Puddle Light?

[GQM45s]

Anyone have a DIY guide for puddle lights, I am wanting to put them on my car but can't decide where to start. I see pictures online with people using LED strips and others using actual LED bulbs...

If anyone here in the forum got pics and some tips...much appreciated!

[06M4.5]

I went with the led strips (60 led's on each side) and they work with the doors or oem alarm. Very bright and easy to to install. I got power from the lower pass footwell light.

[GQM45s]

bump - nobody else has done puddle lights?

[06M4.5]

most that do puddle lights are the vip guys

[robert_4.5_S]

Here is pic of my puddle lights. Took me 6 hours.

[atlM35]

reminds me of the neon strips back in the 90's

[06M4.5]

Here is pic of my puddle lights. Took me 6 hours.

Nice and welcome back

[GQM45s]

not bad looking, i was looking more towards like the 5000k color, but not bad at all. do you have a DIY instructions for your kit?

[moedawg140]

I have 5,000K puddle (courtesy) lights, and I'll create a DIY with pics.

[GQM45s]

NICE! Help a fellow M brother out!

[06M4.5]

I think it was 40" with 60 leds on each side of the car:

[moedawg140]

I think it was 40" with 60 leds on each side of the car:

I do not have that length of light, 06M4.5, and the one you uploaded looks like it is a 6,000K version.

[moedawg140]

Check out my Puddle light (courtesy) light DIY writeup:
underbody-side-puddle-courtesy-light-in ... 64780.html

[GQM45s]

Very Nice! instructions are really detailed enough where a noob can probably do it, I hope at least. I wonder if these would work with the individual lights, i am looking for. might have to find a set and see how it goes

Something in the lines of this...



just not with the ballasts

[moedawg140]

Thanks! I tried to make it easy enough to follow so just about anybody could do it.

As for those lights you posted, it looks like you would definitely need those ballasts to power up those lights - especially since at the ends of those lights are the ballast plugs. I know with my fog lights that I changed to HID, I have those same ballast plugs, and, since I am running HID low beams and fog lights, had to install a harness so both of the fog lights would stay on. I don't know if you would need that as well for your setup, but it may be a possiblity.

[GQM45s]

Oh yeah i know about that, I was more looking in the lines of having puddle lights similar to those lights instead of having LED strips, I just dig the individual spots that show on the ground for some reason

[moedawg140]

Sounds good. Well let us know how your installation goes!

[GQM45s]

I think I am going with these to try out how I like them, What do you guys think? not bad for 40 bucks + Shipping

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Brabus-Style-U ... ght-6c.htm