Hi, Collin with Diode Dynamics today in the garage we're going to be showing you how to
install our universal RGBW engine bay kit on this 2016 Ford Mustang, let's get started. To start our
installation, we're going to go ahead and pop the hood and then find a good spot to mount our strips
on this vehicle we decided to mount them underneath of the strut brace but before we mount
those strips we want to make sure that we have a clean surface for our strips to adhere to so we'll
go ahead and grab ourselves some isopropyl alcohol and a clean microfiber rag and wipe those down.
With our service clean we can go ahead and grab our strips we're
going to be peeling away a small portion of the protective film
away from the adhesive making sure that we don't peel the adhesive off of the strip itself.
When mounting these up it's important to run the MA connector to your power source;
in this case our battery is on the passenger side of the vehicle so we'll be running our
m8 connector towards the battery. When mounting our strips we want to work from one side to the
other keeping our strips straight and pressing down firmly to make sure we get a good bond.
For the remaining strips we're going to repeat the same process we used to install our first strip
making sure we have a clean surface, in this case, we're going to be mounting this strip
right on the other side of the first strip. Our next step is to mount up our power wires to do
this we'll need to gain access to the battery in this case this vehicle has a battery cover
so we'll need to remove that, to do that we're going to be taking off three plastic clips and
then popping the cover off if you need to you can grab yourselves a plastic removal tool to do that.
Next, we can go ahead and install our power wire on the power source of the battery
in this case we're going to grab ourselves a 10-millimeter socket and remove this nut
slide our ring terminal over the top of it and then put our nut back on and tighten it down.
Now we have our power wired up we can go ahead and find a place to mount our switch,
now this kit does come with a toggle switch we're going to be using the pressure switch that comes
with the kit what this does it allows the lights to turn on automatically once the hood is open.
In order for this to work, we'll need to find a hole that sits high enough that engages the
button when the hood is closed. Since your switch needs to be mounted to a metal surface after doing
some searching around the vehicle we found that the hole on the backside of the fender here is
the best place to mount our switch. You need to adjust the height of your switch you can go ahead
and take this nut and loosen it. Once you have the height to your liking you can go ahead and put on
your washer then put the switch through the hole, followed by your second washer,
your lock washer, and your nut. Then go ahead and grab two 12-millimeter wrenches and tighten
down the nuts on the top and bottom down all the way. With our switch secured we can
go ahead and plug our ground wire into the bottom terminal of the switch now,
we can go ahead and take our Bluetooth controller and our DT adapter and plug them into each other.
Now we can plug our m8 connectors from the strips into the controller. Our last step in
the wiring process is to plug our power wires into our DT adapter you'll know everything is
wired correctly because the LED indicator on the Bluetooth controller will come on and your strips
will light up if these don't come on you know you have a bad connection somewhere you'll just have
to check your power wire and your switch ground. Our last step is to secure all of our wiring
we do include zip ties and 3m double-sided tape in this kit just to help to secure everything. As you
can see with our RGBW engine bay kit installed not only will it give your engine bay a custom look
but with our Bluetooth m8 controller you'll also have access to thousands of color-changing options
and patterns straight from your smartphone. Our RGBW strips also come with an independent white
LED so you'll also get a true cool white output. If you're looking to pick up an
RGBW engine bay kit for your vehicle or any of our other products visit our website at
Diodedynamics.com or use our dealer locator tool to find a dealer near you, thanks for watching.