Right you asked for a guide of how i did mine. Fitted the passenger side this morning.
First of all you need to identify the wiring for it to work. Using a flat blade screwdriver gently prise the clear plastic off the i interior light.
Then remove the actual hosing by prising out the 4 corner tabs and pull on the housing at the same time it then pops out.
You can then see the connector with the 3 wires on. The two i needed was the blue/grey and red/black cable. These run down the A pillar drivers side so i remove that trim too.
I cut these two cables and added male and female spade connectors. Crimmed and soldered. I run two new cables from the A pillar down the side and under the footwell and put them on a block connector ( so i can run all doors to this easy access point.)
Then the bar-steward part. Now you need to get a cable into the door card. Without removing the whole door card i decided to go in via the speaker. So this needs removing. You need a flat blade screwdriver and a torque head.
Prise the speaker cover off using the little slot.
Then unscrew and disconnect the speaker.
Then remove the trim from the door edge (this is passenger side)
And on the passenger side the bottom trim cones off easy to for better access
To get the cables into the door card and into the inside of the car you want to go through the rubber between the two that the other cables run through.
Pull the rubber off the side that attaches the the car not the door.
This shows you the connector that is connected to the car frame.
To get the cables through the rubber i pushed a tie wrap through and into the door. Then taped the cables to the tie wrap and pulled back through.
I fed enough through to reach the driver side footwell where the block connector was.
I then removed the trim either side of the console and fed the cable through.
Once i had the cable across to the block connecter i tooked the cables out the way and re fitted all the trims. Getting the rubber back around the door connecter is a twat. I ended up disconnecting the connector. Put the rubber back in place then re connected.
Next i needed to drill a hole in the bottom of the door card to allow the cables/led strip to be pushed through.
I then got the led strip and connected it to the wires now in the door card. Spade connections crimped and soldered again and the wrapped in amalgamating tape to weather proof.
Now before you go any further best to check your wiring and connections. Wires into the block connector. And door open.
It works.
Ok now to stick it to the door card.
Put the car all back together and job done.
I would buy some decent double sided sticky tape for this as the stickyness of the led strip i had was poo.
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First of all you need to identify the wiring for it to work. Using a flat blade screwdriver gently prise the clear plastic off the i interior light.
Then remove the actual hosing by prising out the 4 corner tabs and pull on the housing at the same time it then pops out.
You can then see the connector with the 3 wires on. The two i needed was the blue/grey and red/black cable. These run down the A pillar drivers side so i remove that trim too.
I cut these two cables and added male and female spade connectors. Crimmed and soldered. I run two new cables from the A pillar down the side and under the footwell and put them on a block connector ( so i can run all doors to this easy access point.)
Then the bar-steward part. Now you need to get a cable into the door card. Without removing the whole door card i decided to go in via the speaker. So this needs removing. You need a flat blade screwdriver and a torque head.
Prise the speaker cover off using the little slot.
Then unscrew and disconnect the speaker.
Then remove the trim from the door edge (this is passenger side)
And on the passenger side the bottom trim cones off easy to for better access
To get the cables into the door card and into the inside of the car you want to go through the rubber between the two that the other cables run through.
Pull the rubber off the side that attaches the the car not the door.
This shows you the connector that is connected to the car frame.
To get the cables through the rubber i pushed a tie wrap through and into the door. Then taped the cables to the tie wrap and pulled back through.
I fed enough through to reach the driver side footwell where the block connector was.
I then removed the trim either side of the console and fed the cable through.
Once i had the cable across to the block connecter i tooked the cables out the way and re fitted all the trims. Getting the rubber back around the door connecter is a twat. I ended up disconnecting the connector. Put the rubber back in place then re connected.
Next i needed to drill a hole in the bottom of the door card to allow the cables/led strip to be pushed through.
I then got the led strip and connected it to the wires now in the door card. Spade connections crimped and soldered again and the wrapped in amalgamating tape to weather proof.
Now before you go any further best to check your wiring and connections. Wires into the block connector. And door open.
It works.
Ok now to stick it to the door card.
Put the car all back together and job done.
I would buy some decent double sided sticky tape for this as the stickyness of the led strip i had was poo.
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