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!
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