Had an idea of installing some additional interior lighting but not sure how going about it. Bascially my idea is to install some footwell lights and an led in each door pocket pointing upwards to give a nice light on the inside of the door.

I've intially thought about using the 12v socket in the centre compartment, getting a male 12v male cig socket with an inbuilt fuse and switch and creating a parallel circuit. Not sure if a series would be suitable.

I'd prefer not to tap into any other wires but just to run the led's from the 12v. Probably be a pain hiding the wires and running them thru the door but think it would look quite good and different.

Whats your thoughts guys and any ideas/suggestions or more than welcome

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

are you planning on having the lights just sort of glow inside the door pocket or are you intending on quite a lot of the light batheing the inside of the car from all sides (this would be a bit on an issue at night)
also are you going to have them on all the time or just timed ie when you shut the engine off for 2 mins and when you unlock the car until the engine comes on .
as for the switches there are loads of ways you could do it either manual or automatic , i guess it just depends on exactly what you want to achieve .
i like doing this sort of modifying aswell , not particularily expensive and very unique , loads of work for little gain but always worth it i think
good on ya

dont want mega amount of light, just a glow and want to run them from a male cig socket from the centre arm rest so ideally just plug in and switch on. dont want to be tapping into any other wires etc not sure if it will work like but would like to give it a go

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

it shouldnt be too hard to do , you wont need a switch if you are running it off a lighter plug anyway , just unplug it and the four doors can all be run in parralel if you are using leds with a load resistor across them
led's are cheap enough from places like maplins , or if you want white ones you may find its cheaper to buy a cheap led torch and remove the stuff you need .
thats what i have done in the past

thats summat i dint think about load resistors would it be possible to have them in series? any idea what common 501 led would use? think they can be used in series as long as it doesn't exceed the supply power

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

i am sure you can use them either way and just load them to suit , r u avin them in all four doors? or just a few in each of the two front doors

was going to do an LED in all four door pockets and an led in each footwell. was thinking under the front two seats but think that might be a tad two much

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

i would think you can have loads of leds straight out of the lighter socket all loaded accordingly as they wont take too much current 50ma or something its just all the wiring you are going to need for the job its going to be quite a task

i'm starting to have second thoughts already haha might just do footwells and under the fron seats then the wiring can be tucked away quite easily. if i did the door pockets aswell would be a tad more tricky

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

Door pockets would be a bit of a faff as you'dd need to run all the wires behind the door trim

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thru the door hinges and under the carpet. would look good but maybe too much effort.

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

Get it dun Shaun

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"Good choice, turbo's are a cheat anyway, normally aspirated makes you a better driver"

"Thing is its only running about 330 unreliable horsepower"

i have got a week off soon so might give it a shot

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg

When's your week off ? Mite have the week off and come and help ya lol

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"Good choice, turbo's are a cheat anyway, normally aspirated makes you a better driver"

"Thing is its only running about 330 unreliable horsepower"

erm 29th Oct

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Currently having major heart surgery at TotalMPS

aka shaunyg