A Discussion About "Puddle Lights"

[Dennisd]

Looking into buying these http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hight...034716103.html maybe an idea for somebody else? I know there from vw and i know there more expensive but the look good and i reccon they would fit, only thing is the wirring but that is commented above.

[kenp]

Bit expencive but look Nice.

[Z80]

I'd imagine the looms with the connectors wouldn't work very well with newer door modules, as the pin for the voltage is the one that's used for heated mirrors?

I'll see when I've got them, but anyway, I should be able to make a complete loom out of both the original and the new ones...

I didn't exhaustively listed all the pins yet, but my OEM mirrors are heated and dimming already, and my car doesn't have puddle lights. So they would have common pins ? How is it possible ? OK, I'll compare different years pinouts from the TIS to learn more about that.

[Z80]

Well, actually, I'm not fond of the red plastic for the OEM ones, but the red reflector being an important security device in case a kid opens a door while a vehicule is coming, I'd rather get the GM red ones anyway.

The way they're fitted on the doors edges on the vectra offers a much better warning to cyclists etc. too.

I'm personnally intending to fit puddle lights for very different purposes there :

- White ground lighting in the doors cards bottom edges, to help seeing where you walk, especially in water and mud, of if dropping something by the car in the dark,

and

- Red kerb lights on the doors edges, as a security device aimed at other drivers.

Both being powered by the same wires, I'd like to fit both at the same time.

[paulthomas12]

Hello,

If someone has a factory fitted puddle lights, please give me these 2 dimensions marked with "red x"

https://ibb.co/9V4kyMF

Thanks in advance!