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[Cam.]

While lurking around on here I found Shiv's outback. I loved the idea of the warm footwell lighting as it seems pretty handy.




Has anybody else done this mod? What kit are you using? Just tapping into the interior light circuit?

[Jovi]

every one who has attempted this has blown the dome circuit in the module for central locking....Dont do it waste of time and no gain...

[Cam.]

Cheers for the info, I'll steer clear.

[Morgan]

Cam,

I attempted this in my Outback and fried the module. Never bothered to fix it. Not exactly what caused the frying but I ran pos and neg wires from the dome light to the footwell of both pass and driver.

I gave it another go in the XT and ran wires from the ignition ring light. It actually worked this time as I pre-cut all the lengths of wires and put them in place before connecting to power source. However, the lights I used didn't stick properly and they were the 'cool white' which were too harsh for me.

Since then, I bought some 'warm white' LEDs and attempted to install them a few weekends ago. Unfortunately, the pos and neg wires touched and blew the module again

Did a bit more research this time and figured out exactly how to fix it. Went to the wreckers and bought a second hand module (brand new they're hundreds of dollars - second hand - $50!) Installed the new module and recalibrated the keys to work with it and BAM. Done!

The new LEDs are a bit yellowy than expected but better than the old ones!

Personally, I think it's a cool mod if done right but either unplug the module before starting or at least disconnect the battery

[Matt]

every one who has attempted this has blown the dome circuit in the module for central locking....Dont do it waste of time and no gain...

Well obviously shiv has done it so it can be done?

[Jovi]

Well obviously shiv has done it so it can be done?

Shiv i think paid for his to be done....whole different ball game...

[Cam.]

Cheers Morgan. I'll still stay away from it as it's money I should be putting away for the wrx build.

I just can't stop playing with things and making them different, It's a sickness.

[Morgan]

I just can't stop playing with things and making them different, It's a sickness.

Haha I know the feel, bro!

Hence why I went back and did it to the XT after screwing it up completely in the OBK!

[Morgan]

Just went out and took a pic of how mine currently look -

[Cam.]

Thanks Morgs, Looks good.

I think I'll just throw some warm white LED's in the dome light and be done.

[Shiv]

Yeh I got mine done I think the same time I was getting the foggies installed. Don't know how it was done but it was wired up to the dome light and didn't take too long IIRC.

I didn't like the white light so changed it to a more natural yellow light:



Sorry can't be of more help. Its a nice mod BTW. Dims perfectly with dome light.

[Morgan]

Do you have a pic of the actual globes behind the kick panel?

[Shiv]

Nah I don't, Morgs. Its just a generic LED strip with 3M tape.

[Morgan]

Mad. Cheers

[Monster]

Shiv ya lights in ya cluster look super bright, or trick photography? wouldn't mind getting my cluster looking that bright. Whats ya trick?

[Shiv]

Shiv ya lights in ya cluster look super bright, or trick photography? wouldn't mind getting my cluster looking that bright. Whats ya trick?

No trick, its just one of those fancy DEFI clusters the B4 and late model H6 Outbacks got. It is very bright, it actually reflects off the plastic dash surround as you can see. I usually dim it a bit when driving on unlit freeways at night but I do love it overall.

[Monster]

might have to look at getting one lol

[Morgan]

Unfortunately it's not a plug and play mod, Monster. It's doable but there's a fair bit of wiring modification to be done.

[Monster]

Yea maybe.....I was under the assumption that ya could get a few LEDs that are different colours. Or maybe that would be a cheaper way around it.

[Morgan]

You can definitely change the colours of the lights behind the dash. Many people have done that. Won't turn out quite like the defi cluster but it's still a good mod to keep you busy