An Overview on How to install Neon & LED Interior Car Lights
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So you've got your LED or Neon interior car lights, but you're now a bit confused as to where all the car interior neon lights and wires go?" Well fear not, we'll show all the "in's & out's" of this type of installation and the easiest way of doing it.
It's a good idea to disconnect the battery before installing any car light
accessories. You can do this by disconnecting the negative battery cable
and placing it to one side of the battery where it won't touch any part
of the vehicles body. It's also wise to have your vehicles service manual
handy for information about the specifics of the electrical system on
your vehicle.
For interior car lights, the best places to mount the LED or neon tubes
are under the dash on both sides just above where your feet go, but high
enough so as not to kick the tubes or damage them. There are also many
other places you can fit them and their location is only limited by your
imagination.
To operate the lights manually, your going to need a switch located near
you, so you'll need to buy a simple "2way toggle" switch (or use the switch
that may have came with your neon/led tube kit) from your nearest custom
car accessories store. This switch will be inserted into (in-line with)
the main power wire that supplies the kit with 12Volt power.
Choose if you want your interior car lights to turn on automatically when
the headlights are turned on, or if you want to control the lights separately
with a "toggle" switch.
If you want the neon or LED tubes to light up automatically when the headlights
are turned on, then you will need to find a wire under the dash near the
steering column. This wire you are looking for is normally Red or Yellow,
and it's supplying the "headlight control switch" with 12V power - you're
going to have to "tap" into this wire to light-up your neon lights when
the headlights are turned on.
If you want to be able to control the interior car lights separately from
the headlights, (best option) then there's two ways you can do this...
1) The power wire can be connected directly to the Positive side of the
car battery, or...
2) It can be connected to any 12V power wire from under the dashboard.
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If you choose to tap into a power wire from behind the dash to power your
interior car lights you'll also need to buy a "Circuit Tester" from your
nearest custom car accessory store - they only cost about $10 dollars.
To use this tester is simple, it looks like a pen with an earth wire hanging
out the top of it and a clamp attached to the end of the wire, and it
has a globe inside the middle of the pen, or on its end, which lights
up when you have found power somewhere.
To complete the interior car lighting circuit - you'll now just need to
attach the earth wire coming out from the from your led or neon tubes
to the chassis of the vehicle. You can do this in the same way as described
above for the earth wire on the tester - anywhere where there is bare
steel under the dash is always a good earth connection for your interior
car lights, even if you find a screw under the dash that is screwed into
bare steel and it is holding another wire in place as an earth, you can
use this too as an earth location. The control panel earth wire will need
to be securely screwed to the chassis of the vehicle or to any "Earth
wire" to complete the power circuit.
After your "power" & "earth" connections are complete, your car interior
neon lights should now work. If they appear dull and not real bright,
then be sure to check that you have made GOOD earth and POWER connections.
That's it, you're all done - now all you have to do is put any plastic
panels back into place that you may have removed, pack your tools up,
and then head off to show your friends what a great look you've just created
on your car - Enjoy!
Please see our "More-In-depth" and step-by-step picture illustrated instructions
on How to install LED or Neon interior car lights onto your vehicle.
