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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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footwell lights wont close

Hello, I have installed the footwell lights that I bought from rx8strakes.com and the problem i have is that they do not dim, they just continually stay on whether I close the door. I tapped in the red and blue wire, and the green and black wire, if anybody could help that would be great.
another member posted this, i reposted it here for more responses because i need the same answer.




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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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I'd go out and double check that it is the correct red and blue wire or green and black wire

Could be a simple mistake

Sounds like you hit the wrong power wire. Not on a relay with the interior lights.

Sorry I cant be of help I do not have these. I installed a 20 buck pair
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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i checked the wire and it is the dark green with black stripe. and all seems well, maybe i connected them to the wrong harness? here is a pic i found when searching these forums
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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^lulz you found my pic

that is the correct way to do it

it comes off the harness above the dead pedal
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 05rex8
^lulz you found my pic

that is the correct way to do it

it comes off the harness above the dead pedal
haha yep, i read many of your post from my searches, so in my pic is the harness correct and identical to yours? what am i doing wrong?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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it's kinda hard to tell from those pix you posted...it should come off that harness that runs parallel to the floor above the dead pedal...you have to cut away some of the insulation to get to the wires

what I did was found both green/black wires (1 was light green/black, 1 was dark green/black) and compared them...that way you know which wire for sure to splice into. Dark green/black is the one you want.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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I hope you get this resolved!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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alright iam going to check the green wires again and check the harness. if its not one of those two i don't know what else to do.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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UPDATE: I'am almost 100% sure that it is in the wrong harness by comparing the pics. However I have to buy a new tap, the one I removed won't fit anymore.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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cool, gl!
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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tapped wrong wire, we tapped Black/green, not green/black, gonna try again, hopefully this is the problem

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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still not working....
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 12:02 AM
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WORKS UPDATE:
well we tried everything and it wouldn't work, my dad ended up opening the door panel and finding the wire that leads to courtesy lights and he connected the foot lamps with those. So my foot lamps turn off right when the courtesy lights/map lights turn off. is this how everyone else's foot lamps are? Or do your guy's foot lamps turn off after 15 seconds.?
Thanks to everyone that tried to help.
special thanks to rex

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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 01:27 AM
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that's how mine works, glad you got it figured out
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