Originally Posted by dannytexas

Hey guys,
I know the thread is a little dated but I found it and decided to do the mod.
I purchased the Pilot optic glow in blue from Autozone as others have done.
Its the one that is about 3mm in diameter.

I had to dremel out some plastic around the edge of the cup holder to give the light wand a place to sit and allow the chrome to sit flush on the console.
I found that hot glue actually holds the tube in place pretty well. Its a little messy if you're not careful but it works fast and seems to bond okay to the light wand.
I know others had said they tried multiple adhesives with little success, not sure if hot glue was one of them.

While I was under the console I also added a small blue LED to the small compartment at the front of the console. Its dark and I can never see my wallet or whatever I have in there without the dome light.

I decided to tie my power into the shift lever LED lights as another poster suggested. This way nothing to turn on or off, it works with auto parking lights which come on when its dark and I need the extra accent lighting.

Next is to tie in some footwell lights to my drivers sill wires. I think someone said thin purple and black. Others have said yellow/green. I'll figure it out.

Anyway, this was a cheap mod ~$20.00 and looks pretty decent at night.
Definitely better than spending $300.00 on a platinum cup holder light ring that's for sure.
BTW- The blue in the storage compartment and rings match perfectly. The camera photo makes it look darker but its not. I may need to put a resistor or potentiometer on the hot lead since when its totally dark these two accents are bright. They do dim with the factory dim switch since I tied it into the shift lever LED. But may need to tone them down independently of the factory dim control.

Originally Posted by kmaximus

something to look at before dannytexas answers....check out post 93, Sharper4 has a pic and some instructions on hard wiring it to the shifter light.

Originally Posted by EWeezY

Nice install, im doing the same mod. Even added a light into the storage area like you did. Just waiting on a nicer day to get outside and start some wiring.

My question for you is how/ where did you find the led to hook into the shifter. Did you have to take some more bolts off? I was thinking of running the pwr to the headlight fuse or switch but the way you did seems so much easier.....let me know thanks!!