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Old 01-15-2014, 06:11 PM
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Default Door Handle Puddle Light Retrofit

A friend of mine has a 2008 335i. When he unlocks his car there are led lights that come on behind the door handles. Looks very professional/ classy. Since our door handles are only open on the bottom, I feel that it'll be fairly easy to wire up and hide some led's up in there. As far as powering these goes what would be a constant power for about 30 seconds after hitting the unlock button. I think this would be a pretty bad ass/cheap mod that everyone would love once researched and good material and power supply was found. Let me know if you guys have any ideas or led manufacturer recommendations.

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Old 01-15-2014, 09:57 PM
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Tap in to the switch for the dome lights; they come on when pressing the unlock button and come on after turning off the ignition.
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Also, it would be cleaner asthetically if you were to flush an led into the bottom surface of the exterior mirror. Better light on the ground.
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humm thats a cool Idea.. are any of thoes LED strips weather proof? better yet water proof?
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someone already did that somewhere on this site but no clear DIY and the pics are gone as well :/

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/400...n-diy-project/

.... someone also did one by inserting the lights into the door itself

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/817...ghts-on-s2000/
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I have the info on where to tap into the dome lights, I want to make a DIY with pictures and part numbers for the interior door handle and the exterior handle. Ill figure it out soon, still researching what LEDs to go with.
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https://www.google.com/url?url=http:...17.cmtGqTS3r48 for all your led projects. i use em all the time
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That's the only distributer I use as well, they make some great stuff in any sizing you need.
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