illuminated door sill questions

[DRM]

hey guys,

I got my ill. door sills and I was wondering what is a good constant power wire to tap in the door gutter? I only have a lisle low voltage circuit tester test light to work with at the moment :o

[Abuimad]

http://www.club202.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8071&highlight=door+sills

[DRM]

Thanks man, I've seen that one but I was wondering if there was any specific colored wires in the door gutter that I could tap for constant power.

[DRM]

surely someone must know a constant power wire in the door sill gutter for an update? :confused:

[DRM]

I also have noticed on my door switches there are only two wires. On the front door switch there is one grey and brown and a brown wire. On the rear door switch there is a light purple pinkish wire / grey wire and a brown wire. On the how to's the door switch has three wires? Maybe that is for pre update? Where would my red and black wires go now?

[DRM]

Alright well I managed to find a live wire in the door gutter, it's red and grey in the left hand gutter. I will tap the black wire into the grey / brown wire from the switch and see how it goes.

[DRM]

finished! I will post some pics up later. I had to take the back seats out as the passenger side door switch wires were routed behind the back into the trunk as the battery is closer.

[DRM]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/Drmzxjd/doosills2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/Drmzxjd/doosills3.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/Drmzxjd/doosills.jpg

[Abuimad]

looks cool man, congrats

[C280/////AMG]

LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!!!

[NEA-4311]

lovely setup! I have the ///AMG ones, you can check the Greek merC thread for a pic.

[DRM]

thanks guys yeah they look great! well worth the time/money, people always complimenting lol.

[zacknj]

where did you get those from?

[DRM]

formymercedes.com

[Proven Guilty]

i wonder how hard it would be to modify them red. hmmmm :bunny:

[DRM]

Yeah I don't know how you would do that, if you can make up a new EL strip it and get some appropriate connectors etc it should be fine.

[Proven Guilty]

it looks as though the lettering is clear acrylic though, and they actually have a frosted paint coat on the back like the tachometer needles. i wonder if they're just cross-firing blue LEDs that can be desoldered and replaced with red ones :bandit: