Door courtesy lights ?
 

Hi,

My car does not come with courtesy lights. I'm thinking of a DIY for the courtesy lights but unable to find where i could tap in the signal for driver side & passenger side courtesy light.

Studying the "Overall Electrical Wiring Diagram" for Fr-S, i can see these two got documented on page #295 as FPCY (Front Passenger Side Courtersy) & FDCY (Front Driver Side Courtersy). These two are pin 10 & pin 16 of the ECU, going to connector 3B & 3A respectively which then shown up at connector GD1 & HD1 as pin #3 (gray) and pin #18 (purple).

Page #302 showed connector GD1 as the white connector of 14 pins (we are interested in the gray pin #3, FPCY signal).

Page #303 showed connector HD1 as the white connector of 48 pins (we are interested in the purple pin #1, FDCY signal) .

The question i have is: WHere is actually these two connectors GD1 & HD1 on our car ? I wish there is some sort of mapping these connectors to their locations with pictures perhaps.

Once we know the exact locations to tape, the rest will be fun. Many things can be done with ịt such as
- open car & LED lights up the floor so that we could get into the car without bumping knees around
- Installing courtesy lights
- Installing welcome logo light
- Installing puddle lights

Anyone knows where these connectors are in our car ?

Thanks in advance

Found connector 3A ! It is connector shown here at timestamp 13:39:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUIFd_0OpIE"]FR-S / BRZ LED Side Mirror Installation Guide from Diode Dynamics - YouTube[/ame]

where this guy tapped in the LEFT & RIGHT turn signal.

I suspect that 3B connector should be close bỵ. And then the GD1 & HD1 connector probably is in the door pannels themselves.

Ok, I'll open up the doors & try to match the pin #, pin positions & pin colors . If they are matched, very high chance that we found them.

I dont understand its kinda of stupid the light housing is there and when you open the door its there but not lit its like this car wasnt that cheap wtf!!!

guys, becauseracecar

Because you bought a cheaper car. The "premium" model has the lighting installed. The "base model (FR-S)" has less features.

When i got my frs there was no premium

Yes...there was. It's called the BRZ. ;)

Frs has more tradition in it the whole reseaon the twin came out was because of the re birth of the ae86, so i got the frs because of that the brz is nice too tho

And following in that AE86 tradition the FR-S came without any optional accessories

Yea and i got all of them hahah but i also didnt buy mine from a dealer i ordered directly through toyota like my dad shot his order directly to the factory

Does yours have illuminated lights on the buttons that select milleage & display temperature etc ?

If yours does not, then you still need to add it in as it is too dark to see them at night time to select the right button.

Don't know about u guys/gals but it is fun for me to enhance & customize to signature my own car in my own way that is unique & standout.

A traditional courtesy light would be boring. I would like a courtesy light with a welcome projecting light log on the ground when open the door. Also, when openning the door, floor light is turned on at my preferable color & the right corners so that my girl can sit in without bumping her long legs & get bruise 8-) 8-)

Hey, why spent $ on the traditional things like that (traditional courtesy light) when i will have to rip out and replace with my own ? In the end, waste $ & it will void the warranty anyway.

I'll write a decent DIY (will try) with pictures after i fiinish.

Damned , ordering those angel eye switches from China takes tooooo long. 8-( But it is cheaper than other from US . They used parts from China anyway. I like to have switches on the pannel.

I bought mine a month ago. Deliberately goes for a cheaper because i will replace those cosmetics with my own stuffs.

When i bought mine, i have the following criteria
1) under 30K
2) I have to like to car shape
3) The color . (Yeah, i drove 2 hrs to a dealer that has only 1 car of dark grey left in Dallas-Fortworth)
4) Has to get it today (I decide to buy a new car in the morning & drove it home around 7pm that day. Took out a liquid loan to pay all off to save time)

love my car ... Looking back, i'm still happy with my decision that day.

(Continuing my project)

1) Found the wire for FDCY !

Yes, this is the signal that can light up the courtesy light on the door on driver side, as well as the signal feeding into the master window power control switch so that when we closed the door with the window is not completely up, the window glass will be up completely to seal away outside noise.

In the car that does not come with courtesy lights, there is no harness wires or connector from the ECU leading to the assembly. I search the car but could not find it. As i noticed that when i closed the door, the window glass moved up a bit, i was well determined to search for this and found here as in this snapshot of the eletrical diagram & my car:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ignal_FDCY.jpg


That is for tapping inside the car. The same purple color should be easily tapped on the door itself when i open up the pannel.

