Map Light Wiring By TimOLude
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:46 pm
|3last
Well i've had this JDM maplight for a while now, it came with a wiring harness. The harness was pretty beat up, but looks like factory. I've been under the dash multiple times looking for any type of fitting, or accessory place to put this fitting. Was Never able to find anything that fit. The Harness has matching male female parts seperated by about 6 inches of cable, as to go in-between an existing connection.
The Harness also has a fuse built in, with some sort of clipping piece (to possibly mount to somewhere under the dash?). I will try and get some pics up here shortly to help. But if anyone has any expirience with this, i would appreciate the help.
-I'm thinking about lower the entire lower dash and driver side kick panels etc, to try and locate the proper place. The cable is only long enough to go from the maplight to about the steering wheel (under the dash).
* I know that i can wire the maplight to the dome light, i have seen that. Just want to get this harness to fit...if it's even factory.
TimO
TimO to the rescue. i happen to have the same maplight and yes the wire harness is factory. on the steering wheel side of the fuse box, on the end is a spot for extra fuses to be mounted. its not overly important to mount the fuse. the two spade terminal conectors are you power in and ten out for other accessories. in the fuse box above the line of fuses you will find a couple(4 i think) empty locations with either one or two male spade terminals in them. use a test light or multi meter to find the single one that has 12v power with the key off. it should be closer to the kick panel side of the fuse box. plug the femal spade conector of your maplight harness into this spot and your good to go. the other male conector on the maplight harness is just a power take off so you could plug in fog lights or whatever, bumper pole even or power antenna.
hope this helps
|3last
Helped big time!!!
I was looking right there, but not high enough. They are way up there!!! I was like, that's where my extra fuses and fuse holder go!..lol. But yeah they are behind the big wire loom, above the extra fuse holder.
1 thing though. There are 4 sockets up there, 1 2 spade, and 3 1 spade sockets. My harness fit into the one spade sockets...these socket are labeled 1,2,3.
-Instead of using a multimeter, i just plugged the light in. in socket 1, and 2 i only got power with key turned. In socket 3 i got absolutely nothing. I wanted constant ON, but oh well...
Well i've had this JDM maplight for a while now, it came with a wiring harness. The harness was pretty beat up, but looks like factory. I've been under the dash multiple times looking for any type of fitting, or accessory place to put this fitting. Was Never able to find anything that fit. The Harness has matching male female parts seperated by about 6 inches of cable, as to go in-between an existing connection.
The Harness also has a fuse built in, with some sort of clipping piece (to possibly mount to somewhere under the dash?). I will try and get some pics up here shortly to help. But if anyone has any expirience with this, i would appreciate the help.
-I'm thinking about lower the entire lower dash and driver side kick panels etc, to try and locate the proper place. The cable is only long enough to go from the maplight to about the steering wheel (under the dash).
* I know that i can wire the maplight to the dome light, i have seen that. Just want to get this harness to fit...if it's even factory.
TimO
TimO to the rescue. i happen to have the same maplight and yes the wire harness is factory. on the steering wheel side of the fuse box, on the end is a spot for extra fuses to be mounted. its not overly important to mount the fuse. the two spade terminal conectors are you power in and ten out for other accessories. in the fuse box above the line of fuses you will find a couple(4 i think) empty locations with either one or two male spade terminals in them. use a test light or multi meter to find the single one that has 12v power with the key off. it should be closer to the kick panel side of the fuse box. plug the femal spade conector of your maplight harness into this spot and your good to go. the other male conector on the maplight harness is just a power take off so you could plug in fog lights or whatever, bumper pole even or power antenna.
hope this helps
|3last
Helped big time!!!
I was looking right there, but not high enough. They are way up there!!! I was like, that's where my extra fuses and fuse holder go!..lol. But yeah they are behind the big wire loom, above the extra fuse holder.
1 thing though. There are 4 sockets up there, 1 2 spade, and 3 1 spade sockets. My harness fit into the one spade sockets...these socket are labeled 1,2,3.
-Instead of using a multimeter, i just plugged the light in. in socket 1, and 2 i only got power with key turned. In socket 3 i got absolutely nothing. I wanted constant ON, but oh well...