iamnatio

Since I don't have the pathway lighting feature and I don't even have lights in the footwell of my car (weird eh?) I wanted to place LED strips under the car. I do not plan on having these on when I am rolling. The goal with these lights is to turn on when I unlock the car and turn off when I close the car door. Basically to work similar to how the dome lights work. I assume one method would be to re-wire the dome lights by connecting this LED strip.

Any other possible way? Has anyone seen this before? Maybe there is already an LED strip built to work like this and if you have seen it please pass it along.

Thanks!

umichchris

very possible. i actually have a wiring diagram mapped out in my head as i aim to retrofit lighted door handles (driver & passenger door)...i just haven't gotten around to it yet.

iamnatio

Cool. Glad to hear it is possible. If you ever get around to doing it write up a DIY with pics. hehe

BTW ran some more searches and found some info here...
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Foot-Area-L...uide-a/207.htm

Looks promising.

umichchris

i think what im going to do is this:


tap into the footwell lighting & passenger side under dash 12v cig lighter....run the wires thru the firewall....into the door via the mirror assembly wiring harness duct....thru the door and into the handle where i will have the LEDs installed....

sounds easy in my head, but im sure installation will be a sonofabitch lol

nomis_nehc

Or you could just retrofit footwell lighting as well. Bruce Miranda has a pretty comprehensive DIY he did a few years ago.

jan jans

I have pathway light but donīt have footwells, I donīt get it why some people have some lighting and others not...... Are there like optional lighting posibilities?

jan jans

Where the heck can I find Bruce Mirandas DIY??? I canīt find it nowhere....

iamnatio

This can be found here:
https://5series.net/forums/topic/375...uk-012006-car/

Here is another DIY but with photos done by another member following the same method:
https://5series.net/forums/topic/854...-installation/

jan jans

Thanks a lot!

Snitzl5

I did some digging (because i recently upgraded to Bimmian's Ultimate LED interior kit and had 4 modules left over ). What I found out is that on the pre-lci if you have the ambient light package it includes footwell lights.

https://5series.net/forums/topic/369...09#entry392809

so it looks like there is some connection to certain lights and packages and models, etc.