Rewiring interior lights
Race Director
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From: Edgewood Washington
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
When I saw the title of your latest thread I thought you were going to be installing HID's in your interior.
Not sure what you're asking. Do you want the interior lights to stay off when you open the doors in the dark or do you want to turn the dash/guage lights all the way off?
The only 'interior' light that stays on in my '06 is the amber/orange ambiance light in the passenger's visor clip.
Not sure what you're asking. Do you want the interior lights to stay off when you open the doors in the dark or do you want to turn the dash/guage lights all the way off?
The only 'interior' light that stays on in my '06 is the amber/orange ambiance light in the passenger's visor clip.
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Speedy
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From: Tn
2024 C8 of the Year Finalist - Modified
So basically I'd like to beable to drive at night with the headlights on and instead of just dimming the lights for all the interior controls i'd like a way to completely shut them off. So thé radio hvac door controls will all be off when inpress a button. Pressing the button restores normal interior lighting
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Speedy
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From: Tn
2024 C8 of the Year Finalist - Modified
for example in my impreza 12v goes to the dimmer switch then out to all the lights, i put a switch post dimmer that if pressed cuts power to all my interior lights but does not effect the exterior lights.
at night i now can have my headlights on, but the radio, hvac and all interior controls are off leaving the inside of the vehicle pitch black. the only item that is on are the needles (not the gauges behind them) and it looks really cool at night.
the big reason i want to do this is because i replaced all my interior control button lights with leds that no longer dim with the dimmer
just brain storming it may be easier to simple use the switch to provide 12v to the exterior lights
at night i now can have my headlights on, but the radio, hvac and all interior controls are off leaving the inside of the vehicle pitch black. the only item that is on are the needles (not the gauges behind them) and it looks really cool at night.
the big reason i want to do this is because i replaced all my interior control button lights with leds that no longer dim with the dimmer
just brain storming it may be easier to simple use the switch to provide 12v to the exterior lights
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Speedy
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From: Tn
2024 C8 of the Year Finalist - Modified
ok yea there seems to be no way of turning off the interior lights once the stalk turns them on,
option 1
is simply to make a switch that provides 12v to the low beams/ position lights/ fog light relays. this way i have my exterior lights on with a pitch black interior. basically work around the sophisticated electronics
option 2 (not sure if it will work, ill experiment this winter)
unplug the sunload sensor (this will cause the interior lights to activate by default when the lights are activated) and run the circuit to a switch with a 1k ohm resistor, when the switch is pressed the circuit closes with 1k ohms resistance (what the sensor reads in daylight) and none of the interior lights should illuminate
option 3
at the very least id like to cut power to the gauge cluster backlighting except for the needles so that only the needles are illuminated
option 1
is simply to make a switch that provides 12v to the low beams/ position lights/ fog light relays. this way i have my exterior lights on with a pitch black interior. basically work around the sophisticated electronics
option 2 (not sure if it will work, ill experiment this winter)
unplug the sunload sensor (this will cause the interior lights to activate by default when the lights are activated) and run the circuit to a switch with a 1k ohm resistor, when the switch is pressed the circuit closes with 1k ohms resistance (what the sensor reads in daylight) and none of the interior lights should illuminate
option 3
at the very least id like to cut power to the gauge cluster backlighting except for the needles so that only the needles are illuminated
Last edited by SinisterC6; Aug 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM.
