As the title says I have fitted SMD LED strips to the front footwells (rear to come soon).

I would like to share this as to make it easier for people to do the same to their car.

Step 1 - The plastic panel needs to be removed.

Step 2 - Remove the plastic cover that covers the bolt and undo using torx.

Step 3 - Remove the plastic panel by sliding it towards the front of the car.

Step 4 - Locate original 501 bulb holder and remove from housing.

Step 5 - Cut the bulb holder from the wires and connect the wires from the led strip and connect them using crimps.

Step 6 - Place the LED strips in place and fix using the adhesive strip on the rear.

Step 7 - Sit back and enjoy!

Please be kind as this is my first build thread!

Well done, looks good, might do this in my mk1. You got a link to buy these?

Cheers!

Here's the lights I purchased.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/281176000513?nav=SEARCH

Thanks mate, definatly going for them.

Nice job there.

Decent light spread too.

Looking Good!

Moving to the build thread section!

Looks great. Would it not have been more simple to use these however?

Looks great. Would it not have been more simple to use these however?

It would be but those connectors are terrible.

Too much movement on wires causing bad connections.

I've got some on order as I'm looking at doing some strips. I'm going to strip the cables back and solder to the strip. Should be adequate then I hope. £1.60 Hong Kong gamble isn't too much of a loss.

The strips look so much better than a single bulb though!

I've wondered about doing this too, would go down the route of using an adaptor rather than splicing into the cables in case I wanted to change my mind at some point.

It's one of many jobs on a long list, at some point my interior will go into red led overload and look like either a submarine or p!mp mobile

As stoney said, plus I think my option is much 'neater' too, even if it's not the best job haha.

Troy you won't want to go back to 501, the light spread is much greater with strips. If you wanted to you could just solder the original wires back together.

Done my attempt today and is on my build thread. That uses the adapters and solder as stated above. Comments welcome

Nice work OP

Looks very good, and decent spread of light.