12 colour interior ambient light install

Old Aug 24, 2020 | 12:49 PM
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12 colour interior ambient light install

I didn't have ambient lighting so decided to upgrade to 12 colour led ambient light
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 01:10 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 01:17 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 02:13 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 02:44 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 03:00 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 03:53 PM
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 04:23 PM
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I bought it through Facebook messenger, guy called kerdi liang (search his Facebook page). I know DMP car design do a 32 colour version as well.

Difficulty is not massive but very time consuming. I sound dampened all the doors as well which slowed me down. Let me know of your doing it and I can send you the PDF instructions
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Old Aug 25, 2020 | 10:09 PM
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Guide please! I posted a thread about ambient lighting a long time ago, and how having three colours just wasn't enough, considering that polar was just a useless colour. Last month, I looked back into it and found a couple of people that sold the kit for around $250-$300 USD. They only wanted to provide the video of the installation after the purchase, so I didn't know how complex it would be, so I kind of lost interest. Looking at this awesome retrofit you've done, it looks amazing. The purple is the colour that I really wanted as it just pops and looks great, especially at night.

How much did this kit cost you? I also looked up the seller, and see that he's located in China. How long did it take to receive the product?

Could you post more pictures and angles with the purple light on?

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Old Aug 25, 2020 | 11:02 PM
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Is it just me or does this lighting is brighter than stock lighting?

This looks so cool. I might be interested in it if the price is right.
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Old Aug 27, 2020 | 03:20 AM
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im defs interested in this but similar to above the lack of installation video has been intimidating, would you be able to share the pdf for instructions?

do you also retain brightness controll?
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Following this is what I’ve been wanting.
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Old Aug 28, 2020 | 07:48 AM
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Old Aug 28, 2020 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Idklol69
Guide please! I posted a thread about ambient lighting a long time ago, and how having three colours just wasn't enough, considering that polar was just a useless colour. Last month, I looked back into it and found a couple of people that sold the kit for around $250-$300 USD. They only wanted to provide the video of the installation after the purchase, so I didn't know how complex it would be, so I kind of lost interest. Looking at this awesome retrofit you've done, it looks amazing. The purple is the colour that I really wanted as it just pops and looks great, especially at night.

How much did this kit cost you? I also looked up the seller, and see that he's located in China. How long did it take to receive the product?

Could you post more pictures and angles with the purple light on?

I am in Ireland, only took 1 week he ships express. Purple is actually my favourite as well. Was 170 dollars for the lights, it was an additional 40 dollars for the obd to activate the lights in the menu.

Others asking about brightness, is the only negative in my experience you can't turn it off or dim it. But I have to say it has never bothered me. Would be nicer if it was linked to the headlights coming on or something but what ever.

Am away at the moment but will try post more pics when I get the chance
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Old Aug 30, 2020 | 05:20 AM
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have you tried holding the back button + volume up (increase brightness) or volume down (decrease brightness) as i know some systems utilize that
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I am in Ireland, only took 1 week he ships express. Purple is actually my favourite as well. Was 170 dollars for the lights, it was an additional 40 dollars for the obd to activate the lights in the menu.

Others asking about brightness, is the only negative in my experience you can't turn it off or dim it. But I have to say it has never bothered me. Would be nicer if it was linked to the headlights coming on or something but what ever.

Am away at the moment but will try post more pics when I get the chance
Question, this purple/orange wire plug isn’t comimg out and there isn’t any type of push clip to un-secure it. I pulled pretty hard but I also didn’t wanna break it because idk of pulling it off is the right way to do it. It’s the last thing I need to do to separate the door panel from the door.



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Old Dec 22, 2020 | 06:22 AM
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could we get some pictures in the daytime, just want to gauge how bright they actually are

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Originally Posted by Roop94
Is it just me or does this lighting is brighter than stock lighting?

This looks so cool. I might be interested in it if the price is right.
Definitely much brighter than stock. I find stock to be very subtle—nowhere near this intensity.
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Did you add the footwell lighting as well? From your pictures it seems like you didn't.
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I didn't have ambient lighting so decided to upgrade to 12 colour led ambient light

So I just got this kit, I was wondering if your auto fold mirrors still work when locking the door?
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So I just got this kit, I was wondering if your auto fold mirrors still work when locking the door?
It should work. Do both of them not work? Did you forget to plug in one of the wires into the module?
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It should work. Do both of them not work? Did you forget to plug in one of the wires into the module?
Ah it actually just started working which is quite weird.

Did you notice the lights stay on for a period of time even after the car is locked?
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Ah it actually just started working which is quite weird.

Did you notice the lights stay on for a period of time even after the car is locked?
Yup. Mine do this as well. Once I even saw them on when the car was parked for a few hours, but I’m sure that was a rare occurrence. I don’t think this is anything to be worried about because I’ve had this installation since May, and it’s December, and I haven’t had a dead battery (this is even with not driving the car for a few days!).

Did you do the footwell lights or just the doors/dash?
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