Trunk Light http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight.html I admit this project was rather petty, but I was itching for something to do and this is what I came up with. I got a basic idea of how to do this while I was rummaging through a wreaking yard looking for some decent rear speakers. To get started you need to get your hands on a Honda trunk light, like the one shown in the picture. You can purchase this light from Honda but it won't have the factory wiring with it. If you are getting the light from a wrecked Honda take as much of the wiring as possible (about 3 feet). I only took about 12 inches of the factory wiring so I had to add a length of red wire. http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight.html#0 1446fccc-31c1-4b35-9405-03bab72c0120 http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">To get started you need to get your hands on a Honda trunk light, like the one shown in the picture. You can purchase this light from Honda but it won't have the factory wiring with it. If you are getting the light from a wrecked Honda take as much of the wiring as possible (about 3 feet). I only took about 12 inches of the factory wiring so I had to add a length of red wire.</p></div></div> This project is fairly easy because the Civic models without trunk lights still come with a dash indicator that lights up when the truck lid is ajar. By splicing into this ground sensor wire (green) we can make it so the circuit is completed and the light comes on each time the trunk lid is opened. The best place to splice into this sensor wire is on the upper left side of the trunk where the carpet meets the top of the trunk. As you can see in the picture there is a bundle of wires leading from the trunk to the front of car. You need to splice into the green wire, it is a little bigger in diameter than the rest of the wires so it should be easy to find. The only other trick is to then provide a constant power source to the light. http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight.html#1 06dc0415-3cf1-45fc-bd27-7b13fca817c5 http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">This project is fairly easy because the Civic models without trunk lights still come with a dash indicator that lights up when the truck lid is ajar. By splicing into this ground sensor wire (green) we can make it so the circuit is completed and the light comes on each time the trunk lid is opened. The best place to splice into this sensor wire is on the upper left side of the trunk where the carpet meets the top of the trunk. As you can see in the picture there is a bundle of wires leading from the trunk to the front of car. You need to splice into the green wire, it is a little bigger in diameter than the rest of the wires so it should be easy to find. The only other trick is to then provide a constant power source to the light.</p></div></div> Here you can see where the ground side of the light (red wire) tapes into the factory sensor wire (green wire). The blue wire must be fed to the front of the car where it tapes into a constant power source (see the next photo). Note: This should be obvious but it doesn’t matter which wire you connect to ground and which wire gets the constant power, unlike most electrical devices a light bulb doesn’t care about polarity. http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight.html#2 8a42a2d8-ad6f-4ad7-8042-ce77f326522b http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight3.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/trunklight3.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Here you can see where the ground side of the light (red wire) tapes into the factory sensor wire (green wire). The blue wire must be fed to the front of the car where it tapes into a constant power source (see the next photo). Note: This should be obvious but it doesn’t matter which wire you connect to ground and which wire gets the constant power, unlike most electrical devices a light bulb doesn’t care about polarity.</p></div></div> At the other end of the blue wire I added a fused link that plugs into an open receptacle on the fuse box (I used fuse #2 which was unused). I just attached a blade style solder-less crimp connector to one end of the fused link (as shown) and then used a barrel crimp connector to join the blue wire and the fused link. http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight.html#3 86d0bd8f-b1c3-45ba-92fa-372bf47e783d http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/100_3468.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.jasonandginny.com/OurWebsite/civictrucklight_files/Media/100_3468.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the other end of the blue wire I added a fused link that plugs into an open receptacle on the fuse box (I used fuse #2 which was unused). I just attached a blade style solder-less crimp connector to one end of the fused link (as shown) and then used a barrel crimp connector to join the blue wire and the fused link.    </p></div></div>