Led in cup holder?

u could use a glove box light with a blue cover i know you can get green covers lol could get power for cigarette lighter

 

Just get a flexible smd strip off ebay and use that, Link into the glovebox light or the interior light's if you want it to come on when you open the door or swich on the light, Or the phone power and use a swich.
Many way's to do it... but i think a smd strip would be the best and brightest
good luck

 

Shouldnt be hard.

Tap into the interior light, trace some wire to the cup holder area and place into the underside. Easy enough to do or run it from 12v constant which should eb available from the window switches.

In fact, since the window switches are powered by the ecu, and cut off power when leaving the vehicle and locking it, should be easy enough to tap into that and do a overide switch as well but if its faint enough wont have to worry.

Hmmmmmmmmmm interesting.

EDIt
Ebay for SMD strip

Was going to get these and place in boot, and possibly in interior of car in suttle areas like footwells.

 

Yeh after every 3rd LED you cut along the cut lines and diff colours available

 

i bought 12 cm led strips and have them in my clubby's foglight hole, looks uneek... got a glove box light on the way to put in the cup holder aswell (cutting a hole for it ) and gonna figure out about a switch to turn it on and of so its not on while driving , ill keep you posted

 

that link would b better value 4 money but if u just want the 1 section (3 LEDs) which would b more than enough u can get them from jaycar or altronics but u will pay a lil 4 them being aussie sellers. i think they were around the $5-7 mark.

if u want them 2 turn on with ur interior light circuit use the unused globe socket thats 4 the higher end models that have footwells. u'll find it tapped up behind ur ECU.

 

I bought this
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Doing the boot, some lighting in footwells and rear console pocket and prob the cup holder too.

$13.37, cheap as chips

 

Done it finally

After initial trial and error, found a easy solution.

In the top picture, you can see what the LEDs look like normally and with a blue filter around it. I installed the one with the blue filter with double sided tape on the underside of the pop out cup holder thingy so shines downwards.
If the LEDs are facing from any side, it lights up the cabin. I didnt want that, just wanted a soft glow and looks great with water bottle in it, lights it up like a soft fountain lol.

Pictures dont do it justice. Nor does my dirty cup holder but alas thats clean now.

My red LED window switches been replaced with a standard one for now til i fixed up the rear windows window lock switch. Stupid bloody design.
Also Power and Traction control button lights are ready to go in, and thats a stupid design as well and that will happen within a few weeks.

1. I used a strip eventually cut down to 6 LEDs soldered into the auto transmission Illunination light (when you turn on the headlights, the light on the gear selector)
2. Dremelled a hole to put wire through from cup holder base to link up with the transmission globe wiring.
3. Swore alot, threading wire through hole to get to the transmission globe was fun. In the end easy
4. Wired it up all and soldered. Left plenty of wire for when or if i take apart centre console, cut the wire and eventually put on a wiring plug for it
5. Attached LEDs to underside with double sided tape to cup holder.

 

i installed a console light and ran extra wiring to the cup holder so that they light when i lift the lid

 

Good stuff.

I have a Calais centre console, gonna rip the wiring out and switch and install into this car with the switch for the light inside the centre console. I have to tap into the power window 12v constant i think. Will fiddle later on with it

I like what you did, but wanted a soft glow for the LED permanently at night and not just when i lift the centre console as wanted to be able to see where im putting my drink back into easily enough.

 

i've done that with a blue led in the front of the console just below the flip down door

pic tomorrow

 

Wouldnt mind seeing that.
Cheers