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colb
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Re: foot well lighting

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Got back from holiday to find my set amongst the post. Fitted late this afternoon took about 45 mins, I used the splice method of connecting behind the A pillar, the red scotch lock connectors were too big to fit behind the trim. Wired like this they come on when a door is opened together with the normal interior light. They also illuminate when I press the button on my key. Nice to see where I am putting my feet now with this mod :lol:

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received mine, just need to find the time to fit them now.. :?
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I've got mine too but now having second thoughts about fitting them as I have just purchased these which I am thinking about fitting under dash as I think they will look more like an original factory fit item:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3602-BMW-X5-E ... 784wt_1328

Its just purely down to personal preference because I want to keep the car as original looking as possible.

Okay you may say that they will be out of sight so whats the difference?

But thats just the way I am I suppose

However, I may fit the strip LED's into the glovebox instead as I can see how they would be ideal for inside there where space really is at a premium.
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ok I had a message yesterday from another member whom I had completely forgotten about, is there anyone else who hasn't received theres? :oops:
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Had problems with the sticky holding the strips on to the plastic trim in the footwells, passenger side keeps detaching itself, solved this today by drilling small holes in the trim and using nylon tie wraps to hold the length of leds onto the plastic trim. Drivers side is holding with the sticky but has dropped off once so may do the same that side with the nylon tie wraps.
Just make sure the ratchet head of the ties are on the outside of the trim panel otherwise the trim will not butt up against the other trim when you refit it.

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colb wrote:Had problems with the sticky holding the strips on to the plastic trim...

...solved this today by drilling small holes in the trim and using nylon tie wraps to hold the length of leds onto the plastic trim.

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The wife makes her own greeting cards so she had some very sticky double sided tape seems to have worked a treat.
Had no bother since the installation.
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Having used the amber LED lights I got from eBay in the footwells as per my post, today I installed the littlefella LED lights into the boot, one strip either side and I have to say I'm really impressed. Nice one Jason, great bit of kit
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next project. did consider the angel eyes but seems like a right pain. so these are going to be simpler :)
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im making another postal run tomorrow (wed) for footwell lights, is there anyone else to save me multiple trips :)
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Me please :)
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as you seems to be the LED master, how about these?
(just ideas for you if you like)

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... t-Kit-SOLD
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Do they come with free baseball cap and gangster rap CD?
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already done. though there not fitted at the moment
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was going to use them as side repeaters, but cant decide on what to use to cover the holes where the repeaters are now, maybe a z badge of some sort
there is also some question as to the legality of this, however I can rule this out as I checked with the vosa website 8-)
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Are these sets still available to purchase ?
Many thanks
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yes I still have some left :) pm me your address 8-)

oh hang on, are we talking footwell or grill?
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Footwell please if you have some
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I have an almost inexhaustible supply of these lights, thanks to M and S supplies letting me order as many as I need 8-) :lol:

