WRITE UP: infiniti start button and accent cabin lights on the altima coupe.

[DEFTON35]

Ok so here is how i did my start button and interior cabin lights. Its very simple and easy all you need is a screw drive and the lights. You car is already wired and ready to go.

use a small screw drive and be carefull not to scrath you ****.

on the dash where the start button is there are 2 entry points, use the screw driver gently to pry the unit:

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once out you can see these entry points better so heres a pic to help:

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once the unit is out look for a clamp release that seperats the whole unit from the dash wires it looks like this:

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once out you can seperate the unit from the wires and see the three pices. the button, the chrome shroud, and the starter unit. there are 2 more clamp release's on each side that will separate the starter (brown) from the shroud:

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this is the starter:

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and again just pluged in by itself, you can see the orange illumanate when you turn you lights on:

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here are the shroud and button:

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now take your blue start button from a g35:

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plug in and test:

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now reasemble back together. the best way to do this is diconect the starter and piece back together the button, the shroud and the starter then connect the wires. now your done:

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now here is how i did my cabin lights. im curently have three, but ill show you how to do one and you could figure it out from there.

you will need this light for this retro fit it has one blue and one yellow wire:

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it has 2 prongs that will be used they look like:

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first remove gently with a screwdriver the main center roof mount at these 2 entry points:

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it will look like this. the first slot on the botton left is already cut and fitted for the light. all you have to do is remove the black felt blocking it off. you can retro fit the other to slots to hold 2 more lights if you'd like:

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now remove the 2 map lights on both sides, they have four clamps holding them in, 2 on each side of each light.

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now remove the white inroof mout using a screw drive at these four points:

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once pulled down it looks like:

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use a screwdriver to release the wire clamp from the white unit so you can pull the whole unit out (you will notice the blue and yellow wires that dont go to anything. that because you car is already pre wired.:

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now plug in the light to the coresponding slots on the oposite side:

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on the white unit there are clamps to hold these blue and yellow wire in place so there are not just hanging around. just feed the wires through the track.

replace the whit unit back in place with the light hangin out.

test the light.

clamp the light to the lower left hand spot.

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replace the map lights then the center unit, and now you are done. to do more than one light you have to splice all three lights together and then mount the into the other 2 slots, for a final effect of:

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if anyone is interested i can do some reserch here at my dealership and see if i can optain these lights and starters. i dont see why not, but worse comes to worse i have a few extra of the cabin lights i can probly sell.

but yeah thats about it, if you got questions or if this write up sucks let me know. [email protected]

-rich

[Bmore-coupe]

great write-up

if you have access to the start buttons or part #s they would be appreciated.im not sure how selling things goes on here, you would probably need to ask one of the mods. but if its cool , depending on the price, i would buy the start button

[DEFTON35]

for shure i work here so i might even get employe / factory pricing on these parts.

[alphapig]

Looks sweet

Have you also changed the instrument cluster lights?

[mikegtr06]

for shure i work here so i might even get employe / factory pricing on these parts.

i am verry interested in the cabin lights, can you send me an email. ? thanks

[LongBeachCoupe]

What is that cabin light though.. you say you need it lol.. but what/where can it be obtained?

[bina12834]

i would also be interested in the start button

*edit* .....i think i found it online for $42....someone correct me if im wrong

http://washington.majorinfinit...BusOA

pick the 2008 Infinity G37 coupe....then

- Instrument Panel- Clusters and Switched- Start Button

then its #11 in the diagram

Modified by bina12834 at 12:42 AM 11/10/2008
Modified by bina12834 at 12:42 AM 11/10/2008

[DEFTON35]

i would also be interested in the start button

*edit* .....i think i found it online for $42....someone correct me if im wrong

http://washington.majorinfinit...BusOA

pick the 2008 Infinity G37 coupe....then

- Instrument Panel- Clusters and Switched- Start Button

then its #11 in the diagram

Modified by bina12834 at 12:42 AM 11/10/2008

Modified by bina12834 at 12:42 AM 11/10/2008

yeah im pretty shure thats it. ill check around for people who were wondering about the cabin light.

[DEFTON35]

no i havnt changed the insturment pannel. i want to, but ill def need help with that one.

[dangeris]

no i havnt changed the insturment pannel. i want to, but ill def need help with that one.

Great write up but there's a lot to changing the instrument LED lights. Summanm has already done it as he is an electrical engineer and I believe will be an approved to be a NICO fabricator. Correct me if I am wrong LBC.

