- Joined
- Apr 1, 2016
- Points
- 208
- Location
- Maybole , South Ayrshire
- Model of Z
- Z3 Individual Dakar / Orinoco Individual
Remember to disconnect the power either at the battery or fuse for interior lighting
Right this is part 2 wiring so if you're following the way I done this you should now have glovebox and offside lower dash panel off with the light units installed.
Next thing to do is to make the wiring loom I have done a basic diagram but wire length depends on where you wish to route it
There are 2 ways to make the wiring loom depending on skills and equipment.
The basic way to do this would be use crimp on connectors and tape up with insulation tape and the more advanced way would be to solder all the joints and use heatshrink to seal.
if you have cut off plugs at a scrappy the brown is the earth join cables either straight through connectors or solder run cables from glovebox side through centre console
To meet wires from drivers side remember to leave enough on each side to allow the panel on /off. Make a joint to make 2 become 1 do you have 1 live and 1 earth as per wiring diagram .
Next i had to find the correct live wire to power everything a looking at the cars wiring diagram decided wasn't anywhere totally suitable there's a factory connection half way up the windscreen pillar but I decided that it wasn't really in a great place
So I decided to track and tap in further down
The original wiring runs down the drivers side windscreen pillar comes out then under dashboard mounting bracket then comes down at the right of the row of relays above the speaker you are looking for the same 3 wire loom as above 1x red/white, 1 × brown 1× brown / black
The brown/ black wire is the one that you need to attach the footwell lighting live to
the earth I ended up bolting to the backet to the right of the relay brackets
once you have connected the 2 wires reconnect the power supply then you can start fitting the bulbs as they care led bulbs they will only work one way round. Once you are happy everything is working refitting the panel work is the reverse of removal
any questions get in touch happy to help.
Right this is part 2 wiring so if you're following the way I done this you should now have glovebox and offside lower dash panel off with the light units installed.
Next thing to do is to make the wiring loom I have done a basic diagram but wire length depends on where you wish to route it
The basic way to do this would be use crimp on connectors and tape up with insulation tape and the more advanced way would be to solder all the joints and use heatshrink to seal.
To meet wires from drivers side remember to leave enough on each side to allow the panel on /off. Make a joint to make 2 become 1 do you have 1 live and 1 earth as per wiring diagram .
Next i had to find the correct live wire to power everything a looking at the cars wiring diagram decided wasn't anywhere totally suitable there's a factory connection half way up the windscreen pillar but I decided that it wasn't really in a great place
The original wiring runs down the drivers side windscreen pillar comes out then under dashboard mounting bracket then comes down at the right of the row of relays above the speaker you are looking for the same 3 wire loom as above 1x red/white, 1 × brown 1× brown / black
The brown/ black wire is the one that you need to attach the footwell lighting live to
