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Illuminated Door Sills - Still available?

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Old 08-30-17 | 07:57 AM
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We recently got a 2013 rx 350 and wanted to get the illuminated door sills. Only problem is they seem impossible to find. I saw previous threads mentioned Sewell but it seems that their site is shut down now? I couldn't find them on eBay either. Was hoping they're still available somewhere, thanks!
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Try aliexpress https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/car-s...e-3ae2db6ff441
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Awesome, thanks! Just ordered them now. Hopefully they'll be what I was looking for!
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See my installed result here ...

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See my installed result here ...
Looks great, does the car have the wiring already for plug-and-play installation?
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The RX has accessory power port (with blank cap/cover) on each side (below the original door sill protectors). On my '10RX, I wired both front & rear door sills together, drilled a small hole in the OE accessory port cap (blank cover), fed the door sills wiring into this cap (bending the wire tips to match the OE power port) then plugged it back into the OE power port ... voila, that's the closest to plug-n-play that you can get for non-OE door sills ...
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OE accessory port cap? Where or what is that?
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OE accessory port cap? Where or what is that?
Cover.

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Sorry, not sure what cover...bare with me.
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See figure 2 in this thread, at the tip of the red arrow is the white OE accessory power port with its cap (cover) on ...

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Here are some close-up pics of the OE accessory power port & blank cap/cover which I drilled a hole to feed the generic door sill LED power wiring through ... a picture is worth a thousand words so ...


OE accessory power port with blank cap/cover which I drilled a hole to feed the generic door sill LED power wiring through ...


Blank cap/cover at different angle to show the drilled hole ...


OE accessory power port & unplugged [modified] blank cap/cover ...


Unplugged blank cap/cover in another angle to show how I bent the wire tips to match up with the OE power plug ...
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