LED BLINKER INSTALLATION IN MIRROR HOUSINGS
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Also, either start the car or have a battery trickle charger running. I didn't and had to use my phone to get a jump! DOH!
I soldered every connection. I used a butane soldering iron and rosin core solder.
Some of the tools you'll need are razor, Torx T25 screwdriver or socket, small flat screwdriver, 1/4-drive ratchet with short extension, 10mm deep and 7mm sockets, small "poker", soldering iron, solder, heat shrink tubing, stranded wire (18 to 24 ga.), prep pads or spray, 2-pin plug sets (2 needed), "LEDLITZ" flexible LED strips (amber or red) or similar (purchased mine at Auto Zone) Make sure they are the kind that you see from the edge, not from the top!
Long-term note: Use stranded wire, not solid. Stranded takes the abuses of movement better and you don't want to have to fish more wire when the solid breaks in half!
-- 01 Tools needed to work on doors
-- 02 Flexible LED for mirror blinker
Getting started:
Use flat screwdriver to pry off door release cup cover plate. Pry at rear ONLY, please!
-- 03 Removing door pull cup inside plate
The cover has 2 attachments - DO NOT pry from the front!
-- 04 Door pull cup plate detail-passenger side (being held by chrome wire stripper/cutter)
(Multiple posts - limited to 4 images per post)
Also, either start the car or have a battery trickle charger running. I didn't and had to use my phone to get a jump! DOH!
I soldered every connection. I used a butane soldering iron and rosin core solder.
Some of the tools you'll need are razor, Torx T25 screwdriver or socket, small flat screwdriver, 1/4-drive ratchet with short extension, 10mm deep and 7mm sockets, small "poker", soldering iron, solder, heat shrink tubing, stranded wire (18 to 24 ga.), prep pads or spray, 2-pin plug sets (2 needed), "LEDLITZ" flexible LED strips (amber or red) or similar (purchased mine at Auto Zone) Make sure they are the kind that you see from the edge, not from the top!
Long-term note: Use stranded wire, not solid. Stranded takes the abuses of movement better and you don't want to have to fish more wire when the solid breaks in half!
-- 01 Tools needed to work on doors
-- 02 Flexible LED for mirror blinker
Getting started:
Use flat screwdriver to pry off door release cup cover plate. Pry at rear ONLY, please!
-- 03 Removing door pull cup inside plate
The cover has 2 attachments - DO NOT pry from the front!
-- 04 Door pull cup plate detail-passenger side (being held by chrome wire stripper/cutter)