Illuminated Door Handles

bndawgs · October 1, 2017

All done. Thanks to pgamboa for the writeup and supplies I needed to finish this.

Edited October 1, 2017 by bndawgs

pgamboa · October 2, 2017

All done. Thanks to pgamboa for the writeup and supplies I needed to finish this.

Really happy to see others able to complete mods with my help looks great!

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bndawgs · October 9, 2017

Still enjoying these handles. The lights are very subtle, but cool nonetheless. I actually like the contrast of the chrome, so I have no plans as of now to get them painted.

pgamboa · October 9, 2017

Still enjoying these handles. The lights are very subtle, but cool nonetheless. I actually like the contrast of the chrome, so I have no plans as of now to get them painted.

I finally received the correct connectors from Mouser, but don’t know if I want to remove the panels one more time. Lol.

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bndawgs · October 9, 2017

I finally received the correct connectors from Mouser, but don’t know if I want to remove the panels one more time. Lol.

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I wouldn't bother with it. but if you do, you might as well go put some sound deadening in while you're in there. that would be the only reason i would take the panels off again.

cmatt · October 10, 2017

@pgamboa I pulled my door handle off the other day to inspect the wiring on my Yukon, but either didn't have enough slack or it was hung on something. I'm considering going the easy route and swapping in Escalade door harnesses. I've got the driver door on order to make sure it will work (I also have an ulterior motive to get the camera feed from the Esky mirrors to the door jamb connector). My handles arrive tomorrow...just need to have them painted.

Which connectors came in from back order?

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pgamboa · October 10, 2017

@pgamboa I pulled my door handle off the other day to inspect the wiring on my Yukon, but either didn't have enough slack or it was hung on something. I'm considering going the easy route and swapping in Escalade door harnesses. I've got the driver door on order to make sure it will work (I also have an ulterior motive to get the camera feed from the Esky mirrors to the door jamb connector). My handles arrive tomorrow...just need to have them painted.

Which connectors came in from back order?

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I received the mate connectors to the handle connectors.

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cmatt · October 12, 2017

What's that and the terminal part numbers?

Vicarod · October 12, 2017

So, I was bartending last nite, and a regular customer came in with his Escalade...first time I ever saw it and it had the lit door handles. I was like, "ooohh...there has to be a way to adapt these to our trucks..."

If I had to guess, I knew it was you that was going to do it...

bndawgs · October 13, 2017

Here's a few other pics I took while installing these.

bndawgs · October 13, 2017

Here's the connectors I used. It didn't occur to me to check the measurements of the door opening prior to getting these. I had to shave off the little tab in order to get it through the door.

cmatt · October 17, 2017

@pgamboa I got the driver's Esky door harness installed and everything functions properly. The only difference I saw is the connector for the door handle. It's keyed differently than the one on my OE harness. However, it does fit the Esky door handle connector perfectly.

Esky harness on top

You can barely see the difference in keying. My OE one is the closer to you.

Esky door harness with my OE Yukon handle connector.

Esky door harness with the Esky handle connector.

pgamboa · October 17, 2017

@pgamboa I got the driver's Esky door harness installed and everything functions properly. The only difference I saw is the connector for the door handle. It's keyed differently than the one on my OE harness. However, it does fit the Esky door handle connector perfectly.

Esky harness on top

You can barely see the difference in keying. My OE one is the closer to you.

Esky door harness with my OE Yukon handle connector.

Esky door harness with the Esky handle connector.

Very nice! Looks like I wasn’t far off with how GM did it and how I did it

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