foot well lightß

[jawa]

I was at the salvage yard and was looking at a 99 alero and noticed that the foot wells have lights. So I got the light sockets that were in that car and as much wire I could get. My question is how do I wire them up on my 01 that doesn't have them. Thanks

[Lucalare]

Just hook em into a grey wire from the cubby light, dash lights, whatever. The grey wires are set to provide power when the headlights are on (night time)

[alero_bmxer]

the foot well lights only come on when the doors are open or when you turn the dimmer switch all the way up. hooking it up to a grey wire will keep them on all the time when the headlights or running lights are on. i'm almost positive all Alero's came with courtesy lights in the foot wells.

[colonel6632]

i dont believe mine has any in the footwells.

stock ones anyways

2002 alero gx here

[alero_bmxer]

i dont believe mine has any in the footwells.

stock ones anyways

2002 alero gx here

i guess i was wrong haha o well.

[jhubbz]

Yeah, I don't have any in the footwells and I have an 01 GL4 I believe.... I need to wire some up

[jawa]

S0 what wires do I tap int0?

[strtrydr]

well if i had access to my car i could look for you ... mine came with them ... 2000 GLS ... if nobody else can help you before I get back to where my car is located then Ill dig out the camera and snap some pictures of the connections and routing.

[jawa]

I know where the lights would be located. I lookes at a wiring diagram and it looks like it runs to the left drivers side fuse box. I just gotta get the multi meter and find the circuit

[Lucalare]

the foot well lights only come on when the doors are open or when you turn the dimmer switch all the way up. hooking it up to a grey wire will keep them on all the time when the headlights or running lights are on. i'm almost positive all Alero's came with courtesy lights in the foot wells.

Good call, I was just thinking because in my car I wanted some dim ones that are on all the time, but that's custom. And mine doesn't have them.

Yeah, I don't have any in the footwells and I have an 01 GL4 I believe.... I need to wire some up

GL4? :lol:

[jayson_waltz]

when looking for the circuit, remember that the lights that come on when the door opens are all ground side switched.

[jhubbz]

Good call, I was just thinking because in my car I wanted some dim ones that are on all the time, but that's custom. And mine doesn't have them.



GL4? :lol:

Straight from my MSRP sticker

http://i53.tinypic.com/nxrfv6.jpg

[alero_bmxer]

^ is that the window sticker FROM GM?

[jhubbz]

yep

[Lucalare]

What in the world....there's no such thing as a GL4, whoever printed that sticker must have been on crack.

[jhubbz]

whats all this about then?

http://www.carsdirect.com/2001/oldsmobile/alero/specs

I'm not trying to prove you wrong, I'm just trying to get on the same page since I'm under the impression I own something called a "GL4"

[Lucalare]

I'm really not sure, because one setup would be a GX, and the other would be a GL1.

[Cliff8928]

GL4 is a factory option package offered in 2001 that was basically the only time you could get a twin-cam with a leather interior.

It was dubbed the "spring special edition"