Anyone DIY their own illuminated door handles?

[Dresari702]

Hi all.   i have a feeling the answer is "no" but I'll ask anyway.   I was intrigued by Phil Gamboa's old video, where he took the illuminated LED door handles from an Escalade...and installed them on his truck.   (Link to Youtube video, if you haven't seen it.)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8IgHpyvYN0&t=1148s

 

The exterior handles light up with a pretty attractive glow.  But, the handles themselves sell for about $100 each on ebay.   I'm wondering if anyone has ever modified their existing door handles with an LED insert??

 

Basic steps would be:    1.)  Remove door handles.   2.)  Use Dremel/rotary tool to cut a rectangular cut-out in the door handle.   3.)  Insert a flush-mount polycarbonate lens cover....stolen from a cheap running light.    4.)   insert LED board, wire to BCM puddle light wire....or switched 12v source.    2x pics attached that show, generally, what I'd be doing,

 

I'm a bit worried that it would look 'cheap' when I finished.  But I like to DIY a lot of my own stuff, so I think it would be an interesting challenge.   And I CAN'T be the first person to think about this...??    Thoughts?

 

 

 

[M1ck3y]

Imo the difference will be in appearance. OE vs Tacked on