Hi all,

Im currently driving a Mitsubishi Magna - Solara 2001 model.
Ive got a hold of 2 LED strips (20cm each) that i would like to install in the footwell on both driver and passenger sides.

Ive done some searching on the topic and found out the following:
This (http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92698&highlight=footwell+light) asks a similar question with the following answer:

and wire them to the interior roof light circuit
Could someone explain why this is required and how i would go about it?

I would like these lights to turn on when the doors any door is open. (Works the same way as the interior light i assume)

I'm not confident at exploring my car by pulling it apart and guessing where cables go/come from. So i was hoping somebody here that may have done a similar project could give me some insight as to how i would do this.

The LED strips run off a positive and negative wire - so from a logical perspective i could just find the switch in the car door that activates the interior light and connect it here right?

Any help on the matter is greatly appreciated.

It will be a red/black wire at the top of the fuse box in a small plug. Since you have a pov spec, the wire will be with a red wire in a plug all on its own. Use that for power and use a seperate earth anywhere.

Since you have a pov spec

Can you explain what this means?

Can you explain what this means?
He means poverty spec as in base spec. So basically connect the +ve of the LED to the above mentioned red wire and the -ve of the LED to a good ground point in the car.

Higher speced cars will already have footwell lights which you can splice the LED wiring into.

He means poverty spec as in base spec. So basically connect the +ve of the LED to the above mentioned red wire and the -ve of the LED to a good ground point in the car.

Higher speced cars will already have footwell lights which you can splice the LED wiring into.

Thanks for the clarification :)