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Illuminating the door handles (interior)


devan
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Here are the pics of the door handles,

 

They do look better in the dark, and they make the whole handle illuminate, something which the camera cant catch.

 

Hope you all like.

 

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Also added some pics of my blue and white LED heater conversion. :D

 

Enjoy.

Handle Light.jpg

Handle Light Lit.jpg

Handle Light Lit Dark.jpg

Blue Heater Buttons.jpg

Heater Blue and White.jpg

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cheers for the comments,

 

wiggy - i did the LED conversion, im on my ten days off from work, so i thought id give it a go. Mind you, i should be able to do it as im an electrician lol.

 

Scott M - I was thinking this, but if you put it lower down on the front, it will dazzle you or your passenger as the LEDs are really bright, and there is no room to mount it lower down on the back side of it, due to the handle itsself being there.

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cheers for the comments,

 

wiggy - i did the LED conversion, im on my ten days off from work, so i thought id give it a go. Mind you, i should be able to do it as im an electrician lol.

 

Scott M - I was thinking this, but if you put it lower down on the front, it will dazzle you or your passenger as the LEDs are really bright, and there is no room to mount it lower down on the back side of it, due to the handle itsself being there.

 

I'm thinking about here, behind the handle... flush :)

 

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  • 5 weeks later...

Well my handle lights didnt quite last as long as id of hoped.

 

The passenger one started flickering the other week, and then a few days later, the drivers one did the same.

 

I assumed the +12V supply was being interupted, but nope, so then i traced out the negative, and no that was fine too.

 

So i took the LED's out, and found that the solder connections must be breaking down inside the LED holder, im guessing shutting the door must of vibrated them too much, and they've now given up.

 

I now cant be bothered to try and fix them, because ive had enough of soldering resistors and LED's for this year.

 

Maybe next year lol.

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