gauge install
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From: Houston, Tx Got traction?
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08
pull the power off of your ACC plug in your passenger footwell. I've been told you can not hook into the dimmer. So if it is important to you, install a seperate dimer switch.
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From: Poland oh
When I hooked up my flameball the instructions told you how to make it dim. Can't remember which wire but it does dim, not that I ever use that feature. I was debating if I should try to wire my gauges to the dimmer as well.
Burning Brakes
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From: Bradenton, FL
Originally Posted by SlickVic
when you guys put gauges in where do you hooktoo so that the lights will dim with all the others?
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
Originally Posted by NAVY08
and ive heard that doesnt work, id like to know where to hook them up for power at all.
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If you can't or don't want to go the route above, go to NAPA, PepBoys, or Autozone and buy a MINI fuse adapter and just tap into your fuse box pretty much anywhere.
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Originally Posted by ivandrea
When I hooked up my flameball the instructions told you how to make it dim. Can't remember which wire but it does dim, not that I ever use that feature. I was debating if I should try to wire my gauges to the dimmer as well.
It worked on my '04.
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Originally Posted by Cajundude
What year is your car? In the passenger footwell up above the BCM there are three wires that are taped off, orange, yellow, and black. The orange is a constant 12V, the yellow is swithced and the black is a ground. These wires are just taped off and waiting for something to be hooked to them. Some 2003 and 2004 models do not have this pigtail.