Door Handle Lights....

[Taylor_Type R]

Dont laugh :woops:

Had an idea the other day.

http://www.halfords.com/wcsstore/HalfordsConsumerDirect/images/catalog/00008608.jpg

These in Blue or White.

I want to fit these under the door handles and wire them up to the courtesy light,
so that when i unlock the car at night the light in the car comes on and the door handles
will light up.

Help and comments needed please :salute:

Cheers guys

[davies]

UBER_SMEE has these in red.

look pretty good.

i get white, not blue:D

[Tomooty]

uuummmmm i dunno
depends how well you do them i guess
and if you do them blue i think you need to change the interior light to blue aswell to match
that could look good!!!

[Juan Pablo]

Actually quite practical! Blue interior light + blue door handle lights could look nice?

[Corsa Wheels]

although blue light isnt as good as white in illuminating - would look better though.

[Taylor_Type R]

Ok so Blue is the way to go.

I have a Blue light in my boot that i can swap for the White in the front :P

Its just wiring it up, and what do have to take apart to do this small mod :shrug:

Cheers

[Tomooty]

Ok so Blue is the way to go.

I have a Blue light in my boot that i can swap for the White in the front :P

Its just wiring it up, and what do have to take apart to do this small mod :shrug:

Cheers

ha ha this aint gonna be easy i asure you!!!
i had footwell neons done the same way

had a problem with the amount of current that goes up to the interior light... it wouldnt power, sorry illuminate them very bright!!! so i would test them first by holding the connections against the terminals and see how they look

jus aslong as you cant see the lights in the door handles i rekon this would look good!!!
i wanna see pics when its done mate!!!

[Taylor_Type R]

Had a feeling this would be hard once i had the bloody idea :lol:

Ok so i will test it 1st see if the fitting under the handle is good and then spend a day stripping my car lol

Well i have Wed off :roll:

[bluecorsa]

Could tap into the interior light and feed it off to a relay for a seperate power source to the door handle lights? And add some 'ground lights' in the bottom of the door mirrors Volvo-style.

[Taylor_Type R]

Could tap into the interior light and feed it off to a relay for a seperate power source to the door handle lights? And add some 'ground lights' in the bottom of the door mirrors Volvo-style.

Come again :lol:

Not amazing with electrics but have Some Knoledge.

Im doing this tommorow so what do i need? :shrug:

[combatprojex]

i did this about a year ago when you got them free with revs or something, they werent intended for door handlres then tho. i wired them up to a 9v battery just behind the door card (couldnt be arsed to run the cables all thru the car and doors) they lasted about 6 months untill some muppet that was washing my car ripped them out by accident! :angry:

also you will find there is a little rebate in the door handle at the top that is actually the perfect size to fit the lights :thumbs:

[Tomooty]

Could tap into the interior light and feed it off to a relay for a seperate power source to the door handle lights? And add some 'ground lights' in the bottom of the door mirrors Volvo-style.

:err:

[Taylor_Type R]

i did this about a year ago when you got them free with revs or something, they werent intended for door handlres then tho. i wired them up to a 9v battery just behind the door card (couldnt be arsed to run the cables all thru the car and doors) they lasted about 6 months untill some muppet that was washing my car ripped them out by accident! :angry:

also you will find there is a little rebate in the door handle at the top that is actually the perfect size to fit the lights :thumbs:

Your right they fit perfect.

I had a play tonite and they look wicked. Alot of work to wire them up tho so i will
wait for a sunny day :lol:

Cheers peeps

[combatprojex]

not very often im wrong :lol:

wire them up to a 9v battery lol like i did

[Taylor_Type R]

not very often im wrong :lol:

wire them up to a 9v battery lol like i did

I want them to come on when i unlock the car i.e wired up to the courtesy light :dance:

[who3_mad]

this is a really good idea actually, might have to get me some. Will have to let us know how it goes though mate cant wait to see them on your car.

[bluecorsa]

Saw a Hyundai Coupe or something that looks like that with these door handle lights the other day, looked pretty cool.

[carsounds_dan]

you need to run a perminent supply to the light, then one of the wires in the interior light is only earthed when the doors are unlocked/opened so earth the lights through this wire. if it causes a problem ask any alarm installer because thats effectively how the door switch is taken on most cars :D
cheers
dan

[Taylor_Type R]

Tried fitting them the other day and......Well............it aint happening :lol:

I just cant work out how to wire them from the coursy light in the roof to the door handle :x

[corsa_c_chris]

wire them into the door switch, seems the easiest thing as its this that in turn turns on the interior light....torx bit has that switch out then pop the two wires in and roberts your mothers brother

[Taylor_Type R]

But thats in the car not the door,

Im having trouble getting the wire from the door to the light :woops: