electrical

i am wiring a few extra lights into my system...i got the wires running from the lights to the switch....but where do i hook the switch up to , to reciever power for the lights?

does anyone know who could help out?

What kind of lights? And depends on if you want to have power to the lights at all times or only with the car running? Where are you mounting the switch?

sorry to dig up an old thread, but I am having the same problem.
I have a 30" street glow neon light that i want to mount under the front end, and i want to use a toggle switch, because exterior neon is illegal in my area :wink:

but my question is the same, how do i get power to the switch?

easiest is to just run a line from the pos on the battery. Push it through one of the holes in the firewall and then you could add an in line fuse to prevent burning the lights out. with this method they arent on all the time only when you want so it more legal.

I know this is gonna sound really stupid, but keep in mind i know nothing about wiring or any of that stuff...
How do i run a line from the positive terminal

I know nothing :*^(

First of, you would need some wire...which it probably came with your kit...u may have all the needed wiring accesories too...but if not...go to your local automotive store and go to the wiring section...you should see many connectors and such...look for a connector that is a circle with plastic on one side of it...thas where your wire will go! on my underbody kit the wires were already welded to the switch...so if yours is like this take one of the wires...probably the longer one and find a hole in ur good ole' firewall...you should be able to find one but if not just drill a hole big enough for the wire to fit through. take off the bolt on ur pos. terminal on your battery (the red side!!) and put that connector with the crimped wire in it on that terminal...put the bolt back on! the other wire that is on the switch will go to your lights...it should go to a little box looking thing where the wires from the lights go into. Put the wire in appropriate place (12 Volt source or Pos. or Power or something of this sort) then with your ground wire...(the negative, which is a completely different wire) will go in its nice lil place on that box...with another connector crimp the other end of the ground wire into it and find a screw on a metal part of ur car and take the screw out and put the connector there and put the screw back on it...or you could always just wire ur ground way back to the negative terminal of your battery...which is not recommended but u can do it...with your neon securily tight on your bumper (so it doesn't fall out while driving!!!) take the wires from it to that box...put the wires in where they should go....and then flip the switch. anything i miss?

i tried to make it as easy as possible to figure out!

oh yes! make sure you got that inline fuse on ur wire going to ur toggly! :smile:

thanks alot that answers alot of questions.

Originally posted by 97cavi
First of, you would need some wire...which it probably came with your kit...u may have all the needed wiring accesories too...but if not...go to your local automotive store and go to the wiring section...you should see many connectors and such...look for a connector that is a circle with plastic on one side of it...thas where your wire will go! on my underbody kit the wires were already welded to the switch...so if yours is like this take one of the wires...probably the longer one and find a hole in ur good ole' firewall...you should be able to find one but if not just drill a hole big enough for the wire to fit through. take off the bolt on ur pos. terminal on your battery (the red side!!) and put that connector with the crimped wire in it on that terminal...put the bolt back on! the other wire that is on the switch will go to your lights...it should go to a little box looking thing where the wires from the lights go into. Put the wire in appropriate place (12 Volt source or Pos. or Power or something of this sort) then with your ground wire...(the negative, which is a completely different wire) will go in its nice lil place on that box...with another connector crimp the other end of the ground wire into it and find a screw on a metal part of ur car and take the screw out and put the connector there and put the screw back on it...or you could always just wire ur ground way back to the negative terminal of your battery...which is not recommended but u can do it...with your neon securily tight on your bumper (so it doesn't fall out while driving!!!) take the wires from it to that box...put the wires in where they should go....and then flip the switch. anything i miss?

Okay one problem, when i put the round connector under the positive terminal bolt, the bolt is so short that it wont fit back on the battery with anything inbetween it like that..... What should I do??

they have a piece that is used for car audio that screws into the battery terminal like the stock piece and holds the main power line in and then after that theirs about another half inch of screw with a nut on it. thats what i used and it works great. cal la few places around you some one will definitly have them.

would my local auto zone have that?

http://www.stingerelectronics.com/sting_products/battery_terminals.asp
scroll all the way to the bottom of that page the part is stinger battery terminal they should have it.

I got one from my local auto zone today. Thanks for all your help guys

Originally posted by sweetwhiteCAV
exterior neon is illegal in my area :wink:



Exterior neon lights are illegal in the whole state of PA! I am a licensed state inspector. No one should issue you a insp. sticker while the light is mounted to the car if it is plugged in or not. Make sure you remove it at your inspection time or it will fail!!

believe me I know. My step-dad owns a garage and inspects cars. Thats why im doin this on my own, he wants no-part in helping me.

Idk about you Flatrater but in my area you slp them a 20 and theyll pass you.

well, we got supercops where im from, you know, the guys that work all day as cops then go home and watch hawaii 5-0 and fondle themselves...

Originally posted by Autoflow
Idk about you Flatrater but in my area you slp them a 20 and theyll pass you.

Originally posted by Autoflow
Idk about you Flatrater but in my area you slp them a 20 and theyll pass you.

20 is not worth it I would never break the law for money! In PA it is over a 200 dollar fine and loss of inspection license. It is not worth the loss in my income over 20 dollars. Just so you know around here we have shops that pass anything as long as you pay your 15 dollars for the inspection. But why risk it do it right. You drive a car wouldn't you rather know its a safe car than paying someone off just to get a sticker. What if your kids are in the car and they get hurt or killed or you hit someone. Was the 20 worth it.