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DIY- GX illuminated door sills- 56k will self destruct!!!

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Old 04-12-07, 05:37 AM
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You know you want to make some more <using jedi mind trick>
LOL, I would buy one too.
Old 04-12-07, 10:50 PM
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make some more.make sum more..open open open
<moving to annoying commercial mode as my jedi mind trick must have dead batteries>
Old 04-14-07, 05:22 PM
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Support I thank you for

It's pretty hard to find these illuminated door sills laying around...not enough wrecked SC or RX

I'm still going to follow through for the rears and for my GS...time I need
Old 04-18-07, 10:38 AM
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Great job, looks amazing!
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That really looks great! Why didn't Lexus just make it OEM?
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That is pretty amazing! I'll think about doing this on my LS400 sometime! Bookmarked the thread
Old 07-21-07, 04:00 AM
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Nice Job! When I get some time... I'll make up my own...which is probably never.
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Thanks everyone.
Haven't had time to go to a metal shop/vinyl sign shop to see if they fab a lexus logo for me to do the rears.
That is actually the hard part. When you have that, you can use any 12v led or even EL tape to light it up
Old 07-21-07, 12:57 PM
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So where did you order the SC430 illum. sills from?
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Can you measure how "deep" these sills are? What is the mounting depth? My LS400 doesn't have the Lexus sills at all, I would have to put them in custom.. I think it would still look great though.
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Originally Posted by Suneet
So where did you order the SC430 illum. sills from?
Got them off ebay.

Can you measure how "deep" these sills are? What is the mounting depth? My LS400 doesn't have the Lexus sills at all, I would have to put them in custom.. I think it would still look great though.
They're already set in place, but I remembered they're pretty thin, about 2/16" (1/8") to 3/16".

If you are to cut the ls400 plastic sills, the illuminated piece should fit perfectly heightwise. Go back to my pictures where I cut them and you can see that top and bottom are flush.
Let me know if you have other questions.
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
Thanks everyone.
Haven't had time to go to a metal shop/vinyl sign shop to see if they fab a lexus logo for me to do the rears.
That is actually the hard part. When you have that, you can use any 12v led or even EL tape to light it up
perhaps the shop would give you a better price for bulk? Id be in for four.
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year old bump/ great thread. i think i will try something like this soon
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Originally Posted by BigManne
year old bump/ great thread. i think i will try something like this soon
Whoa, what a bump!

Post pictures when you're done.

I finally transplanted the illuminated door sills in my LS430. I'll get pictures when I have them wired up. It's much harder in the LS than the GX since you can just tap them in the bulbs of the running board.
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