Thread: We're door lights an option ?

They were standard on cars till like 99-00 iirc. My 97 has lights my 01 doesn't.

GM didn't put them in 2000 and up cars tmk. I added the circuit back in.

Why did they stop? I was wondering why my 02 was like that. Probably money, and no requirements to have it. How do you add the circuit? You'd need a wire that's hot only when a door is opened, and there are no other lights like that on my door panel.

Technically if you are going to run power in for just an LED bulb you could probably tap into the power from the floor light and run it into the door.

Right, so I'd just have to run one new wire through the boot into the door panel. I'd need a bulb holder and the right bulb as well.

find a door panel from a 97-00

Step one.. know your circuit.. you need both wires from the interior circuit and yes you can tap off the floor light. Theater dimming does something odd with the ground, so make sure you bring both in.

Me.. I got the wiring out of 98's doors and put the circuit back into the stock location in the connector at the door hinge.

I do believe that all the interior lights have the dimming/ switch on the ground side so if you run the power and try to ground to some other ground the light will always be on.

That's weird that they did that. It just means they had to run a separate ground wire to each light instead of using the frame.

Yup it was a 97-00 thing.

Yep mine doesn't have sockets or wires either. 03 here

On my 98, I don't even use those courtesy lights, I did however use that wiring for my puddle lights.

Originally Posted by TexasTanker19kilo20

On my 98, I don't even use those courtesy lights, I did however use that wiring for my puddle lights.

True works great for extra lighting in the future. Mine powers the Pontiac Logo Projector puddles as well as the puddles on the bottom of the mirrors.