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I'm finally fropping in my 2-5/8 molded dash pod and i'm at a stopping point, after some searching i can't come up with it and couldn't find the pillar-pod how to......

Where are you guys tapping in for wiring the illumination wires for the gauge? Obviously i want the gauge to only be lit when the lighhts are on.

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for my pillar pod I got power for the lights from the headlight switch, I just found a wire that was hot when the parking lights were on

but I would say for your gage location you would want to tap the dimmer switch, this way you can control the gage with the cluster


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Originally posted by BrApple:
tap the dimmer switch




do you know off hand whick wires are hot\grnd?


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Got it, worked great thanks BrApple.

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Originally posted by pole120:
Originally posted by BrApple:
tap the dimmer switch




do you know off hand whick wires are hot\grnd?





glad you figured it out, I just used a test light to find the one that I needed


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I tapped into the wire marked "DIMMER" that goes to the stereo. This is also where I tapped into for my overlays. I can't stand non-dimmable lights.


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