When do your dome lights come on??

My dome lights don't come on when I unlock the truck with the keyfob, but only when I open a door...is everybody's truck like this too? My previous vehicle turned them on when I unlocked it, which was handy sometimes.

Reason I'm asking is because I want to wire the dome lights to my rock lights under the frame, and it would be pretty cool to have them come on when the dome lights come on, especially while I'm walking to my truck at night.

Any input? How would I go about the wiring? I'm thinking it's as easy as splicing a wire into the 12v hot wire going to the dome lights, and running it into a splice on the rock light 12v hot wire.

 

Mine turn on when I unlock with the key fob. Except one time two weeks ago, leaving for work, the dome did not turn on. I was groggy but I still paused in the driveway because it caught me off guard. All day I wracked my brain trying to figure out if I had switched something the day before. Never did figure it out. Every day since it's lit up just fine when I unlock.

 

Interesting...mine never come on with the key fob.

 

i wanted to do the same thing... someone gave me a link to this write up and it looks like just what you want to do. (Tacomaworld is awesome)

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/technical-chat/4838-cheap-free-mods-18.html#post297835


what rock lights did you use... have any other pictures?

 

Thanks for the link! That's awesome!

I got a 5m long strip of cool white LED's from ebay. They sell them in rolls for $22, and they can be cut to length or just used as one long one. I cut mine to length on side, and the same for the other, and was left with about 3 feet extra. They are waterproof, and have a 3M backing tape that is very strong. so far, I love them! I will be adding more to the wheel wells, and front/rear bumpers to get everything lit up under the truck. I will also be doing my bed lights using these. Heres a link to the product.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5050-5M-300...323539?pt=US_Car_Lighting&hash=item4aa88bf193

Crappy iPhone pics, but they're very bright. I'll take better photos this weekend.

 

some pictures of where you mounted them would be great! i think i used the same ones.. or similar ones.. for my bed lights set up. Wish i would've known to use the 5050's like you did.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/243738-bed-lights.html


thought about using these for rock lights.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20x-SMD-Mod...H_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e66c7e51b&afsrc=1

 

I'll take some this weekend with my DSLR and post them.

I thought about those too, but after seeing these in person on my friends truck (his were RGB color changing with an IR remote) I decided to pull the trigger.

 

Mine come on with the key fob but every once in awhile it won't come on until I open the door..

 

This is interesting...I wonder why mine don't? Dealership option with the computer?

 

maybe the 3 way switch up at the dome light ?

 

I don't think mine come one till I open the door...
Never really paid attention to it though.

 

I checked mine last night and they come on with the unlock button.

 

Checked mine too, come on when I click unlock on the fob.

 

interesting you have rock lights to??

 

Not yet.

 

Looks like you need some sliders. Btw how do you like 4.88 gears?

 

The dome light will turn on when you hit the unlock if it was previously locked.

Get out of truck lock the doors, come back and the unlock will turn the dome light on.

Get out of truck without locking doors, come back and the unlock will not turn the dome light on.


Just what I've gathered from my truck.

 

I have sliders now and I love them! I think they are a good pair for oversize tires with the automatic tranny. Lost a couple mpg with them but I still average 17 mpg both city and hwy each.

 

Not the case for me. My truck can be locked all day at work, and when I walk up to it at night to unlock using the key fob, the ambers flash, it beeps, unlocks, but the dome light remains off until I physical pull the handle and open the door.

 

Interesting. Maybe it changed when they added the 'beep'