I have a standard flashing LED door pin on the drivers side, but I am planning on retro fitting an identical LED door pin from another fabia's drivers side to my passengers side.

I am assuming that the LED and attached loom will just plug in somewhere on the passengers side, like it must do on the drivers side? Could someone please advise on what I would need to do? Pictures would be really great of where the cable for the LED goes from and where it goes to and plugs in etc.

Also has anyone else done this mod?

Many thanks for your help!

Isn't it the pin surround rather than the pin itself which has the led?

I'd bet this job is harder than it would seem at first.

I'd imagine you have to fiddle with the wiring at the very least and at worst

remove the ancillaries carrier But to be fair, I'm only guessing.

Hope you manage it cos I quite like the idea.

Keep us posted

That's correct, it is the pin surround that contains the LED, the pin itself just goes up and down through the surround.

I want the mod to look completely standard, so I am hoping to get hold of the surround and LED from a drivers side Fabia to fit to my passengers side.

I am assuming that the cable for the LED just plugs into the unit that controls the central locking on the drivers side and I am hoping that for manufacturing cheapness, the same central locking control unit was fitted to the passenger side (minus the LED cable). However I haven't had a chance to pull it all apart yet and see what goes where, so I was hoping that someone had some pictures to clarify, before I went investigating.

I will keep you guys updated on any progress and make up a how-to if all goes to plan...

vRS has them on both sides... so must have the loom somewhere hidden behind the door!

I've seen other VAG cars with an LED on both sides, but I wasn't aware that a fellow Fabia model had them on, so this is starting to look promising!

Hopefully it's just plug and go then!

Does anyone want to volunteer to take their door card off and take some pictures of where the cable goes for the LED?

vRS has them on both sides... so must have the loom somewhere hidden behind the door!

mine doesn't :no:

mine doesn't :no:

Neither did my Elegance or my vRS. 2001, 2004.. could be a MY thing?

Neither did my Elegance or my vRS. 2001, 2004.. could be a MY thing?

And neither does my 2006 vRS. Maybe it's just on the SE, and the added desirability of the extra LED is what's keeping their secondhand prices so high

And neither does my 2006 vRS. Maybe it's just on the SE, and the added desirability of the extra LED is what's keeping their secondhand prices so high

Mine doesn't - perhaps I should complain...

Who wants to volunteer to take their drivers door card off and take some pictures of where the wire for the LED plugs in?

Bonus points for checking that the LED can be plugged in on the passengers side and that it works as expected.

Then perhaps we could get some part numbers for any parts required and make a how-to guide up...

pretty sure my 55reg doesnt either... will check later

Who wants to volunteer to take their drivers door card off and take some pictures of where the wire for the LED plugs in?

Bonus points for checking that the LED can be plugged in on the passengers side and that it works as expected.

Then perhaps we could get some part numbers for any parts required and make a how-to guide up...

Me and Bezzy fixed all his doors at the weekend.

If only I'd known about this sooner, I could have had a look for you.

And for the record, we had quite a hard time removing the window/lock buttons unit

from the driver door. It was a proper pig.

Still with Fabias being leaky old tubs, I'd wager somebodys door trims will be off

this weekend.

Still with Fabias being leaky old tubs, I'd wager somebodys door trims will be off

this weekend.

I hear that!

I had my rears off a few weeks ago and sealed them up because they were letting in so much water - I've never seen such a bad design to be honest. Thankfully the fronts don't seem to be letting in any water at the moment and I'm of the attitude that if is isn't broken, don't fix it, so I'm hoping someone else won't mind doing a little investigating if their planning to take theirs off...

Who wants to volunteer to take their drivers door card off and take some pictures of where the wire for the LED plugs in?

Bonus points for checking that the LED can be plugged in on the passengers side and that it works as expected.

Then perhaps we could get some part numbers for any parts required and make a how-to guide up...

I have wiring diagrams. The LED is supplied via pin 1 of the white 6 way connector between A pillar and door (white & purple wire). It earths inside the door harness.

The diagram doesn't show it going to the passenger side, and pin 1 might be absent from the connector on that side. It should be fairly easy to check just by pulling back the rubber boot - without removing the door card.

Isn't the led/door pin surround actually moulded to the door card ? So if you got another door card you would have to actually cut it out ?