just pm me the address to post to and we can take it from there, if there is anyone else just pm me :)
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still getting the odd message for these, yes I do still have loads :)
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I am looking to fit to the interior light. I can see how to get the wire up the A pillar and along the top of the screen but not a way of getting the wire to the interior light if it is to be hidden. Have others that have connected to the interior light managed to hide the wire. Thanks
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johnz3 wrote:I am looking to fit to the interior light. I can see how to get the wire up the A pillar and along the top of the screen but not a way of getting the wire to the interior light if it is to be hidden. Have others that have connected to the interior light managed to hide the wire. Thanks
I pulled out the light unit and drilled a small hole into the the base of it to feed the two wires through (+ & -) from the LED's....
They were a beach to solder to the metal contact plates though, They kept popping off.
I'm no soldering expert and so it took a few attempts and gently pulling on the wires to make sure they were well connected
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Thanks and understand that now you have explained. What I am not clear on is how to 'hide' the wires as they bridge the gap from the screen to the interior light.
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I didn't go all the way to the light on the second fitment of these lights, I connected them to the light feed wires in the A post, originaly I did go into the light through a hole that is already in the fitting, its more of a slot than a hole but they do go through (its in the back of the light fitting).
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I fed the wires under the rubber surround (where roof meets screen) :)
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take a look at page 2 of this thread, there is a how too for going to the interior light there 8-)
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Did you develop the headlamp edge kit you were working on? If so could you post some details please. Thanks
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yes I did, will have a hunt around on my laptop for some pics and details, cant remember where I put them
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Just finished installing mine in the footwell. Superb, really looks the business. When I sort out how to post photo from the phone I will load some pics.
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that's great 8-) another one joins the fold :lol:
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I got around to doing mine as well yesterday but the things wouldn't stick even after using alcohol to clean the areas so I used some servo tape instead hopefully they'll still be stuck when I check on my break tonight. In my haste installing does the A piller cover have the rubber over it or tucked in?
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im sure mine was tucked in, a couple of others have had this sticking issue, mine is still stuck with the original backing and has never come off. I wonder if some kind of silicone based cleaners have been used on the inside trim on some cars, if you have an internal valet then silicon based sprays are used. double sided sellotape works well but it needs to be sellotape branded not a cheaper copy.
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now on ebay :)
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........ Perhaps this is a better pic of what you want to achieve ??....... :D
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littlefeller wrote:now on ebay :)
Is this for the footwell light kit? Can you post the link please?

Thanks!
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here is the link, but I can do it cheaper through here :wink: no ebay fees 8-)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221495604884? ... 1586.l2649
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Southernboy wrote:........ Perhaps this is a better pic of what you want to achieve ??....... :D
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yes but in orange. this is on the back burner for now, its going to replace my side repeaters, though there is some debate as to the legality of this
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littlefeller wrote:
Southernboy wrote:........ Perhaps this is a better pic of what you want to achieve ??....... :D
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yes but in orange. this is on the back burner for now, its going to replace my side repeaters, though there is some debate as to the legality of this
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yes I believe your correct, mine were orange so I could get rid of the original side repeaters (indicators) I did look into the legality of this and as far as I can see it shouldn't be a problem, just not sure how plod would view this :?

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Surely your first objective would be ... will it pass the M.O.T. ?
Most things, having passed the mot test, will be accepted by the police.
I will check what the tester's guide says about side repeaters tomorrow and come back to this tomorrow evening.

Blue lights are a big no no.
White to be seen from the front.
Red to be seen from the rear.
Amber to be seen from front, rear and sides. As a general rule.
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......... yes I can understand blue lights being a no no....has anyone come up with ultraviolet led's.... :D
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first shipment to USA £3.80 not bad for airmail 8-)
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simplified fitting instructions can be found/downloaded here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1539497129605370/
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Finally got around to fitting the footwell lights... Amazing! Instantly make the car just that little bit better. Fitted this evening and only took about 20 mins, I used the red scotch lock connectors tucked into the a pillar behind the trim no problem. Nice touch when you click the RCL fob to open the car and the footwells light up too. Just need to do the boot light now.
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dw1985 wrote:Finally got around to fitting the footwell lights... Amazing! Instantly make the car just that little bit better. Fitted this evening and only took about 20 mins, I used the red scotch lock connectors tucked into the a pillar behind the trim no problem. Nice touch when you click the RCL fob to open the car and the footwells light up too. Just need to do the boot light now.
8-) get some pics up 8-)
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I think I would prefer to go with less leds in a very warm white and splice into the instrument lights behind the heating controls, then you have a nice ambient lighting all the time?
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this would be very easy, these strips have 2 positive feeds and 2 ground, I remove one of each while building them. all that is needed is to leave all 4 wires and a simple resister to lower the current to dim the lights, then you could have one feed from the dome light and the second from the instrument feed, simples 8-) :)
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thanks gizzi, been thinking about this today, think I will use the remote control dimmer and wire the footwell secondary feed for the led strips from the ashtray light 8-)
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checked on the ashtray light, It does actually dim with the dimmer switch, will give this a try :) note to myself - should have checked this before ordering a remote dimmer from ebay
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will take a video later when it gets dark 8-)
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