Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 It also controls the power to the door chime if the headlights are left on, which is fine if the car is off and the key is out. I had it running today and turned on the lights for shits and giggles... "ding...ding...ding..." I can only believe when a previous idiot either re-wired the high beam relay, or wired in a shitty Bulldog (or what I call, Bullshit) "security" system, they goof'd with the dome light or wired the chime to have full power when the lights are on by accident. This is how my life works. I can't just replace something that's missing and that be it. No, it has to be fucking complicated for no reason. The car came from Seattle, and the previous owner is afraid to touch wiring so.. I blame Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 can you just remove the chime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 31 minutes ago, CAC said: can you just remove the chime? I had recently repaired the chime. Kind of a sentimental thing, I grew up with that damn chime Also, I had to break out the big guns. The only info I found was for 1994-2004 which has some extra things my car does not have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkenwarrior Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I have to use a srewdriver to turn my headlights on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Drunkenwarrior said: I have to use a srewdriver to turn my headlights on I'm way past the days of having quirky vehicles. Over the past 5 years or so I have slowly gotten into "If it's there, I want it to work." from A/C to cruise control to- Well, i did eliminate ALL of my air bag stuff except for the air bag itself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkenwarrior Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 28 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: I'm way past the days of having quirky vehicles. Over the past 5 years or so I have slowly gotten into "If it's there, I want it to work." from A/C to cruise control to- Well, i did eliminate ALL of my air bag stuff except for the air bag itself..... I think I'm about there now....gonna save up some cash and that truck is getting an overhaul....or going to the dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Remove the security system, chime, or dome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, lupin_bebop said: Remove the security system, chime, or dome? I removed it months ago and had to re-wire my power locks because whoever installed it hacked the wiring to them. I want the chime. I like the chime, I grew up with the chime, I even repaired the chime to work. (it was very faint). I did get somewhere though... broken tab on the door chime input tab inside of the ignition cylinder. But when I make it work properly AKA touch the key, same symptoms. This all started because I wanted working actual interior lights rather than the ones built-in to my rearview that only work when the key is on and cannot be used as a dome light because when power is taken away from them, they do not remember that they were turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: It also controls the power to the door chime if the headlights are left on, which is fine if the car is off and the key is out. I had it running today and turned on the lights for shits and giggles... "ding...ding...ding..." I can only believe when a previous idiot either re-wired the high beam relay, or wired in a shitty Bulldog (or what I call, Bullshit) "security" system, they goof'd with the dome light or wired the chime to have full power when the lights are on by accident. This is how my life works. I can't just replace something that's missing and that be it. No, it has to be fucking complicated for no reason. The car came from Seattle, and the previous owner is afraid to touch wiring so.. I blame Seattle. i wanna get into the wiring of my car....but my big concern is fires.....i feel like i may cause a fire Edited May 4, 2018 by Still Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Drunkenwarrior said: I think I'm about there now....gonna save up some cash and that truck is getting an overhaul....or going to the dump Is it worth the overhaul? That is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Still Me said: i wanna get into the wiring of my car....but my big concern is fires.....i feel like i may cause a fire Pretty much you have to be an idiot to cause an electrical fire in a car. I get that freak things can happen, yes. Like, example: 24 hours of LeMons 1976 Monte Carlo I saw in a video was under pre-race inspection, and one of the staff started bounced up and down on the front of the car very hard. What NO ONE realized until it was too late, was that the battery cables running to the trunk-located battery which were tied in a seemingly good location actually got pinched between the car's lowered suspension and the metal they were tied to when the car was fully compressed. That's a whoops. But when you just hook shit up with no fuses or relays, or say run something that takes 30 amps and wrap the wire around an existing car fuse and just jam it in the slot... you deserve an electrical fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: Pretty much you have to be an idiot to cause an electrical fire in a car. I get that freak things can happen, yes. Like, example: 24 hours of LeMons 1976 Monte Carlo I saw in a video was under pre-race inspection, and one of the staff started bounced up and down on the front of the car very hard. What NO ONE realized until it was too late, was that the battery cables running to the trunk-located battery which were tied in a seemingly good location actually got pinched between the car's lowered suspension and the metal they were tied to when the car was fully compressed. That's a whoops. But when you just hook shit up with no fuses or relays, or say run something that takes 30 amps and wrap the wire around an existing car fuse and just jam it in the slot... you deserve an electrical fire. see all of that was......basically hebrew....i didnt understand any of that.....i could start a fire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Still Me said: see all of that was......basically hebrew....i didnt understand any of that.....i could start a fire You can always find informative videos on The Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: You can always find informative videos on The Internet. but thats the reason i feel like i can rule the world.....youtube lies to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 What exactly do you want to wire up to your car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: What exactly do you want to wire up to your car? i have no floor lights....so i was gonna put in some LED mulitcolored ones....but i think the set up to plug it into the power adapter (a/c adapter?...I DONT KNOW TERMS)....is hideous....so i was gonna wire it into the car so it would be controlled by the over head lights....well not by them but attached to the same fuse that turns them on and off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Still Me said: i have no floor lights....so i was gonna put in some LED mulitcolored ones....but i think the set up to plug it into the power adapter (a/c adapter?...I DONT KNOW TERMS)....is hideous....so i was gonna wire it into the car so it would be controlled by the over head lights....well not by them but attached to the same fuse that turns them on and off So you have a good basic understanding.. (actually my whole dilemma started because I want to add floor lighting to my foot wells because currently I have NO lighting at all that works with the doors). And LED's usually don't need a relay/cause hardly any load on the circuit. So in your case you could just find the wire that goes to your dome light either in the left or right kick panel (in front of the front door) or easier but more work... tap a wire off of the positive wire behind your dome light, run it down along your A-pillar (beside the windshield), fish it down beside or through the dash somewhere and hook your lighting to that, just run across under the dash from one light to the next in a string. For the ground or negative wires you just attach those to the metal bracing behind the dash or any ground wire you can find under there... orrrr run two wires from the light through the headliner and down along the windshield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: So you have a good basic understanding.. (actually my whole dilemma started because I want to add floor lighting to my foot wells because currently I have NO lighting at all that works with the doors). And LED's usually don't need a relay/cause hardly any load on the circuit. So in your case you could just find the wire that goes to your dome light either in the left or right kick panel (in front of the front door) or easier but more work... tap a wire off of the positive wire behind your dome light, run it down along your A-pillar (beside the windshield), fish it down beside or through the dash somewhere and hook your lighting to that, just run across under the dash from one light to the next in a string. For the ground or negative wires you just attach those to the metal bracing behind the dash or any ground wire you can find under there... orrrr run two wires from the light through the headliner and down along the windshield mmmk?....this is what i was gonna do.....figure out if there was a hole i could cram the wire into that would lead it to the fuse box....and use a fuse splitter thing....ground one wire....and plug it in....done?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 54 minutes ago, Still Me said: mmmk?....this is what i was gonna do.....figure out if there was a hole i could cram the wire into that would lead it to the fuse box....and use a fuse splitter thing....ground one wire....and plug it in....done?.... If you want it to work with your dome light you'd have to find the fuse or the wire coming from the fuse box that sends power to the dome light. But otherwise you got it I dunno what you mean by fuse splitter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, Quackers said: My car doesnt chime when I open the door and leave the lights on Because you have the basest of base Toyotas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: If you want it to work with your dome light you'd have to find the fuse or the wire coming from the fuse box that sends power to the dome light. But otherwise you got it I dunno what you mean by fuse splitter... http://www.discountcarstereo.com/Mini-Tap.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 7 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: I borrowed it to build the mechanical 8 headed dildo that I'm currently using I fucking knew it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 58 minutes ago, Still Me said: http://www.discountcarstereo.com/Mini-Tap.html So that's an enhanced version of the old redneck way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, Quackers said: Uhh I have a spoiler I had a luggage rack with a built in spoiler but it was way too 80's for me so I got rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Me Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rogue_Alphonse said: So that's an enhanced version of the old redneck way Safer than starting a fire I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Alphonse Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Still Me said: Safer than starting a fire I guess That IS a way to start a fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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