Hello,
I am interested in installing small neon lights under the driver and passenger seats via connecting it to the car battery. I have an '02 TT quattro. I was wondering what is the easiest way to achieve access to the car battery with the least amount of wires and without drilling holes?

Also,
Does anyone on here has experience installing neon light in a cars interior?


Thanks in advance

 

Noooooo, you own a TT not a Civic.

 

hahah! I know right. I heard that from about three different people by now.

Its gonna look great IDK what everyone is frowning about. Im getting it done regardless

 

Prolly not gonna look great, but your car, your money, your decision....and your shame if you do. ;-)

mods are always personal...just do what you want.

cheers.

 

I ended up going with a LED light, not a neon light. Neon lights drain the car battery and run hot, so I decided not to go with that.

The light will only be visible to people inside the car in the leg area. I had to buy a tap-a-circuit mini, toggle switch, and LED lights, hopefully im not missing anything important.

 

Again dont put any colored lights in your TT.. but if you insist.. You can tap into a few power sources but you have the right idea.. run a wire from the battery (DO NOT FORGET TO FUSE within 18" of the battery!! SAFETY FIRST!!)

battery- fuse- toggle switch - to neons or LEDS

Im not sure how much power the lights will draw but make sure to use the appropriate AWG and as far as the size of fuse.. always fuse to the capacity handling of the wire (example-- 0 gauge= 300 amp fuse)

 

Thanks for the replies.

So, I bought a toggle switch, LED lights, tap-a-circuit and I am ready to start installing. I was thinking on using a vacant fuse slot, are vacant fuse slots always releasing power and do I get to decide the amps to use in a vacant fuse slot?

Once I decide on a appropriate fuse to tap into, would I connect the LED light wires into the toggle and then route the toggle wires into the tap a circuit or do both the toggle switch AND the LED lights need separate fuses/ power sources?

Can anyone give me a simple explanation on what the best way to go about doing this would be?

I was planning on finding an appropriate fuse. Then, routing LED wires to toggle switch, then routing toggle switch wires to tap a circuit, then put electrical tape around the wires and make sure everything is secure, and thats it.

Does this sound reasonable?

 

yup i think you got it.. just to reiterate, wire from power source to fuse to toggle to LEDS

 

I'd just use switched power, and splice into the headlight switch wiring. use a multi-meter to find the wires so your 'accent' lights come on when you turn your light switch to the first position.

Search for any sort of gauge install writeup, because just about everyone does their backlit gauges exactly like that.

 

tap-a-circuit says do not exceed 10amps... do you think it would be safe to go upto 15 amps considering my LED lights are very small and don't take much power or is that a bad idea?


also,
if for example I tap into my radio tuning fuse which is 10 amps, and I hook up my lights to that power source using tap a circuit. Does that mean that my lights will only come on when I tune my radio and they will stay off otherwise?