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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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Ok so the 4.7 inches of led flexstrip for each side got it.

Now will the round rocker switch that oznium sells work in a 2008 Honda Civic LX coupe?? or do I need a square switch?

If you guys arent familiar with the interior spec of the 08 civic I can post some photos of the one spot I found that is just a cover that I can remove to mount a switch.
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by xMikex
Ok so the 4.7 inches of led flexstrip for each side got it.

Now will the round rocker switch that oznium sells work in a 2008 Honda Civic LX coupe?? or do I need a square switch?

If you guys arent familiar with the interior spec of the 08 civic I can post some photos of the one spot I found that is just a cover that I can remove to mount a switch.
You're probably going to have to drill a hole or use a dremel to make a hole for the switch. I doubt any of the switches will be a perfect fit.

But yea, I advise drilling the hole for the switch on the little cover so that it's easier to work with and you can get to the back of the switch be removing the cover.

The round switch will probably be the easiest to make a hole for.

BTW, the LED lights on the LED switches are HELLA bright. So I kinda would advise against them unless you want a bright light shining in your face. I have one now, but it's attached to a VTEC light (so I can turn off the VTEC light if it ever bugs me) and only comes on after 4800RPM so it doesn't really bug me.
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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You're probably going to have to drill a hole or use a dremel to make a hole for the switch. I doubt any of the switches will be a perfect fit.

But yea, I advise drilling the hole for the switch on the little cover so that it's easier to work with and you can get to the back of the switch be removing the cover.

The round switch will probably be the easiest to make a hole for.

BTW, the LED lights on the LED switches are HELLA bright. So I kinda would advise against them unless you want a bright light shining in your face. I have one now, but it's attached to a VTEC light (so I can turn off the VTEC light if it ever bugs me) and only comes on after 4800RPM so it doesn't really bug me.
How big is the round switch? I cant tell from the website is it big? small? Like lets say in comparison to the round middle of CD or DVD is it bigger?? or smaller than the middle of a CD??
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:40 AM
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i got these http://www.oznium.com/thin-led-domelight in cool white and the size is 1.5" x 1.0". i cut up cardboards to mimic the sizes and they seem to fit the best. it's all tucked in and with the dome light cover over. looks a lot brighter thank stocks, you won't regret getting them. i also have the same size for my trunk. i will post some pics up when i finish my alarm work tonight and when it gets dark enough.
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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ya PICS OR BAN!!!!!!! LOL
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by xMikex
How big is the round switch? I cant tell from the website is it big? small? Like lets say in comparison to the round middle of CD or DVD is it bigger?? or smaller than the middle of a CD??
it's just a tiny tiny bit bigger than the hole in the middle of the cd.
probably about the size of the diameter of your ring finger

do you skateboard? it's about the size of a skateboard bearing.
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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here's some pics for you addiction2bass, but they are cell phone pics. i will use a digital camera tomorrow along with a little photo shoot, time to get some pics of my car.





and here's a shot of the trunk's LED's, same as the dome. For some reason they look more white than the dome light. the dome light looks more blue. they are both suppose to be cool white
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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it's just a tiny tiny bit bigger than the hole in the middle of the cd.
probably about the size of the diameter of your ring finger

do you skateboard? it's about the size of a skateboard bearing.
Oh gotcha exactly. I used to skateboard so perfect analogy
Im surprised how small it is, It looks bigger on the website. Theres definitely no problem fitting that switch in. Is it hard to wire the switch or is it pretty straightforward?
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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it shouldn't be hard to wire, if you have done wirings before
 
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by xMikex
Oh gotcha exactly. I used to skateboard so perfect analogy
Im surprised how small it is, It looks bigger on the website. Theres definitely no problem fitting that switch in. Is it hard to wire the switch or is it pretty straightforward?
a switch is just a controlled break in a wire basically.
on the non-LED switch there will be 2 wires. you splice your LED strips' positive wire (run all the LED strips into one wire and then run the one wire to the switch - makes the wiring look more simple) and hook one end to one of those wires, and one end to the other wire.
if you get an LED switch it will be the same but there will also be a ground. run the ground wire to a good metal ground. This ground is for the LED bulb in the switch.
 



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