Fitted some gloss black handles to the car today and the front ones now have small LEDs in them that light up when unlocked.

So, handle with led fitted in the rear

Basically i drilled a hole and fed the wires through the handle and filled the hollow part with silicon to waterproof it more.

The exiting of the wire

Joined the LED wires to some more wire after feeding it through the door

Then wired them into the lower door open/puddle light connector

Handle mounted on the door

Finally a video to show what the idea and outcome is all about

Thanks for looking

Top work!

Very interesting. Nice unique mod

Very good!! Nice to see something different.

Now that is unique!

Well Done

Karl

What happens when you wind the window down though? (I'm thinking wires here)

What happens when you wind the window down though? (I'm thinking wires here)

The wires have been put out of the way of the windows

Hmmm id love to do this have you just tapped into the red puddle light?

Hmmm id love to do this have you just tapped into the red puddle light?

yep

do they come on if you turn the interior light on constant?

do they come on if you turn the interior light on constant?

They are wired to the door lights, so no

very nice touch buddy

When i saw the title i thought oh no but tbh they don't look too bad.

nice work though!

Have to say that looks pretty good

Good job!! I did think about this but it was sooo much effort.. I suppose if you were changing the handles anyway it doesn't seem too bad..

The version I was thinking of was drilling hole near the base, thus shining it parallel with the side of car.

Good job!! I did think about this but it was sooo much effort.. I suppose if you were changing the handles anyway it doesn't seem too bad..

The version I was thinking of was drilling hole near the base, thus shining it parallel with the side of car.

I had a good think about where the leds where going and decided on the middle as they shine exactly in/on the handle recess.

This looks great! Is there no way of making them a bit less bright though? I dull amber or green would look aswesomly oem.

what a great idea, nice 1

how did you get the beep when locking?

jordan

how did you get the beep when locking?

jordan

Find someone local with VCDS and you could have a 'Beep' too

This looks great! Is there no way of making them a bit less bright though? I dull amber or green would look aswesomly oem.

I like the crisp brightness but having a mess with the LEDS i have noticed that if you file the top dome part down flat, the light throws less and seems to be more diffused.They also look a little less bright.

I like this mod

Going to get a price to have my handles colour coded, may well look at fitting an led too seeing as they will be off the car anyway.