My next silly project

[PokeyD16Z]

Well, lemme know when you do it...I'd love to do it on mine, too...waiting for warmer weather, too, though.

[PokeyD16Z]

Is is warmer yet? lol. Fill us in on any updates!

[ethlar]

yes its warmer, and I have bad news, the CR-V part is a different color by a couple shades of grey from the Civic grey interior color. So the new plan is to get the part from a hybrid navi or and drill a hole and do a more custom job with it.

[PokeyD16Z]

Would it really matter if the gray is a little darker? Does it still work? I thought there were two grays for the CR-V...

[ethlar]

it will work, just needs wiring, there are 2 grays for the crv, neither match. Im anal retentive enough to make it be the same color, so it wont fly, so im going to make things match but hacking up different parts to accomplish that

[ethlar]

the beige interior though appears to be a match to the civics for anyone whos interested

[PokeyD16Z]

If you replace the whole assembly, will it really look bad? lol. I mean, its the only thing on the ceiling of the car, so theres not much there to compare it to (as opposed to it being down near the dash). There are already about 3 different shades of gray in the car, so i'm not going to worry about it. Do you still have it? Can you take some pics? I'm interested in the wiring part...wanna know what I'm getting into before I purchase the parts. Do you have all the part numbers you purchased?

On a side note, can I ask any more questions? lol.

[ethlar]

Originally Posted by PokeyD16Z

If you replace the whole assembly, will it really look bad? lol. I mean, its the only thing on the ceiling of the car, so theres not much there to compare it to (as opposed to it being down near the dash). There are already about 3 different shades of gray in the car, so i'm not going to worry about it. Do you still have it? Can you take some pics? I'm interested in the wiring part...wanna know what I'm getting into before I purchase the parts. Do you have all the part numbers you purchased?

On a side note, can I ask any more questions? lol.

now theres something i hadnt thought of, i dont have part in hand anymore, its sitting on my desk at home but im going to look into replacing the whole map light assembly, i think that might do it.

[ethlar]

and i dont blame you for asking questions, i wish there was someone to have asked about the RDX key before i dropped $75 on one

[ethlar]

bad news, the crv maplight assembly also includes a sunglasses holder, so it wont fit, heres the link for those who are interested
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...INTERIOR+LIGHT

[PokeyD16Z]

So, what I'm guessing is that the colors are, for the Civic, clear gray for black interior, atlas gray for gray interior...and for the CR-V, pale quartz for the gray and WQ light gray for the black interior?? Unfortunately for us, the Accord is the one with the clear gray ambient light module...and that also has a sunglass holder.

Which color for the CR-V did you try (against your atlast gray)? I wonder which is lighter...(pale quartz part number is "A" at the end, WQ light gray is "B").

[ethlar]

I had the WQ light grey. The accord has a sunglass holder as well, but the ambient light is a seperate part that should fit in our cars, the only issue is that its light is amber vs blue, but thats easy to swap out

[PokeyD16Z]

yea, that was my "unfortunately" part...the amber LED.

[ethlar]

Originally Posted by PokeyD16Z

yea, that was my "unfortunately" part...the amber LED.

I dont have an accord ambient light yet, and i highly doubt my mom would take kindly to me dismantling her accord to find out. But the other thing thats interesting to note is that in addition to the ambient light the console can also include homelink

[PokeyD16Z]

Yea, i don't think my friend would like it, either. lol. The homelink I can do without, though...I don't have a garage or anything like that. Is the homelink included on the Accord's part?

I'd really like to see pics of the color difference between the CR-V and the Civic...do you have any?

[ethlar]

I dont have any pictures showing the color difference.

the accord part i believe you have a couple options, the LX has the light, EX has the light + homelink and EX-nav has the light + homelink + nav mic

[PokeyD16Z]

which CR-V gray was darker?

[ethlar]

i think the pale quartz is lighter, but when i sat in a crv i believe that one also had a slight beige tint to it, WQ is a shade or two darker

[PokeyD16Z]

I think the pale gray should be fine. I suggest you go for it. I went to the dealer today and sat in a gray-interior CR-V and guess what? The color of the ambient light console compared to the surround is about 2 shades lighter. Same goes for the beige (they had it in a Civic EX)...its a couple shades lighter. The Accord was the same, too. The only one that was a near perfect match was the black-interior-ed Civic EX Coupe with the darker gray upper console.

[PokeyD16Z]

So, i did it! And it looks awesome. I love it. I bought both modules from the CR-V and they were both really light in comparison to the Civic pieces. But, it doesn't look too bad...i went with the darker of the two (which was more like a really light gray versus a light bronzish gray). Now, it just looks like an extension of the map lights with the module's light color. But, either way, the LED lights up the center console nicely...it works very well with the accessory ambient light.

As far as wiring it, i actually bought the harness from the CR-V (about $45) and used the plug from that (yea, damn expensive plug, but, then again, so was ordering two ambient light modules...if anyone needs one, i'll sell it to you cheap! lol). Ran the wiring through the roof and down the A-pillar, then behind the dash. I connected it to the two wires from my ambient light kit's plug (in the accessory plug in the fuse box). Its on all the time when the lights are on and the switch for the ambient light kit still works just for the lights under the dash as it should.