Isn't the led/door pin surround actually moulded to the door card ? So if you got another door card you would have to actually cut it out ?

From past experience, I believe the LED surround should just be held in place by 2 plastic clips, you need to remove the door card and then you should be able to squeeze the 2 plastic clips from the inside and it should pop out of the top of the door card. The pin that goes up and down through the LED surround just goes on top of a bit of metal that moves up and down with the locking mechanism.

I have wiring diagrams. The LED is supplied via pin 1 of the white 6 way connector between A pillar and door (white & purple wire). It earths inside the door harness.

The diagram doesn't show it going to the passenger side, and pin 1 might be absent from the connector on that side. It should be fairly easy to check just by pulling back the rubber boot - without removing the door card.

Any chance of some pictures of where the LED wire goes to and where it plugs in on the drivers side?

Also is there any chance that someone could check that it can plug in on the passengers side and test that the LED actually works?

If anyone's got some spare time this weekend or is already planning to take the front door cards off and able to help investigate this, it would be much appreciated!

I think this would be a great little cheap mod and hopefully it will have the added bonus of deterring any thieves as well...

Just a reminder for anyone with some spare time this weekend and is able to help...

Have a good one everyone!

And for the record, we had quite a hard time removing the window/lock buttons unit

from the driver door. It was a proper pig.

There's supposed to be a special tool Skoda use to push the clip at the back out and up to undo them with ease (inserted via the small hole you can see underneath). Haynes reckons a bent screwdriver could be used. I managed to break the rear big clip on one of mine, but it still fits back in fine and doesn't rattle etc.

Edited 15 October, 201015 yr by anewman

Having had the door cards off today......... The led as stated connects to a white wire with a purple pin stripe and a brown wire. The brown wire is the earth and the white and purple wire goes into the door loom and ends at pin 1 on a white block connector on the car body between the door and car. The passenger side doesn't have this in the door loom neither does it have it on the car loom. So I guess it's either a piggy back connection from the drivers side and across the back of the dash or simply not having it on the passenger door. Hope this helps?!

Right guys, I had to take the passenger door card off for other work, now it's off I'm thinking about ordering an anti-theft LED (and surround) to fit on the passengers side.

Just wondering how to wire it up, the post above seems to suggest that I may need to connect some loom to the drivers side, however this really isn't a practical option for me. Are there any wires or connections in the passenger door that will give the comnnections I need which will allow the LED to flash when the ignition is off? But not when it's switched on?

I would guess that the components in the passenger door are pretty much a mirror of the components in the drivers door? Apart from the obvious lack of flashing LED!

Need advice on this urgently please as I will order the part tomorrow morning if this is possible. If it is possible and there's enough interest in this retro fit, then I can make a quick how-to up.

As stated by Mattievrs in HIS post before yours and seven months ago, the passenger door does NOT have the physical wire to do this, so you will have to piggy back an extra wire out of the passenger door across the back of the dash and connect it to the drivers door correct wire

National

I'm assuming it's a positive and negative needed for it to flash ?

What you can do is wire two positives to it one of which is a switched live (one in the door ? or from radio) it won't blow the led like you might think.

When the ignition is on it won't flash but as soon as it's off it will flash.

I wired some led door pins with two lives as recommended by max power years ago in my first car !

Thanks national, I did state that I read the post above, but was just wondering if anyone else was aware of any wiring I could use within the passenger door?

I don't need it to be pretty or OEM, I was just hoping that I could somehow connect the LED directly to wires feeding the central locking unit in the passenger door.

It doesn't look like this is possible without taking more trim apart which I'm not prepared to do. Thanks everyone! If someone does think of a way to do this using connections that are available in the passenger door then please let me know!!

I'm assuming it's a positive and negative needed for it to flash ?

What you can do is wire two positives to it one of which is a switched live (one in the door ? or from radio) it won't blow the led like you might think.

When the ignition is on it won't flash but as soon as it's off it will flash.

I wired some led door pins with two lives as recommended by max power years ago in my first car !

If the OP is wiring in an oem LED like on the drivers door then it needs to be wired into the existing loom on the drivers door and run across the back of the dash. This is because the LED positive pulses, unlike normal LEDS. If its an eBay LED then just wire it into a +ve and -ve in the passenger door.