Hey... I am installing the KP Window up module today or tmrw morning and will have my door panel off... Ive noticed the red light (Im assuming its supposed to light up) on the door is blown on my car.. the light so when your door is open in the road cars will see the lights so they dont hit your open door. I looked through the manual but dont see what kind of bulb this takes... anyone know? Ill find out when I get the door panel off but was hoping to save a second trip to the auto store and hoping to pick it up before I beging popping off the door panel...


Thanks..
Chris

 

is it the red piece located on the corner of the door because that is actually a reflector. there are no bulbs in there. The only light on the door is the courtesy light located on the bottom of the door.

 

^ +1. No bulb in there. There really should be though. I remember a thread a while back where people wanted to mod a bulb into the housing. Not sure if anyone actually did it.

 

wow.. thanks.. yeah it is the red piece on the corner.. A quick look at it and I thought it was supposed to have a light in there... I guess I didnt look close enough. Thanks... and agreed.. it should be a light for when the doors open so people see it....

Thanks..

Chris

 

yeah it's only a refelctor, but it's open in the back and you can install your own light. I used LEDs and wired it into the door light.

If you trim the circuit board to the exact size of the reflector opening it'll pressure fit in and a few dabs of hot melt glue will hold it in place.

 

^ that looks awesome with the white lights under the door

 

whats up with the circuits there. is there a write-up. Will see if I can find it on the search but thought I'd ask as well.

 

those are resistors.

 

no I didn't do a full on write up, I did post this in the Hawaii section about a month ago.

Yeah they are resistors to drop down the voltage. white LEDs take around 3.2-3.4 volts. I have each LED wired with it's own resistor which works better. I tried installing the LEDS in series in the past with only a single resistor but they usually end up failing after a few months. It's pretty technical, but there's a reason why this happens. If you want an explantion of why series LEDs don't last I can explain but it's a little lengthy.

 

DHCrocks, any chance you could post a pic of the backside? I'd really be interested in doing this. Seems fairly simple enough...

 

try jamstrait.com for LED lights and boards

 

pick of the backside of the LEDs

 

DHCrocks, where do you connect the cable to?

Can you please give me a direction? Thanks!!

 

looks cool

 

connect it to the stock light in the door. that way when you open the door the reflector light comes on too.