Interior JDM green light

[Danman281]

Anyone still have the DIY for that? real one is expensive and someone on this forum did a good job installing some on his hatch. Glows green when doors open and slowly fades away.

[VegaS10]

First allow me to say this is being copied onto several forums. Some honda specific, some not. This will require me to explain things a tad unusually, so bear with me.

Honda OEM offered an interior lighting kit that consists of 2 green bulbs. 2 small wiring harnesses, and a small instruction manual that only people on the otherside of the world can read.

A few sites sell this kit for anywhere from $90 to $130. I saw it and crapped my pants. I knew there could be a better and cheaper way.

I scrolled through ebay and ordered a few LED's. Less than $20 for about 100 of these shipped from Hong Kong. I used a clear piece of plexi I had lying around and constructed this:



I used my big battery charger as a 12 volt source:



ZOMG!!! My eg!!!



ZOMG!! A Honda Odyessy!!1!one!!!



I threw the cables in the car so I could see where the LED's had to go:



Lit them up and played with positioning:





I dropped the passenger panel. The LED bar went EXACTLY where the middle clip/tab was. I had to cut the metal tab in the dash that held this clip. I marked it:



Cut it:



and hotglued it in place:



This is the quick disconnect I used. This allows me to drop the panel, unhook the light and service anything I need to get to. It will be loomed and try to look OEM:



Soldered, loomed, and extended:







I ran that wire to the driverside of the ar and started messing with the positioning of the driverside:



Cut and glued:



On the driverside, above the kick is this harness. The green/red wire controls the dome lights. It rests at +12v and when the door opens, it goes to ground.



Use that wire as the ground for this system.

The singular plug in the fuse panel has constant +12v. You will need to drop the fusepanel for easier access. This will be used for power to this system. I forgot to take a pic of my fuseholer and spade, but I used a 10 amp fuse to run this.



And FINAL results:









Very simple, and less than $25 in materials. NONE of the cuts are visable from the drivers seat and can be easily, and cheaply replaced if desired. And yes, it does fade EXACTLY like the oem lighting!!!!

Enjoy!

[MidnightRacer59]

Sticky!

[Fallout]

Great write up! I don't understand why they used green lights for this. Not really a color I would think would be high on their list in choices, but what do I know?

[eurocivic]

Good look.

[az-epdrvr]

great write up:thumb:

[Chad]

Great write up! I don't understand why they used green lights for this. Not really a color I would think would be high on their list in choices, but what do I know?

It's easy on the eyes unlike ricertastic blue ;)

[VegaS10]

When I made this write up I was doubtful of the green as well.

I tried the blue but just was'nt feeling it.

Red was.....umm, no. I tried amber but it was'nt a "deep" enough orange. I've actually made a white set I may put in when I feel like it, but no rush.

I think the green would look great on red carpet/floormats.

[thechromecoyote]

When I made this write up I was doubtful of the green as well.

I tried the blue but just was'nt feeling it.

Red was.....umm, no. I tried amber but it was'nt a "deep" enough orange. I've actually made a white set I may put in when I feel like it, but no rush.

I think the green would look great on red carpet/floormats.

I was wondering about red...

Green is the compliment to red, and since JDM EP3s have the red interior, it would look really great against it.

[Kodeen]

I was wondering about red...

Green is the compliment to red, and since JDM EP3s have the red interior, it would look really great against it.

It's a Honda Christmas!

[simcivic08]

nice, i was searching for a cheaper way to do it

[Tnhatch03]

awesome write up!

pick yo colors!

[Chad]

One thing I would add is fusing to the green/red wire, VERY light fusing, like .25 or 1/2 amp the LED's will never pull that hard. Granted that the circuit is designed to pull incandescent lamps DOWN TO 0V but if that wire were to short to ground you start tearing things up in the multiplexer which is not a cheap venture and often takes other things "down with the ship" Cheap insurance.

Chad

[K-Shark]

One thing I would add is fusing to the green/red wire, VERY light fusing, like .25 or 1/2 amp the LED's will never pull that hard. Granted that the circuit is designed to pull incandescent lamps DOWN TO 0V but if that wire were to short to ground you start tearing things up in the multiplexer which is not a cheap venture and often takes other things "down with the ship" Cheap insurance.

Chad

the electrical/sound guru speaks! :humble:

great write up and needs to be stickied fo sho.

and damn i'm jockin your garage and car selection! all you need is a black ek9...

[simcivic08]

do you know somewhere to learn how to wire led and stuff for a safe install? I'm not very familiar with volt and ohm...