Next task is to trace out the location to tap the FPCY ...

Btw, i also already ordered switches & connectors & prewired LEDs from China. Has to order now as it takes a month to get it. Takes a bit long time but it is cheap. I hated to order from those in US but really the products are still in China, only the difference is to get it fast.

(The pics of the connector above in my car, just go under the dash, look for the hole going toward the driver side door, you should see two set of wires going into the door from under the dash board)

I tapped mine thru the dome light.. im going to be redo'ing my setup where the light continues along the bottom of the door to the fender..

[ame]http://youtu.be/RDrZlSoYGMs[/ame]

if interested... let me know, i'll create whats needed and all that jazz...fora complete DIY..

I routed my footwell lighting to the dome harness. I would think its the same method for this since my footwell act as curtesy lighting. when i unlock the car they turn on, also happens when i open the doors. Lock the car and they dim until they're off its awesome.

:sigh:
The Monogram should have come with these lights installed...now I feel the need to get these working

Here is my contribution. I tapped the dome light and then fished the wire through the wire loom in the door (kind of a pain in the ass). The courtesy lights function the same way as the dome. The lights are bright as hell.
Attachment 96765

That looks really cool :thumbsup:

Does anyone have good guide on how to get this done. I have a FRS that does not come with Door Courtesy lights.

Thanks

I tapped the dome light circuit and used a solid state power relay from digikey. If you've replaced the dome light with led boards, or have a floorlight kit its easy enough. install relay (solid state) inline with the dome circuit, and fused power on the other side.

This is a pretty good how-to for wiring power to the door, can be also used for courtesy light install.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0lTXk85Ezs"]How to Install LED Logo Projectors in a BRZ & FR-S | BRZ FR-S Video Series (11) - YouTube[/ame]

I used this video as a reference to tap the wires for an OEM feel and look. I found some courtesy lights on eBay that use the same connector as the BRZ limited connector so that I can continue to keep the OEM look and finally installed my courtesy lights a few weekends ago. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bc313f61c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ae1b0a69a5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...117c87d3a4.jpg

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Looks awesome, love the OEM look. Curious did you replace the red plastic with clear ones?

Thank you @highway7. Yes, I replaced the red plastic with clear ones from eBay. Honestly, I was only after the connector b/c I previously purchased the Subaru clear courtesy lamps. However, the eBay kit came with LEDs for $24.90 shipped and I liked the look after I installed them. I'm going to run this pair for a couple of months and if they die I can just popped them off and replace with the Subaru lamps. Link for the item I bought is below.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F122531226681

I highly recommend following his suggestion of having a proper fishing tape and using silicone spray. It took me 45 minutes on the driver side using a make shift fishing tape; passenger side took 5 mins to fish the wires and wire everything up with proper fishing tape and silicone spray.

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I’d like to add to this, I also found what you’ve found in the Frs manual, but I’d like to add that I looked into the the BRZ manual, the FDCY, and FPCY are the same, and in the same locations, but since the BRZ comes with the Courtesy lights, it has extra wiring, can be seen on page 184 of the BRZ manual.

The problem that I’m facing now, is that I can’t figure out what the B in the circle stands for, and I can’t seem to locate in the manual where the FLCL, and FRCL pin in. ��

BRZ manual link

http://www.ft86club.com/files/BRZwiringi.pdf

I believe I found the locations for FLCL, and FRCL. I believe it’s on the 5, 6 pin on connector 3A on the main body ECU.

Another update, had plenty of time to look it over and I believe I’ve figured it out, I have yet to go physically search in my FRS for where I believe I’ll have to add wires for an OEM hook up.

I’m a bit of a procrastinator, so maybe someone with drive would like the information, anyways, go to page 184. So for the driver side I’d locate connector ED2 and check pin 9 and see if there’s a wire ran from it and the main body ECU D5 pin 5. Then for the left side do pretty much the same thing, but it’ll be from connector FD2 pin 8 to main body ECU D5 pin 6. If those are good, my guess would be that from the connectors to the actual courtesy lights will need wires ran.

For ED1 pin 1 and FD1 pin 1 see if there’s a wired ran back to a splice somewhere. (couldn’t locate it in the diagrams) If that’s good, I’d assume wires will need to be ran from both connectors to the courtesy lights.

I’ll eventually get around to trying this, but hoping someone beats me to it. ��

I actually sort of like that what is entailed in that setup

How to install door lights easily
 

You dont need to go through the door and tap into the dome light.
just tap into the wires in the door

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