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lol....yes sirrrrrrrrrSo many mods so little time…I have a shiny box of auto present handles and soft close latches that has been staring at me for weeks. It’s saying “oh come on you know you want to dismantle all 4 doors in the dead of winter!” and I’m like yeah I do! and then I’ll film it for my channel like I’m Steven Spielberg. Then I hate myself in editing because I’m shivering throughout the entire install so I have to do a voice over on the whole thing.
Gluttons for punishment we are!!! At least our cars look
The new gen soft close are now plug and play, it’s just a matter of replacing the OEM latch with the suction one. I was at tesla yesterday picking up my car (lower control arm repair)and I love the auto open and close door on the X.Oooooh, self present & soft close door handles. Look forward to seeing your video on that one!
No, I’ll never buy/install one of those, but still enjoy seeing it in action on someone else’s vehicle…
After reading this entire thread in one sitting, I'm surprised that no one made mention of using a laser wire instead of these much thicker wires that, when installing on the underside of the larger air vent, it can be difficult to mount it nice and straight.
What I ended up using is a laser wire. It's probably about 10 times thinner than the kits mentioned in this thread, and because the source of the light is a laser, the light emitted along the wire is uniform and next level cool looking. It almost has a sparkling effect because the light is so pure.
Because of the thinness, the laser wire is incredibly easy to install. I installed mine on the lower "toothed" vent, right in the recess above the white/wood trim. It's nearly invisible during the day because of how thin it is. And because of thinness, you can slot it right between the tiny gap that's between the white/wood trim and the dark grey trim piece that's on both ends of the dashboard (see pic 2 on OP's post #9 in the below link). That tight gap makes for a super tight wire running across the dash so you never have to worry about it sagging or warping.
The post below outlines what that OP did with his install. He's whom I purchased the laser light from. I'm not sure if he's still active on this forum, but he was selling them for a time. I think I paid around USD $110 from him.
Here is the post: Upgraded Interior lighting M3... Thoughts?
Whereas he tapped off of the driver's door map pocket light (which older Model 3's had but newer ones don't), which required removing the door panel, I instead tapped into a connector behind the left side footwell on the driver's side. You'll have to remove that plastic kick panel to access all the wiring behind there. If you go to page 2 and post #33, you can see my installation pics. This area even has a little white plastic "holder" for the laser.
Best of all, with installing it the way I did it by tapping into the connector (I believe it's VC_LEFT), I am able to turn on/off the laser light from the "Ambient Lights" button on the center screen. Tapping the "Ambient Lights" button will turn on/off all the lights....footwell, door map pockets, AND the laser wire. Personally, having this type of control over that light really makes it look like it was OEM, versus having to plug things into the 12V cigarette lighter outlet.
-- Cintoman
Since my ambient lighting is deactivated, I decided to add my own.
Total Cost:
Parts Used: $40.96
Amazon
-Universal Motorcycle Truck Car Cigarette Lighter Power Plug Cable Adapter Male Lighter with Switch Button Built-in 12V-24V 5A (10FT/3 Meters with Indicator Light) $7.99
Abstract Ocean
-Ultra-Bright LED Lights - Model 3 - Blue (Single - not for footwell) x 2 $19.98
-Extension cables ('pig tails') - set of two $12.99
Soldering Gun, Solder, Electrical Tape.
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hey mate i’m trying to wire in lights myself and when i wire the lights to the pocket lights they work, but only when the car is in park? as soon as i put it in drive they turn off, any ideas what i could have done wrong
yes this maybe the situation but i haven’t had any issues with any other car with this kit, the footwells wouldn’t work as i need something on the doors to tap into, if i try to go with the puddle lights i get a warning on the dash with something about manual latch release is activated so that isn’t a good place eitherYes, my pocket lights dim when I put my vehicle into Drive. Sounds like your particular aftermarket light kit cannot handle the slight voltage drop when this happens. For others who have tapped into the pocket light wiring for power (and do not experience any problems), perhaps their kits do not consume as much power/wattage as your kit. So, this may explain why some have reported not having problems with their kits?…
For your situation, perhaps it is better to tap into the footwell light wire, instead of the pocket light.
hey mate i went through this issue myself and here’s what i have found out, i’ve tried this on 2 my23 tesla model ys and the same thing has occurred. There is a 12v in the doors and it comes from the factory ambient lighting wires, the issue i ran into is when i got to the driver door and tapped into the ambient lighting + and - the light wouldn’t work and both the driver door and the rear driver side door wouldn’t haven’t any ambient lighting after this, not sure what there is to do now beside route a power wire through the door harness but the rear doors have a pinned harness so it seems like a headache , teslas are a nightmareHello
New 2023 M3 RWD MIC owner here.
I bought a kit off Amazon that comes with multiple sub-controller that are linked wireless to the main controller.
I've been doing a bit of research, and I'm most likely going to wire this using the blue wire for 12v and a SSR relay using the brown wire. I'm quite familiar with electronics and wiring, so it shouldn't be an issue wiring it up.
My question however is, is there a source of +12V in the doors? That way, using the sub-controllers, I could avoid having to run switched 12v to the doors, and the install should be much faster. Given the sub-controllers are mimicking the main controller, it could be a constant 12V.
I've tried searching the forums but I couldn't find any information..