DIY: LED Door Sill Lights

Fit of RAGE · #1 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 09:15 PM

Okey, I'm going to tell EVERYONE now, that this is probably going to be the WORST DIY thread EVER! I got totally carried away with the install and took a very minimal number of pics. SORRY!!

Again, as usual,

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Ok. So here we go. Here's a list of what you're going to need:

TOOLS:

Electrical tape
black and red wire, probably 16-14 gauge
rubbing alcohol and a towel
sidecutters
pliers
electrical splices

Now, this thread is going to be told in the EASIEST and FASTEST method. NOT the BEST method!!

1) measure up how much wire you'll be needing and loom them together with electical tape:

The wires shoudl end up looking like this:

2) Remove the fuse panel cover and locate the dome light circuit. It will be at the TOP LEFT HAND corner of the fuse box. There's a green connector with only 2 wires going into it.

3) As you can see in the picture, I've use wire splices to tap into the "+" and the "-" side.

4) hide the wires behind all the trim panels. You will need to take your weather stripping off and your trip panels off.

here's a pic of the panels removed and the wire tucked in:

5) Now, put the LED strip onto the ledge on the door:

6) Now, all you have to do is power up the LED strips form the dome light circuit:

7) Put everything back together and you're done!

Obviously it's only one side, but you get the drift. All you have to do for the rest of them is hide the wires. That's the hard part. If i end up doing another set for someone, I PROMISE i'll do a better DIY on it!!

Again:

SORRY!!!

Like I said, i'ts probably the WORST DIY EVER. Ppl, PLEASE don't kick me out of Fitfreak.net!!

fits_all · #2 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 09:52 PM

lol..thats a well done DIY explanation though. Thats very easy man, soon ill be buying some of those strips from u. props

btw..no led door sills for that BOM? haha i was confused when i saw all the pics saying to myself "do our Fits have black door sills?" yea im dumb. Didnt catch up that the bom fit just appeared once.

Fit of RAGE · #3 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fits_all

lol..thats a well done DIY explanation though. Thats very easy man, soon ill be buying some of those strips from u. props

btw..no led door sills for that BOM? haha i was confused when i saw all the pics saying to myself "do our Fits have black door sills?" yea im dumb. Didnt catch up that the bom fit just appeared once.

That was sMatts. He was installing them while i was doing ARJ Vince's

billmus86 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:06 PM

dude no apolligies! you did a DIY its better than the one that was here b4 (there wasnt) so good job
did you get the weather proof leds? they dont look like they are coated with anything? ive seen some that have a coating on the surface- -

Fit of RAGE · #5 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 11:09 PM

They are waterproof from the factory. I had a GB on it. the website for teh company is :

MicraLED Lighting Co.Ltd

Keep in mind, they ONLY sell to large clients.

tenchu · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 12:52 AM

You got any pics of this with the plastic covers back on?

smatts · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 02:20 AM

I'm going to finish up my car tommorow, I'll post pics.

Combo · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 03:29 AM

you know you should add those flashy under body flashing neon led super bass synchronized multi colored lights...maybe you should consider that for your next mod

ill be waiting for your next diy

Fit of RAGE · #9 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by tenchu

You got any pics of this with the plastic covers back on?

Not the car that's in the DIY, but here's mine:

And my latest mod.........LED strips in the trunk!!

BE LED light:

LED Strips in trunk:

solbrothers · #10 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 06:00 AM

that looks awesome dude!!

jdjohnson9 · #11 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 03:42 AM

Sweet!! I was waiting for the DIY. I thought that we you wired them straight from the dome light so i was worried. haha. Hopefully i will get mine in the next couple days. You wired all 4 doors off the same circuit correct? Just wanted to check and see. I will have to do some crazy wiring to get the engine bay ones figured out. I like the DIY though. Quick, easy, and to the point. You still get a rep+ from me. Thanks again for the lights and now the DIY. PM me if you have any advice on how to get the engine bay lights working. Thanks again.

Joshua

smatts · #12 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 03:57 AM

Tapped into the dome light power and dome light "switched" ground for all 4 sills. wired them all up near the fuse panel. The hardest part for me was running the rear right door sill wire through the right side floor panels, because it didn't have a panel (below the b pillar) that was on the driver side.

Trunk strips were wired into the T1R dome light that is in the stock trunk light location. The strips are attached to the bottom of my Zeta cargo cover.

Fit of RAGE · #13 (**permalink**) 02-11-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jdjohnson9

You still get a rep+ from me. Thanks again for the lights and now the DIY. PM me if you have any advice on how to get the engine bay lights working. Thanks again.

Joshua

Thanks SO much! You should be receiving the LED's this week. Just keep checking the tracking info.

As for the engine bay, it's tough. What i did was make a separate switch by the hood release. Then i fed wires through the firewall. Stuck the LED's across my J's Racing Strut Tower Bar and powered them up. It takes a LOT more work and it's definitely more difficult. Plus, you've GOTTA seal ALL connections!

martymcfly · #14 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 07:11 PM

There are 4 strips of LEDs. Do you run wire for both left and right and then daisy-chain the two LEDs on each side? Or you run 4 LEDs directly to the source? Help.

Fit of RAGE · #15 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by martymcfly

There are 4 strips of LEDs. Do you run wire for both left and right and then daisy-chain the two LEDs on each side? Or you run 4 LEDs directly to the source? Help.

The passenger side LED's are tapped into the left side LED's.

Combo · #16 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 08:54 PM

not my style but good for u

martymcfly · #17 (**permalink**) 02-12-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Fit of RAGE

The passenger side LED's are tapped into the left side LED's.

Thanks. How about the rear side? Do they tap in the source or daisy chain from the front LEDs?

gimme · #18 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Combo

not my style but good for u

didn't you already sum it up in post #8?

couldn't you just do what others who don't care for it did.......not post?

Qst · #19 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 11:40 PM

Smatt you did an awesome job! I especially like the cargo area being so bright ...ok this doesn't look too hard to do...now all i need are my LED strips and some luck haha. FIT OF RAGE i need my strips!!!!!!! 2 Blue 1 White (Cargo) lol

Mugen_Dom · #20 (**permalink**) 02-19-2008, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Qst

Smatt you did an awesome job! I especially like the cargo area being so bright ...ok this doesn't look too hard to do...now all i need are my LED strips and some luck haha. FIT OF RAGE i need my strips!!!!!!! 2 Blue 1 White (Cargo) lol

If you're in a rush, you can use a couple of my blue strips until yours come in! Sorry, no white though. I have 4 strips of blue that i'm just sitting on at the moment as I'm lazy to do this mod!!!