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Nice, i like the blue!

 

I just did this, and tapped into the seat-heater dimming circuit...

ripped apart the module to figure out which wire to use...

 

The wire i tapped (orange-silver) is the ground to the seat-heater LEDs (because the dimmer is on the ground, of course), and just grab the hot side from something that follows suit when you turn on/off with the headlights.

 

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Which turns out to be this pin:

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and this wire....

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and it's done!

http://legacygt.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=803

 

And yes, it dim's with the dimmer ;)

No thunder stealing, just documenting when i did, so i remember :p

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Nice, i like the blue!

 

I just did this, and tapped into the seat-heater dimming circuit...

ripped apart the module to figure out which wire to use...

 

The wire i tapped (orange-silver) is the ground to the seat-heater LEDs (because the dimmer is on the ground, of course), and just grab the hot side from something that follows suit when you turn on/off with the headlights.

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=804

 

Which turns out to be this pin:

http://legacygt.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=805

 

and this wire....

http://legacygt.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=806

 

and it's done!

http://legacygt.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=803

 

And yes, it dim's with the dimmer ;)

No thunder stealing, just documenting when i did, so i remember :p

Nice, I have the same interior in my 05LGT ! Thanks for posting so I don't have to figure this out myself :)

 

Question - do you like the red LEDs ? i was thinking about going with blue ones . I am not sure about amount of light 4 LEDs will output as well - I think this may be a bit tooo much. Our Tribeca has 2 blue LEDs and that seems to be just right amount of night illumination - allows everytinhg to be seen in compartment yet does not bother driver on long night trips. What do you think ?

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They're not that bright... i was going to put in red and blue, and add in a switch to toggle them ;-)

 

And.. i ran my hot line from somewhere that doesn't turn off w/ the lights... but yes, the orange/silver is ground, because the subaru dimmer runs on the ground, not the hot side.

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Does anyone know if the wires to tap when you ahve the SI drive and the small heated seat controls are the same color? I just dont feel like looking and testing.

 

I found my dimming wire right at my SI Drive. DIdn't mess with the heated seat. I gave a description of the wire in my post... granted it was kind vague but you will under stand. There is the little release tab you have to press to remove the harness from the bottom of the SI Drive. Turn the harness around so the tab is facing away from you. The dimming wire is now the wire on the far left. Test it with a volt meter like I mentioned in my post. It is a very simple process.

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Me and my friend have a quick question. we're working on this project right now and we're stuck on the wiring part. We already have all of the LEDs long enough and into one combination each (positive and negative). Now where and what do we put in the positive and negative parts into? We need help lol
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no seat heater? I thought that was standard. :confused:

 

you should be able to tap the cig lighter light wires.

 

Yup, thats what I did. Thanks man. Me and my friend both did our cars today, it looks sick. He did his on weird angles, I did 5. I'll post some pictures tomorrow..

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no seat heater? I thought that was standard. :confused:

 

you should be able to tap the cig lighter light wires.

 

Seat heater switches are not standard but some other owners have found out that their seats have the heating elements installed from the factory(check under the seat for the wiring) and they were just missing the switches. A simple trip to the junk yard or even the dealer for the switches and now you have heated seats.

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The only reason to go for the SI drive, or heated seats is to have the LED's dim on the dimmer switch, if you don't want that, just tack them straight into the cig. lighter circuit.Most of the radio shack LED's aren't bright enough to be distracting on 'high power' anyhow.. but i guess that depends on how sharp your eyes are :lol:

 

I'm going to add 2 larger LEDs in the arm-rest cubby, from the front pointing back.. hopefully i can find stuff in there then ;)

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your right about the brightness on the radioshack brand LED's, just did my cup holders with my friend the other day and we hooked em' up to my cig lighter (thanks for the info Darkfox1 ...+1 for the quickness on responce)....im pretty siked about this seat heater thing, imma go check this out.
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I'm going to add 2 larger LEDs in the arm-rest cubby, from the front pointing back.. hopefully i can find stuff in there then ;)

 

I did that last night - figured while I am there better do it. Tired of hunting for toll tokens in the dark :)

 

Also, to add to your info about dimmer ground being on orange-silver wire on heated seats connector (this for cars without SI knob) - the hot (12V) switched is on purple-silver wire on the same connector. it's the rightmost wire on the same line where orange-silver wire is third from left.

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I'm going to add 2 larger LEDs in the arm-rest cubby, from the front pointing back.. hopefully i can find stuff in there then ;)

 

Ahhh GOOD IDEA! I'm so mad I didn't think of that! :spin:

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huh.. thats a darn good idea. the cup holder thing I may not do but that sounds like a darn practical idea.

 

nemo you should be able to add it pertty easy. The console takes all of 2 minutes to take out of the car. At least when you've done it as many times as I have. :lol:

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