Installing aftermarket side running boards with led lights
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Installing aftermarket side running boards with led lights
Hello,
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLE and recently added aftermarket side running boards with LED lights. To integrate these lights with my vehicle's existing systems, I plan to connect the positive and negative wires to the side rear mirror puddle lights. Will this connection work, and are there any potential risks or issues associated with this approach? Ideally, I would like the LED lights to illuminate when I lock or unlock the vehicle.
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLE and recently added aftermarket side running boards with LED lights. To integrate these lights with my vehicle's existing systems, I plan to connect the positive and negative wires to the side rear mirror puddle lights. Will this connection work, and are there any potential risks or issues associated with this approach? Ideally, I would like the LED lights to illuminate when I lock or unlock the vehicle.
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Hello,
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLE and recently added aftermarket side running boards with LED lights. To integrate these lights with my vehicle's existing systems, I plan to connect the positive and negative wires to the side rear mirror puddle lights. Will this connection work, and are there any potential risks or issues associated with this approach? Ideally, I would like the LED lights to illuminate when I lock or unlock the vehicle.
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLE and recently added aftermarket side running boards with LED lights. To integrate these lights with my vehicle's existing systems, I plan to connect the positive and negative wires to the side rear mirror puddle lights. Will this connection work, and are there any potential risks or issues associated with this approach? Ideally, I would like the LED lights to illuminate when I lock or unlock the vehicle.
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Thank you for the response but I was able to install them with no issues and didn’t need anything extra to make it work with oem
QUOTE=drwolf;9251278]I had them on my ML350, the way that it works is not the same as the puddle lights. It works in its own independent manner. I would suggest taking it to a Mercedes shop that does that stuff do get it to work.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=drwolf;9251278]I had them on my ML350, the way that it works is not the same as the puddle lights. It works in its own independent manner. I would suggest taking it to a Mercedes shop that does that stuff do get it to work.[/QUOTE]
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So, did you have to tap into the mirrors or was there connections there already to
plug the new running boards into?
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plug the new running boards into?
Thank you for the response but I was able to install them with no issues and didn’t need anything extra to make it work with oem
QUOTE=drwolf;9251278]I had them on my ML350, the way that it works is not the same as the puddle lights. It works in its own independent manner. I would suggest taking it to a Mercedes shop that does that stuff do get it to work.
QUOTE=drwolf;9251278]I had them on my ML350, the way that it works is not the same as the puddle lights. It works in its own independent manner. I would suggest taking it to a Mercedes shop that does that stuff do get it to work.
