Sorry about the quality of these pictures. Low light and a camera phone aren't very useful. But hopefully it can help others.
I planned on installing lights under both front seats and in each footwell. So, I needed wire going from the fuse box (where we will tap in later) going to all four places. I used the existing wire from the Pods for the footwells and some seperatly purchased 18AWG wire for the seats.
I have to suggest you read the Courtesy Light installation instructions as they have nice diagrams on taking apart the dash. It also shows where to route your wires through the dash.
2001-2008 Honda Civic Accessories : Genuine Honda Accessories at Discount Prices
First I used Street FX ElectroPods for the motorcycle. This, by far, is the best deal. You get 3 pairs of 6-LED Pods and 2 seperate 6-LED strips for about $90 (depending on tax and/or shipping). They look great; no spotlighting, hotspots, banding on the walls, etc. Clean, diffused light that works on 12V circuits.
This is your kit:
It comes with a rocker switch and fuse.
-Begin install-
Materials:
Less than 20 feet of two wires. I choose Red for (+)Postivie and Black for (-)Negative.
Medium Phillips head screwdriver
Zip ties (tie locks)
ElectroPods kit
2 T-taps - 22AWG
2 Male Crimp Connectors
Double-sided tape
Wire stippers (or knife)
Wire nuts (Scotchloks)
Electrical tape
Crimping tool
1) Pull apart your dash
2) Route your wires. I went across the bottom of the door jam. All these plastic pieces come off easy. Just pull.
Then, I used a straightened coat hanger and pushed the pair of wires under the carpet to an existing opening in the carpet located directly under the seat. Once the wires were out I could leave them alone. We will attach the lights later.
All the wires ended at the drivers footwell. I spliced all the reds together and left a pigtail as the one exposed end to them all. I did the same with the Black wires.
3) All the wire were routed and I tapped into the fuse box. I used the T-taps like these, however mine were Red because we are tapping into 22AWG wire. Electrical connectors are color coded. Keep in mind you have to pair up a T-Tap with a Male Connector (shown on the bottom). They are sold seperatly.
2 T-taps and a male crimp connector.
A male crimp connector.
The two wires to tap are the (+) Positive, Blue/Grey, and the (-) Negative Pink/Grey located in the Blue harness mounted underneath the main fuse box. The Blue T-Tap shown is to my aftermarket amp, please disregard. It's connected to a Purple/Grey wire and only comes on if the car is in the ON position. (See post #9 - Si uses the Light Blue wires)
Same picture, different angle. Some of you may see that 6-pin connector in the upper left corner of the fuse box. And if you read the Courtesy Light installation instructions that come with the OEM kit, you would plug your Courtsey harness into that spot. Also, if you have Fog Lights, I believe this is the same spot that the Fog harness plugs in to.
:rockwoot:
Well, I finally finished. The only hard part was finding T-taps. I even had an audio installer tell me not to use them because the wire would eventually break. He worked for the same company that installed my AMP and that used a T-Tap. at: Get your T-taps and hook in! I spent over 5 hours driving around looking for T-taps. I spent an easy 5 hours looking for the ElectrPod kit. When I finally found where they were at it was an hour drive each way.
I went all out when taking apart my car. I may have removed more dash than necessary for some of you (I also removed the radio and glove box, and later the RPM instrument panel ), but it's really easy to take out and put back in. And I wanted to know exactly where I had routed my wires, as I later used zip ties to clean things up. Total install time (not counting looking for parts) about 2 hours. It could be done in 1 if I had to do it again. :thumb:
And a video of the light fading out.
YouTube - Courtesy Lights fading out with Dome feed
I planned on installing lights under both front seats and in each footwell. So, I needed wire going from the fuse box (where we will tap in later) going to all four places. I used the existing wire from the Pods for the footwells and some seperatly purchased 18AWG wire for the seats.
I have to suggest you read the Courtesy Light installation instructions as they have nice diagrams on taking apart the dash. It also shows where to route your wires through the dash.
2001-2008 Honda Civic Accessories : Genuine Honda Accessories at Discount Prices
First I used Street FX ElectroPods for the motorcycle. This, by far, is the best deal. You get 3 pairs of 6-LED Pods and 2 seperate 6-LED strips for about $90 (depending on tax and/or shipping). They look great; no spotlighting, hotspots, banding on the walls, etc. Clean, diffused light that works on 12V circuits.
This is your kit:
It comes with a rocker switch and fuse.
-Begin install-
Materials:
Less than 20 feet of two wires. I choose Red for (+)Postivie and Black for (-)Negative.
Medium Phillips head screwdriver
Zip ties (tie locks)
ElectroPods kit
2 T-taps - 22AWG
2 Male Crimp Connectors
Double-sided tape
Wire stippers (or knife)
Wire nuts (Scotchloks)
Electrical tape
Crimping tool
1) Pull apart your dash
2) Route your wires. I went across the bottom of the door jam. All these plastic pieces come off easy. Just pull.
Then, I used a straightened coat hanger and pushed the pair of wires under the carpet to an existing opening in the carpet located directly under the seat. Once the wires were out I could leave them alone. We will attach the lights later.
All the wires ended at the drivers footwell. I spliced all the reds together and left a pigtail as the one exposed end to them all. I did the same with the Black wires.
3) All the wire were routed and I tapped into the fuse box. I used the T-taps like these, however mine were Red because we are tapping into 22AWG wire. Electrical connectors are color coded. Keep in mind you have to pair up a T-Tap with a Male Connector (shown on the bottom). They are sold seperatly.
The two wires to tap are the (+) Positive, Blue/Grey, and the (-) Negative Pink/Grey located in the Blue harness mounted underneath the main fuse box. The Blue T-Tap shown is to my aftermarket amp, please disregard. It's connected to a Purple/Grey wire and only comes on if the car is in the ON position. (See post #9 - Si uses the Light Blue wires)
Same picture, different angle. Some of you may see that 6-pin connector in the upper left corner of the fuse box. And if you read the Courtesy Light installation instructions that come with the OEM kit, you would plug your Courtsey harness into that spot. Also, if you have Fog Lights, I believe this is the same spot that the Fog harness plugs in to.
:rockwoot:
Well, I finally finished. The only hard part was finding T-taps. I even had an audio installer tell me not to use them because the wire would eventually break. He worked for the same company that installed my AMP and that used a T-Tap. at: Get your T-taps and hook in! I spent over 5 hours driving around looking for T-taps. I spent an easy 5 hours looking for the ElectrPod kit. When I finally found where they were at it was an hour drive each way.
I went all out when taking apart my car. I may have removed more dash than necessary for some of you (I also removed the radio and glove box, and later the RPM instrument panel ), but it's really easy to take out and put back in. And I wanted to know exactly where I had routed my wires, as I later used zip ties to clean things up. Total install time (not counting looking for parts) about 2 hours. It could be done in 1 if I had to do it again. :thumb:
And a video of the light fading out.
YouTube - Courtesy Lights fading out with Dome feed