D.I.Y. for the Gill Lights

Tools:
·10mm socket.
·Philips head screwdriver.
·Flat head screwdriver.
·Needle nose pliers.
·A hot glue gun.
·Many glue sticks.
·Soldering gun or some type of exactor knife or something.


1. Jack up the car.

2. Take off the wheel.

3. Take off the wheel well lining.

4. Take out the black foam piece that is in there that is behind the gill.

5. Carefully take out gill by unclipping the 6 clips. Unclip with caution, so the clips don’t break.

6. When the gill is fully off, unscrew the green clips off. This just makes things simpler for later.

7. Use a soldering gun to slightly melt the black spots where the piece in the gill slot is covering the holes



Then take off those black pieces



8. Place ones of the gill lights on over its hole. (Small ones in back opening towards the back of the car, and the big ones in the front openings towards the front of the car.)



9. Glue the side that is leaning on the gill first. Do it in little intervals and let those spots dry, so you can make sure the gill light is straight. Gluing takes lots of time and patience



10. Repeat step 8 and 9 with the gill in the other opening



11. Screw the green clips back onto the gill.

12. Now drill holes big enough for the wires to fit on the wall behind where the gill goes. Run the wire through the hole shown below


13. Then snap the gill back in on the car, making sure to pull the wire through the hole till it wont go anymore.

14. Behind where the rubber was, behind the fender, there is a hole, with a rubber piece in it. Take that rubber piece out. Then take off the door sills on that side of the car, and take off the kick panel to get to that hole. Run the wire in through there.

15. Place the rubber piece back in, the black foam piece back in, put the wheel well fender back on, and put the tire back on.

16. Then tighten the screws that hole on the wheel, and lower the jack.

17. Repeat steps 1-16.

18. Now wire it all in, and your done.

Thanks to Mines Better for this clear and concise DIY!

where did you get the gill lights from?

Great DIY - i got 2 questions though:

How much time does this mod take about?
How hard is it to wire? (for blinkers or to a switch, or both)

from what i remember, u dont need any resistors or fuses...

but i did this about 2 years ago, so its kinda hard to remember.

but i think u just need to connect it to the switch, ground, and power, and thats it.

this is an awesome looking mod!

Is there another guide that actually has working pictures and perhaps a wiring guide?? I want the gills to flash with the blinkers but remain off otherwise.

Anybody? I am wanting to do this mod like pronto. But I need some help. This thread needs the pictures to go with the directions!

check his host

http://www.imagestation.com/

I can only blame myself for thinking that would yield results...

I am very good at pointing out the obvious

Looking at the DIY: Foglight's On With Running Lights by 03TibbyGuy , if the brown wire is for the parking/running lights, then the white must be for the blinker. Pic stolen from DIY: Foglight's On With Running Lights by 03TibbyGuy

Im not sure if this is the set up this diy is talking about, but im just using A/Z led strips, and i installed myself in a few hours w/o ever removing a single bolt on the car, and hide the switch in my ash tray.

I've just installed my new gills (got 05-06 gills) and wired up the LEDs. Unfortunately I left my flash card for my camera at work so I did not have a chance to take pics of the installation. However, I can confirm that it is the white wire (blue on the passenger side) for the blinkers.

I've wired each up to its own switch on the driver's side door and they seem to be working beautifully. If anyone has installation questions I'll be happy to answer. I'll snap some pics on Monday and post them (assuming I remember haha). What I don't know how to do is wire them so that they are on constantly and blink with the blinkers, but I'll try to find out how to do that on Tuesday, as there is a tech at work who also has a Tib.