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[lawrence]

Good afternoon people,

I thought I would show people my door handle/puddle lights

They are a little bit different and I totally ripped the idea off my girlfriends new mini much to her annoyance!

 

Take one door handle covered in overspray

20170725_131416 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

Take a strip of 3 leds from maplins and solder two thin wires (led so low current here)

20170725_134008 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

linky

http://www.maplin.co...led-strip-n91cx

 

drill holes in handle to line up with the leds

20170725_140120 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

as you can see I have covered the electrical contact parts with heatshrink and the leds with hot glue from a glue gun. you could use electrical tape but heatshrink is much tidyer.

 

glue together, you will have to open out the handle partly with a drill bit to get the led strip to be lower than the handle.

20170725_141108 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

For more fun modify handle with holes #becauseracecar

20170727_100651 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

sand surface ready for paint

20170727_102801 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

painted and fitted

20170727_161756 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

and the puddle lights

20170727_161813 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

Total cost 

Leds -£1.29

Primer from Poundland - £1

Paint from Poundland - £1

 

Plus a bit of heat shrink/electrical tape and hot glue. If you poor like me and/or hot glue gun is broken/none existent use one of the sticks and a lighter to melt the glue. Optional holes drilled with a drill and drill bits. 

 

Hope this is liked :) plan is to wire it into my remote central locking to have the lights come on when the car is unlocked or you could wire it to a switch

Lawrence

 

ps: will update this with a night time photo tonight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Albino_Hedgehog]

Following!

Awaiting the nighttime pictures!!

[lawrence]

I'm loving how they look at night! I can't get the best photo as the outside light came on and I think for the drivers side one I will aim the led at the dip where you put your hand perhaps.

 

20170727_213500 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

20170727_213431 by Lawrence Balls, on Flickr

 

The leds are the same ones as my auto dipping rear view mirror so they will look good together 

 

Lawrence

[Juniors mini]

I like the look with the holes in them, but the look of the lights is not for me.

[johnR]

Leds have certainly opened up new opportunities for customisers of cars and bikes as well as an 'arms race' to have your caravan/tent lit up like a xmas tree whilst camping!