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[rwiddi]

hi, i am new to the mini scene and have a '98 cooper of some sort. i'd like to wire up some lights under the dash and maybe under the seats. does anyone have any ideas of how i can easily do this and how to wire it up
many thanks

[crazycoleman118]

very easy, just need to take a live off something, make sure its has a fuse and a switch in it, the fusebox is close enough, or you could use the stero

[stevede]

hi, i am new to the mini scene and have a '98 cooper of some sort. i'd like to wire up some lights under the dash and maybe under the seats. does anyone have any ideas of how i can easily do this and how to wire it up
many thanks

Check out my project pages, plenty of LED's in there.

Give me a shout if you need any help wiring.

Regards

Steve

Edited by stevede, 07 December 2010 - 10:23 PM.

[darky32]

I wired in 2 Blue led strips to the wiring for the door pin switches and mounted them under the bottom dash rail so that they came on and lit the footwells when i opened the doors. I can take a picture if you want to give you some idea of the effect they give

Mark

[bunch1980]

Im going to add some to mine at some point and found cheapest are 12v ones meant for insides of computers and come in all shapes and sizes to.
Good idea with having some that come on when door opens, as interior light dont do much at times!!!

[darky32]

Good idea with having some that come on when door opens, as interior light dont do much at times!!!

Your not wrong there !! The interior lights are poor at the best of times.
but with fitting the led strips it has certainly made a big difference i will add a photo when i get home

[bunch1980]

Good idea with having some that come on when door opens, as interior light dont do much at times!!!

Your not wrong there !! The interior lights are poor at the best of times.
but with fitting the led strips it has certainly made a big difference i will add a photo when i get home

yea ive had mine come on when door opens now dark but it dont do much lol.
yeah i need to do same just need to find wire behind the switch again, guess only need to be connected on side as both switches are connected im
sure was the case when i added them to my alarm to trigger it.

[darky32]

This may give you some idea of how it looks ...not the best of pictures as it was taken on my Iphone, but they do light the interior up well

Mark

[bunch1980]

This may give you some idea of how it looks ...not the best of pictures as it was taken on my Iphone, but they do light the interior up well

Mark

Very cool be great on when door opens and details of how you wired them up?

[darky32]

Simple to wire up Lee, Just connect one wire from the led strip to the wire off the back of the door pin switches and the other to a fused live, so when the doors open and the pin switch creates an earth the led's come on along with the interior light

The ones I used are These

Edited by darky32, 09 December 2010 - 08:45 AM.

[disasterbus]

This may give you some idea of how it looks ...not the best of pictures as it was taken on my Iphone, but they do light the interior up well

Mark

That looks fantastic - may have to 'borrow' your idea for mine

[wardyxxx]

So say I wired them both up to the same live, but the negative to the courtesy switches on their respective sides.

Would they still both come on?

[mini_mad69]

I've had a few different interior lights in mine. My favourite ones where the UV tubes, but useless at lighting up the car at night, but looked cool.

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These where pretty good though. They ran off a switch and a constant live.

I've ordered some of those lights linked above, and i've got 100 individual leds which should work as courtesy lights.

[darky32]

So say I wired them both up to the same live, but the negative to the courtesy switches on their respective sides.

Would they still both come on?

Yes mate they should do ....mine do

[rwiddi]

brill thank you guys - got plenty to think about and so will have a look through and work it out over the coming months. the pics look great and i'm wanting to do something similar