Strobe Lights in the heater vents
Originally posted by megaveo610
Start by indentifying and knowing your strobe light system. Usually, strobe lights run down into a control module...usually black and has a dial to adjust the speed of the strobes. You'll want to put this in a convinient location somehat close to the strobes (in this case the heater vents). I found the glove compartment a great place.
1. Start by detaching ur lower a parts of the dash next to the stereo.
2. You'll see 4 gold colored bolts holding ur stereo/cubby to ur dash, remove them(for ne 1 who installed their own deck, this is all familiar)
3. Take out your stereo/cubby and remove the wiring harness and antenna wires to completely remove from dash
4. You will see a screw on each side of the bottom of the black liner that has the clock on the top. Remove them...and start removing the whole black part (its all snap-in stuff so becareful when removing)
5. Disconnect the hazard light wiring harness.
6. Take notice to the mtal frame that is INSIDE the dash...this is what you'll use to ground ur components.
7. I used a relay switch so, take some auto wire, crimp on an O-ring, remove one of the gold bolts that is screwed into the metal (10mm size) and screw the o ring down.leave the other end of this ground dangling as this will be used to ground the swich (illuminated rocker switch)
8. Pop ur glove box and peer through ur opened dash towards ur glove box...u should see the inside of ur glove box...use this to route u strobe lights through...and leave the control modul in the glove box. Place the lights in the two openings of the black piping (air ducts).
9. Time to find a power source...theres prob a million in there, but choose wisely, some only carry power if another component is used...so i would use ur stereo power wire (should be yellow and was disconnected form ur stereo a few steps before.
10 Splice into this wire with ur automotive wire and wire it up to where ur rocker switch will go (i put mine next to the hazard lights in one of those circles when u remove the whole black part of the dash..you can get in behind and take out the circle...leaving a hole to place a switch).
11. Now, ur control module should have two other wires coming out of it...black and red. Red is power, black is ground, we'll start by grounding the module the same way we did the switch. Run the ground wire form the module through the same route u did the strobe lights to the metal frame and crimp an o ring on...and ground like u did with the rocker.
12. Now, run the power wire up to the switch. (This will be known as signal, or product) Through the same way u did with the modules ground and strobe lights.
13. Now, Your rocker switch will have three prongs (if its an illuminated switch) One for ground, one for power (battery or power source), and one for signal or product (whatever it is ur installing, in this case, strobe lights) there will be a diagram on which prong is which, and attach ur leads to the switch as so.
14. If you have connected all leads to the switch, turn the switch ON and if u did this correctly, ur strobes should light up, along with ur rocker switch!
15. Now, place the black part back onto the dash sliding it in level to the dash clip it back in, and look at alll those wires. Take some wire ties etc. and make it look nice, keep in mind ur deck is goin in that big hole and filling most of it up.
16. Put the stereo back in...screw in all the screws and double check your strobes.
17. Once your dash is all back together, u can now switch them on via the switch...pop ur glove box to control the tempo of the strobes, and enjoy and hopefully you'll get as many compliments on this as i have :)
Re: Strobe Lights in the heater vents
wow so thats what my name was? megaveo610....huh well im back and i couldnt remember my name so its outrageousbveo now i cant believe my how to on this mod was so popular
