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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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These footwell LED lights ran me about $20 shipped off eBay and took 10 minutes to install.




OEM Accessory doorsills - about $150 and half an hour to install:



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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 12:00 AM
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had the door sills for sale don't like them
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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How'd you install the door lights? If they actually do give out light enough to see the floor it might be a good buy. I r teh jealous!
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 01:03 AM
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*shakey fist at Zoltiz*

Damn you sir...save some mods for us!

I'm just messing, looks good man. Just ordered my wheels and tires today, should have em installed on Saturday....woot!
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 01:11 AM
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Doorsills combined with $20 eBay LED strips provide good floor lighting.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 02:57 AM
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Where'd you find the footwell lighting>?
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 03:12 AM
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Easier to install, brighter and 10x cheaper than OEM footwells.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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Sorry for sounding like a noob, but are all the lighted Scion Doorsills the same size? Or do they vary from car to car??? I wouldn't mind getting a set for the xD...
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 12:03 PM
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Easier to install, brighter and 10x cheaper than OEM footwells.
looks good if you were walking down the row at a movie theater. ha.
Old Oct 18, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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If you install them like the people in the auction pictures - then yes, definitely reminds you of emergency lighting on a Delta flight, but if the LEDs are not directly visible, then it's a whole different animal.
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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very nice....I like the lighted sills...
Old Oct 19, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Saw something like that at Autozone. Looks like they light up nicely. I installed 4 Cold Cathode Tubes(2 front, 2 under front seats for the rear) on my brothers Xd this past weekend. A whoppin $15 with shipping from Ebayland. Wired them to the interior lighting and threw in a switch. Ill see about getting some pics
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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Liking the lit up door sills...are those only available for the xD or do they fit on the xA as well?
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 02:11 AM
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I think you can rig them to the xA - if you want, I'll check the sizing sunday night when I'll have both cars in the garage.
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 04:29 AM
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I am digging the footwell lights. Are these a couple of LED strips off of the eBay link? How hard is it to figure out how to hook them up? I'm a total n00b when it comes to cars.

I think I might go with white LEDs. Every piece of electronics that I own has blue LEDs and I'm beginning to get tired of them.
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Yes, footwells are off the eBay link. I can show where they need to be hooked up if you get them - same 2 wires that power the door sills, so I can post up the PDF for the doorsills and you can go from there.
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here's my door sills. =)
Old Mar 6, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by katchkillah
here's my door sills. =)
shyte!...thats cool and i dont even have it on my iSt!...
Old Mar 6, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by moaiD
Originally Posted by katchkillah
here's my door sills. =)
shyte!...thats cool and i dont even have it on my iSt!...

LOL i should get you a set of xd one's instead.
Old Nov 1, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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looks great! if you dont mind me asking where you wired the interior led set...
im a total chick and do not know anything about these stuffs, i just bought a set of interior led off of ebay. thanks...
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