Zugara Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Shuould the red door lights come on when the doors open? If so mine dont, any ideas as to what the problem might be? Thanks in advance for any help. 07/07 roadster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunmetalzgt Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Shuould the red door lights come on when the doors open? If so mine dont, any ideas as to what the problem might be? Thanks in advance for any help. 07/07 roadster I'm pretty sure they are just reflectors. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 reflectors guys but there is a link somewhere on how to wire em in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c How????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 im working on supplying these at some point if my delivery of them arrives EVER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c How????? Which reflectors or puddle lights? Puddle lights are just bulbs in the door bottoms my Rex had them in the base of the wing mirrors. Great idea although everyone laughs when you tell them! Re: reflectors why not pop them out and drill a small hole halfway from inside to fit a red high power LED for example then pop the reflector back in - can't be too difficult really? Same for the puddle lights just use White LEDS they are small enough to conseal in the base of the door or card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c How????? Which reflectors or puddle lights? Puddle lights are just bulbs in the door bottoms my Rex had them in the base of the wing mirrors. Great idea although everyone laughs when you tell them! Re: reflectors why not pop them out and drill a small hole halfway from inside to fit a red high power LED for example then pop the reflector back in - can't be too difficult really? Same for the puddle lights just use White LEDS they are small enough to conseal in the base of the door or card? ahh its always simple your problem then comes from powering them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c How????? Which reflectors or puddle lights? Puddle lights are just bulbs in the door bottoms my Rex had them in the base of the wing mirrors. Great idea although everyone laughs when you tell them! Re: reflectors why not pop them out and drill a small hole halfway from inside to fit a red high power LED for example then pop the reflector back in - can't be too difficult really? Same for the puddle lights just use White LEDS they are small enough to conseal in the base of the door or card? ahh its always simple your problem then comes from powering them Well not really mate they are just LEDs run them off the interior light circuit - can't take that much power can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I want 'ambient' lighting! My Dads S Class has it and it's lovely! To give an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zednick666 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I want 'ambient' lighting! My Dads S Class has it and it's lovely! To give an idea +1 Audis have it in red, and I put it in my golf as you can take it from the passat W8. Would be V nice in the zed, particularly if you've some shiny CF bits / CF shifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 They are just safety reflectors! Should be easy to convert I am sure - why not make puddle lights like my 300c How????? Which reflectors or puddle lights? Puddle lights are just bulbs in the door bottoms my Rex had them in the base of the wing mirrors. Great idea although everyone laughs when you tell them! Re: reflectors why not pop them out and drill a small hole halfway from inside to fit a red high power LED for example then pop the reflector back in - can't be too difficult really? Same for the puddle lights just use White LEDS they are small enough to conseal in the base of the door or card? ahh its always simple your problem then comes from powering them Well not really mate they are just LEDs run them off the interior light circuit - can't take that much power can it? how do you get that to the door? through the door connector...? has it got any spare pins to use? its a watertight connector so you dont want to muller it to get them through. plus attaching things to the dome lights is just a bad idea without protection as ive proven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Husky you worry too much mate - I'm sure its easy enough to take the door cards off and run a cable through - someone has bound to have done this before on the Zed - if you cant use the current cable connector then just run a cable through the door using gromits and of course a suitable cable sleeve. Reminds me of my early motoring days all this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 sorry stan its my job to worry about this stuff i am a perfectionist though if that helps explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 sorry stan its my job to worry about this stuff i am a perfectionist though if that helps explain. So am I mate - (note obsessive waxing behaviour when I had the zed!! ) You need to be a perfectionist in your job anyway to thats handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I want 'ambient' lighting! My Dads S Class has it and it's lovely! To give an idea Not quite the same but I can see where Chrysler pinched a lot of their styling from inside ! Inside of mine is so big I could probably wire up a full set of B&Q kitchen spots to shine onto the dash! Chavtastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 do it stan then take pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Ha ha yeah right!! Maybe fit a set of kitchen units in the back while I am at it - with a small bar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez21 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hi all, This is alot easier than you think. I have done this too mine a while ago. I made a small plate with 16 holes in for behind the red reflector. I used 5mm white led's for this (with resistors) and just glued them in, looks completely OEM when fitted. I also put 4 in the bottom of the door card so they shine on the ground when the door is opened, this sounds naff to some but its one of the best things ive done! There are several empty pin holes in the door harness so I just ran the wires through there, only down side is that if you ever wanted to unplug your door harness and remove the door the wire will be there. But to be honest how often do you take your door off! I then just ran the wires up the A pillar and tapped into the room lamp. They even dim too same as the interior lamp!! While I was on i mounted some orange leds in the footwell and put them in the same circuit! This only cost a few pounds for the leds and resistors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmarky Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 how do you get that to the door? through the door connector...? has it got any spare pins to use? its a watertight connector so you dont want to muller it to get them through. plus attaching things to the dome lights is just a bad idea without protection as ive proven. Just cos i know your a professional Husky thought id answer a few of your questions to give you some food for thought. The door connector is waterproof and there are quite a few spare slots (more on passenger side). If you look at the following image you can see ive utilised some of the spare space to run my speaker wires. I reckon you could easily wire in some small cable into the actual socket to run to these reflectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 cheers marky since then i have had a good play running speaker wires into doors just like yours so im up to speed now it all sounds good i would just say, please be carefull when tapping into the dome lights as there is no fuse between them and the BCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I want 'ambient' lighting! My Dads S Class has it and it's lovely! To give an idea +1 Audis have it in red, and I put it in my golf as you can take it from the passat W8. Would be V nice in the zed, particularly if you've some shiny CF bits / CF shifter. I was going to do it to my golf but then I sold it. The Qashqui i had for a week had it in red and it was pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfoster Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Any ideas where to buy these leds or is it just an ebay jobby? ALso what sort of resistors are needed? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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