Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Installing Neons: power on and off through the ignition ?

I am going to be Installing Neons and I whould like to have power on and off through the ignition. like the lights and radio. can this be done and how?????

just wire em to your headlights... when they turn on, and your LCD in the radio turns on, then the neons will too... thats what i did anyways.

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all you need to do is hardwire them to the battery, the reason the radio does this is because it has a 12V constant wire. THe problem with this and neons is that the bulb will die very quickly because it will be on all the time. I would suggest a swtich, BUT if that's how you want to do em go for it. But be prepared to replace em frequently.

it wouldn't actually be directly to your battery now that I think about it, it would have to come from a relay in order to come on with your ignition. Sorry about that. However the bulb problem would still be the same...I'd say use a switch.

I wired mine to my cigarette lighter... it works on ignition...

ooooh nice

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yeah bor...I wired them to a switch that was powered by the cig lighter

Good Luck bro.. you should get switches.. they look cool..

I hate tapping into shit that's already there, that's why I ran the hardwire to the battery through the firewall, plus it's nice cause you'll have your own power line into the car and don't risk messing anything up.

^^ I agree, thats why I use "add a circuit", no cutting, no fire wall, plug and play.


I would tap the cig lighter fuse with no switch to power when the key is in, tap the tail light fuse to power when you turn your lights on.

do a search for "add a fuse" and "add a circuit", I have talked about this alot.

I would put a simple switch in it.. but if you really want it to turn on on ignition you should consider this small relais.. I made one for my Fireblade.. works great.. can make you one.. or tell you how to.. just pm me if you're interested