked up an interior from a red TC come time back with them. I will be installing LEDs back there, using whatever I can get without overheating the things. I'm thinking 2-3W is the limit for the space, but I don't know if I can perhaps fit in my larger heatsinks and run them at 8W each. I have 20 or so emitters with 20 or so heatsinks (half keep 1W cold, 3W warm, and the other half keep 4W cool, 7W warm, 10W hot) to mount them to. I'm REALLY curious about the huge space in the center console - that's good for about 600 lumens in such a small space :pI will likely have the center console and floor lights replaced with LEDs in the next two weeks, 600 lumens each. I think the dome light needs a milled out block of aluminum to heatsink that. There isn't enough room to cool any LEDs up there, especially with the later Ford dome lights (plastic but better lens/reflectors). Those, TC doors after audio system fabrication, and rear seat lights will come later. I need to get a switch for the center console.I REALLY need to build a CNC mill and get a 200A AC TIG welder to do the pieces I'm going to need for using LEDs in the head/marker lights. With the new job, I think it'll be something I can do sooner rather than later now Quote Selected
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