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Had some of them there cold cathode-ma-jiggers laying around
put them in mah' hatch there.
Makes it real sunny when I opens the tailgate



them wires will get tucked away tomorrow. I had homework tonight.

Dang those are bright! Looks good tho.. I need to do some lighting but I'm a noob when it comes to wiring

I like them!
I'm definitely doing some more in the future.

Wow!

And WTF you sleeping in the back of that thing?

B

grocerygetter wrote:Wow!

And WTF you sleeping in the back of that thing?

B

yea man. make a bed and watch some movies on the Ipod Touch over the stereo.
It's a good way to get out of the house.

Pretty nice.

Not a bad idea for sleepin back there an watchin movies. You got the mood lighting now!

Patalrob wrote:Pretty nice.

Not a bad idea for sleepin back there an watchin movies. You got the mood lighting now!

Yep, and I installed a switch so I can turn them off as well (they are activated by opening the trunk, but the switch is for convenience) so I can crack it open in the summer and get a nice breeze and enjoy some Empire Records and a bottle of wine.

I'd be careful drinking wine in the back of the car if I were you....Very nice, though. I need to do a bit of that myself, the interior lighting in the focus is absolute shit.

tgnorman wrote:I'd be careful drinking wine in the back of the car if I were you....Very nice, though. I need to do a bit of that myself, the interior lighting in the focus is absolute shit.

drinking wine in the back of the car in my driveway.
lol. I'm not dumb enough to do it elsewhere.

Hey did you go into the fuse box for these or like tap into a wire somewhere? I wanna put some in my footwells

cant_focus wrote:Hey did you go into the fuse box for these or like tap into a wire somewhere? I wanna put some in my footwells

I removed the stock light in the hatch and used its wires since it's activated by opening the hatch.
You CAN hook into the fuse box if you so choose.

each light only uses around 3-watts (1/4 amp) so you don't have to worry about overpowering the stock wiring unless you're doing ALOT of lights.
10 light tubes = 30watts.
[watts/volts=amps]
so 30watts = 2.5 amps
give or take 10%. you're looking at a max of 3 amps power draw with 10 lights.

JOsh, you're doing all of my electrical shit....

frankjt96 wrote:JOsh, you're doing all of my electrical shit....

lol
That's what all of my friends want from me!

I dont understand why everybody's so afraid of wiring. it's pretty simple in a 12-volt system and the odds of getting zapped are nearly nill

^^ unless you're strange like me, and have a 2.4 farad capacitor in the trunk...its a rather strange feeling opening the door after you disconnect the battery, and the dome light turns on.

tgnorman wrote:^^ unless you're strange like me, and have a 2.4 farad capacitor in the trunk...its a rather strange feeling opening the door after you disconnect the battery, and the dome light turns on.

big caps are a little scary.
Stick to second batteries.