LED wiring question

[Dirty30]

Hey whats going on guys.. My girl just purchased an '08 Nissan Altima Coupe and wanted to install blue LEDs under the dash on both the driver side as well as the passenger side. I was wondering if anyone knew where to wire the LEDs so that it will stay on while the car is on and turn off when the car is switched off. I tried searching for a topic similar to mines and found something in the Armada section of NICO, but I don't think the wiring would be similar to the Altimas. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[phobs]

Welcome to Nico and congrats on your girlfriend's new a/c . I've seen people connecting the wires to the cigarette lighter so it will always be on when the car is on but off when the car is off.

[Dirty30]

Thanks for the response phobs. Where would the fuse be for the cigarette lighter be?

[surmanm]

i wired my whole car with blue leds under the seats in the cup holders in the back and in the center inside the little shelf that opens, connected it to a switch which i fitted next to the tcs switch and ran power from the battery with a fuse brian LBC has pictures of a step by step when i installed it we took a ton of pictures ask him to do the write up, he told me was going to do it harass him.

[notaverage]

i wired my whole car with blue leds under the seats in the cup holders in the back and in the center inside the little shelf that opens, connected it to a switch which i fitted next to the tcs switch and ran power from the battery with a fuse brian LBC has pictures of a step by step when i installed it we took a ton of pictures ask him to do the write up, he told me was going to do it harass him.

LBC, consider yourself called out, lol

[LongBeachCoupe]

damn it... ill post all the pics for surman.. but hes gotta do the writeup to earn his custom title lol...

[Colton92]

I cant wait for this write up!!!!

[Dirty30]

thanks for the replies guys. is there a way to connect the LEDs without connecting them to the battery. I know phobs mentioned connecting them through the cigarette lighter. Anyone have any idea how to do that?

[LongBeachCoupe]

Its a bit tricky, but to get to the back of the cig lighter n the console box up front... You need to remove the box. Theres 2-4 bolts (i dont recall, but it will be detailed in the writeup ill make SURMAN post lol) and just a few tabs you need to pop out.

Take a look at the FSM (full service manual) http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/Altima/2008/ it shows exploded views of everything, or wait for surman to write it up.(best idea)LBC

[dangeris]

Dang guys..this is like...ahhh either read the book or wait for the movie to come out...

C'mon mike..do the write up already...

[LongBeachCoupe]

we got beat to the punch...http://forums.altimas.org/zero...lders

[iiladyeclipseii]

Hey. I put white leds under my dash and my seats and just wired them to the interior lights fuse-you can just find it on the inside of the fuse box cover. Just get a splitter and hide the wires. The leds turn on when you start the engine and my HIDS look like they're extending back into my car--it's pretty dope

[phobs]

Let's get some pics up

[Dirty30]

hey thanks for the replies! where exactly is that fuse and where can I purchase the wire splitter?