Hi there, don’t think I’ve posted on here before, but been lingering for a while and done quite a few mods now since getting my T6 campervan back in June, thanks to all the advice I’ve found on here. Most recently (about 3 weeks ago now) I fitted the mirror puddle lights. Really pleased with them, but had a few learning points and tips that might be helpful.
Firstly after all of the threads on broken clips on the lower mirror casing, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a pair beforehand for about £20 including postage. Turned out to be a wise decision as I completely butchered them getting them off (I’d love someone to do a how-to video on getting them off gracefully in one piece - it took me a lot of faffing and levering a trim tool to get them out). Anyway having the spare lower casings allowed me to drill these out and fit the lights beforehand (tip: I used the grid as a guide as well as measuring to get them in the same place on both sides).
I started with the passenger side, took the door card off without too much hassle, then got the mirror covers off without damaging the top cover which was my main aim. Trying to thread the wires through was a bit of a challenge though and I eventually resorted to removing the wing mirror by loosening the three screws and discovered that the foam between the mirror and door only had a small gap on to get the wires through (I’d been trying with a flexible wire feed, but just couldn’t get it through). Anyway, mirrors off and it was no trouble feeding the wires throughthen through the flexible duct between the door and front wing and under the dash.
Having done that and replaced the door card (damaging 2 clips in the process, but not enough to cause any issues), I realised that it would be easier to just take the mirrors off and feed the cables through to the flexi duct rather than take off the door card. This made the drivers side much easier, so I’d recommend doing that way rather than taking the door cards off.
Anyway, drivers side was then a doddle in comparison. After I had the wires under the dash (with lower dash trim removed), I fed a piece of spare wire that they send with the kit under the dash to the drivers side and connected this up (the wire on the kit only gets you so far, but all the fittings are included to wire it up). Then connected that up along with the passenger side wires to the appropriate wires under the passenger side using the posi tap fittings. The guide suggests routing up to the courtesy light, but I found this easier (especially as I was wiring in the footwell lights at the same time and they’re both on the same circuit).
I’m a relative novice with car electrics etc., but found the guide really easy to follow even if the pictures weren’t the best (albeit I followed the footwell light guide for the wiring - also purchased from traveling-lite).
Hope this helps.
Chris
