Tunesoul
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Kirk
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2018
- Threads
- 44
- Messages
- 489
- Reaction score
- 627
- Location
- California
- Vehicle(s)
- 1999 Jeep Wrangler Sport, 2012 Subaru Outback, 2018 Ocean Blue JLUR
- Occupation
- Owner of a Mobile Auto Paint Touch Up Co.
So this is how I installed and wired up the KC Hilites Cyclone puddle lights. I first fabbed up two brackets to mount the lights to the undercarriage. I used some flat aluminum stock I bought from Home Depot. I cut it to length, put a slight step down bend in it and drill out the two holes. I then fastened the light to the bracket and then to the undercarriage using the factory rock rail bolt located near the center of the two doors. I then routed the wires up into the cutout holes in the underside of the body towards the front of the vehicle (drop them back out of the most forward cutout, then up and over the body mount bracket and then up in between the firewall and fender splash guard,) ultimately ending up in the right and left upper corners at the top of the firewall in the engine bay. I then routed the left side wires across the back upper edge of the firewall to meet up with the right wires in front of the fuse box. Next I tapped into the dome/footwell light wiring (located in the passenger side footwell just below the glove box near the firewall) Using my multimeter I tested the wires and found which wire went to the footwell/dome courtesy light, and that is the yellow wire with the brown stripe. I tied into the wire using a T-Tap connector. Next I drilled a small hole in the firewall and routed that power wire through it (use a small rubber plug to route the wire through to seal the hole and protect the wire from possibly shorting) and up the firewall following the Cyclone wires I ran earlier (securing them together and to random anchor points along the way using zip ties) ultimately meeting up with the other two wires near the fuse block and battery. I then soldered and heat shrink wrapped all three of the hot leads together and grounded the negative leads to one of the three ground studs found near the battery on the inner body structure. And that should do it! I ran all the wires through wire loom and kept things tidy with heat shrink tubing and electrical tape. I hope this wasn't too confusing to follow and someone might find this info helpful. Let me know if anyone has any questions. * This worked for me, please check and double check your own work to make sure you've ran everything correctly.
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