[bina12834]

yeah im pretty shure thats it. ill check around for people who were wondering about the cabin light.

can you get it cheaper than $42 for us? and can you also get the part number for the g35 button, just to make sure we're getting the right one? i just want to make sure thats the start button that you have thats blue. thanks
Modified by bina12834 at 9:02 AM 11/10/2008

[LongBeachCoupe]

Lets not put the carriage before the horse here, but yes im working on getting surman as an approved fabricator. Ive got some other stuff to handle first though....

[marlin29311]

cool!

[bina12834]

Lets not put the carriage before the horse here, but yes im working on getting surman as an approved fabricator. Ive got some other stuff to handle first though....

cheaper different colored start buttons?

[LongBeachCoupe]

Hey im not the salesman!Mike will post all his complete pricing and what to do etc once he is approved as a fabricator

[bina12834]

Yea but having him change the color of our start button either means 1) we send him our start button and go without our cars for however long it takes, and pay shipping, or 2) buy a new start button and send it to him, so we can still use our cars (in which you might as well buy a new G35 button if you want a blue button)

[LongBeachCoupe]

LOL... (he wouldnt leave you without a start button!)mike has start buttons he can send you, and you can send him back your old one.. or you can just buy them already modded outright from him.

In addition, if you are considering changing any other lights, itd be nice if they matched...

The infiniti start button is a much "softer" blue than Mikes is.

[bina12834]

LOL... (he wouldnt leave you without a start button!)mike has start buttons he can send you, and you can send him back your old one.. or you can just buy them already modded outright from him.

In addition, if you are considering changing any other lights, itd be nice if they matched...

The infiniti start button is a much "softer" blue than Mikes is.

oh ok that sounds good.....i like the softer blue....it matches the orange much better

[surmanm]

can you get it cheaper than $42 for us?

Modified by bina12834 at 9:02 AM 11/10/2008

for the a/c nico guys i can do it cheaper then $42 you can tell me what color you want i send you a completed color modded button and once you receive it you can ship me back your old button. im going to hold off until brian makes a a fab

[LongBeachCoupe]

+1 on following NICO policy!+1 on competitive pricing!

[bina12834]

nice....thats what i like to hear. are you just going to be sending us/require us to be sending back this part? or are you sending us the whole button? Also are you going to be able to do the soft blue color like in the Infinity's?

[surmanm]

nice....thats what i like to hear. are you just going to be sending us/require us to be sending back this part? or are you sending us the whole button? Also are you going to be able to do the soft blue color like in the Infinity's?

i will be sending the whole entire button, in terms of color its the light output for example this blue led

is 470nm wave length if you wanted a lighter( softer blue) i would just be able to get a different wavelength led for example 480nm-490nm

hear is a picture of the different color wavelength so you get an idea of what im talking about

[bina12834]

so would you be able to get a wavelength that replicates the Infinity's button color?

i noticed in your pic that the word "Engine" is also a different color. can we pick any color scheme we want for the different LEDs that are in the button? for some reason it popped in my head that it might be cool to make the "Lock" red the "ACC" yellow and have the "ON" green....that way when you turn your car on it will cycle through the colors and look like a traffic light. eh....now that i put my idea into words it sounds kind of dumb.

i also noticed that the Infinity's "LOCK" "ACC" and "ON" are a lighter color amber than on the Nissan's......if you can replicate the colors on the Infinity button, ill send you payment right now....lol

[bina12834]

hey DEFTON35....what year G35 is that button off of?

[DEFTON35]

hey DEFTON35....what year G35 is that button off of?

yeah my bad i did some reserch and the start button is off a 2008 EX35. the other modles are blue and yellow, however; the ex35 is blue and orange. i would recomend going through surmanm, it looks like he does good work and he says it will be cheaper, so you cant loose. this is just an easy quick mod alternative.

but i do have some bad news the cabin ambiant light can not be ordered by it self. it turns out you have to purchse the whole unit. sun glass holder map light n' all. but i see what i can get off a few modles that we will whole sale. SO IF YOUR INTERESTED IN THE CABIN LIGHT- shoot me an email a.s.a.p

-rich

[bina12834]

whats the update as to when this is going to happen surmanm

[edonissan13]

How much for a blue light?

[MikeGL]

Sorry to bring up such an old post, but after a lot of googling I finally found this and it's exactly what I need. Does anyone have the pictures that go with this write up? Or could you post a link to another with pictures? Also, where can I get the blue Infiniti button? Online? Dealership? Thanks in advance.

[LongBeachCoupe]

surmanm

[QR25DE]

Also the Infiniti start/stop button is not blue.