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Ground light on bottom of door

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Here are pictures. I took mine apart.

The logo is easy to replace if needed but the challenge is sourcing a transparency of high enough resolution & quality at this size and shape.

Note they made the logo a bit bulged so then it's projected it's flat looking. There are several lenses (plastic of course at this price) in the barrel. This was overall better quality than I expected.

I'm just waiting on a car to install this!
 

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Really thinking about getting these. Anyone else install? I'm wondering how hard it is to get the door panel off and tap into 12V.

I installed these lights last night. I completed the drivers side door in about 45 minutes. The passenger side took about 15 minutes. I highly recommend completely removing the door panels. BEFORE you start tugging on the panel, remove the 9mm bolt below the rubber pad in the area where you pull the door closed from the inside. There are also two T30 fasteners that need to be removed behind the plastic piece behind the inside door lever. After removing the fasteners you can gently pry the door panel away from the door. I used wire taps to tie into the two wires that connect to the white LED at the bottom of the door panel. The black wire on both doors was negative. Green was positive on the drivers side and I think pink was positive on the passenger side.




Used the supplied hole saw to drill out OEM door plugs



Light is slightly skewed. Not sure it's bad enough to make adjustments.
 
I just got mine in the mail today -- I hooked them up to an outlet with a 12v power adapter to see how they looked, and I have to say: they are pretty damn cool looking. I wasnt sure what I was going to do with them.... if they looked too cheesy, I thought frunk/trunk might be the way to go...if they looked cool, then do the door. Think I am going to do the door, especially since there is a drain plug and it all appears fairly straight forward in terms of install.
I do hope someone else posts step by step instructions while I am wait for me pry tools to come in the mail in the next day or so and decide to tackle it on my own. Anyone have instructions on how to remove the door panel??