My new door handle mod.
I was inside the doors replacing the interior door handle lighting LED's and decided to see if I could illuminate the exterior door handles and double as puddle lamps. I used 562 COB (chip on board) LED's and 22 AWG wire soldered onto them. Removing the center of a rivet in each door allowed the wire to run freely into the door cavity. I used E-6000 adhesive to attach the LED's and will seal them with silicone. The wire was run around the window regulator and followed the OE harness into the door pillars. Several inches were left in each door to facilitate service of the exterior lights. They were connected and fused at the footwell lamps. They illuminate and darken gradually and make excellent approach lamps.
'04 Silver Marauder w/ sunroof - HID lighting, JL Audio / Eclipse DVD/NAV/iPod/camera, 4.10's, 2" drop, Progard Bumper Baffle, Delete tips, Billet Pedals, BC4E dead pedal, Lidio Tune, Mach1 chin spoiler, K&N CAI, TCE lines, Super40's, tinted tails, SS Inserts, Heinous Control Arms, Real oil gauge, lighted door handles. Currently installing Eaton M112.
2004 Mercury Marauder
Born March 2004, adopted October 2005. Sold January 2012, adopted AGAIN January 2016
2,187 of 3,214
997 in Silver Birch
448 with light flint interior
304 with heated seats
336 with sunroof