LED cup holder mod...

I'm beginning to work on my cupholder modification, and I wanna wire the power to the LED delights to the light that comes on under the gear shift lever indicator. Any idea which wire might be the one that carries this power?

 

I bought my sister one for her car even though she didn't put it in, http://accentglowled.com/product/optima11-cupholder/

Maybe the guide here'll help

http://accentglowled.com/product/custom-led-cup-holder/

Keep us posted, Tom

 

If it were Micgiver

If it were MacGyver, he would cut the green wire, but what the hell do I know

 

NO NO! Cut the pink or we all blow up

 

think the purple wire has power on it if I remember right for interior lights.

 

Don't rule out the brown wire.... Brown wires just don't get the recognition they deserve...!

 

Brown wires matter.

 

you guys are killing me. a preview. all working on the bench... will write-up and install tomorrow. this is the micro controller in the center box...

 

Jeessh...even cupholder mods look complicated

#SAFbecausetoocomplicated

 

Interesting

 

Whatever you do, don't cut the red wire.

 

I got this working over the weekend. Turns out that none of the cables to the shifter would work, as each powered the selection light (e.g. Park, Reverse, etc). I ended up splicing off the LED that lights up the Qi charger bay. Lots of wires... made them all able to disconnect so I can pull the center console out as well. Took a bunch of random pictures to show the progress.

My only issue is that it's pretty bright... especially in the center cup holder, even with the lowest dim setting on the micro controller. For the middle and back cup holder, I drilled holes and mounted the LED from behind using a glue gun. One nice little find was that I made a "dot" of glue that I could then push into the hole to make it look flush.... looks really professional. in the hole that is too bright, I may try to create a glue "dot" that is a bit cloudy to diffuse the light a bit more.

For the two cup holders up front, I just made a small cut and pulled the LED into the area between the two cup holders. I then drilled two extra holes in the little device (pulls right now) to let more light through.

 

Do you have any night shots?

 

Nice job OP

 

not the greatest shots... The red seems to be the least bright so far.

 

Nice job OP..... Now you only 8 more cup holders to go...hehe!!

 

I thought I was the only one obsessed with adding LED lighting in the interior. I see you tapped into the green wire on the shift pattern wire harness. What does this illuminate in the shift pattern? I want to tap into the "P" specifically in order to illuminate my TRD Pro shift knob.

 

Looks like it could use a higher value resistor.

 

I have a 1k resistor already. My end result will be this once I get the shift cover back from the shop that is going to cut the TRD lettering out.

 

Nice, I’m kinda ocd about colors and output. Most aftermarket switches are way too bright. I went 20k on one in the armrest.