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    Does anyone know which of the 4 wires on the interior light unit is positive and negative? Just looking to tap onto for some footwell lighting. Thanks

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    Tap into the bulb holders. Just connect to the metal part of the bulb holder with any speaker wire, then just feed it around frame to the foot well. This is how i did it and looks great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by signum_rob View Post
    Does anyone know which of the 4 wires on the interior light unit is positive and negative? Just looking to tap onto for some footwell lighting. Thanks
    Could do with knowing myself to take feed for light up sun visors

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    Do it properly on the wires, much neater and easier to remove light in future if put a connector up there... Brown/white & brown are the ones you need.

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    Quote Originally Posted by patch22 View Post
    Could do with knowing myself to take feed for light up sun visors
    The sun visor plugs were already in the roof on mine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Owens View Post
    The sun visor plugs were already in the roof on mine
    Had a half hearted look at finding them,but didn't drop the roof lining very much just slid a hand in and had a feel around were they anywhere near the holes where the visors fit into the roof
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    You don't say what year yours is but I think they're all pretty much the same:-

    Brown : +12v (via BCM)
    Grey : LED dimming signal
    Blue/Red : Ground
    Brown/White : interior lamp control from BCM (in effect ground but supplies the slow fade effect by varying the voltage)

    So as Lee said you want the brown and brown/white if you want them to fade with the interior light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by patch22 View Post
    Had a half hearted look at finding them,but didn't drop the roof lining very much just slid a hand in and had a feel around were they anywhere near the holes where the visors fit into the roof
    They were taped with fabric tape to the roof linning

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Owens View Post
    They were taped with fabric tape to the roof linning
    Ah right i was fishing around on the under side of the roof itself theres still hope then lol cheers for that Mr Owens

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    If you pop off the A pillar and grab handle you can fold it back enough to see if you have the plugs, they actually tape them only a few inch away from the hole...

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