The ground is required for the light in the switch to work. You can use a voltmeter to find the hot lead.

ok thanks, do you think its best to tap into the hazzard light sw? for the ground / illumination? or can i tap in elsewhere?

For ground, you can tap anywhere that is convenient. The wire bundle definitely has a ground and illumination wire if you want to make it clean.

thanks, is there an easy way to remove the shift boot w/out damaging it? will be much easier to work with the wires with the shiftboot off or flipped upside down...

Try this:
DIY Shift boot install

thanks, i should i have search for it! was hoping it would be easier.. I think I will try to work with how much clearance I get w/out removing the shift boot.

is the sport mode switch always illuminated?

Also if I use the illumination from the hazard light sw and the ground from it... should this work? or do I need to ground it to a different ground?

Thanks,

No- only when the lights are switched on. You should be fine with hot and ground from the hazard switch.

thanks everyone got it to work.. I will post pics in the audio section and rep's for ppl that helped me with this.

here is the link to the pictures and finished product :)

http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/3...de-switch.html

Thanks again for all the help.