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Illuminated outside door handles

cairus

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yes, the LED is definitely bright enough...

The effort for the rear doors was not worth it for me. I have enough space in the front
 
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cairus

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Please don't get me wrong, but for certain reasons, I no longer provide instructions online.

1) you can find out how to remove the door panel with just a few clicks online, including a video.

2) you can also find out how to remove the door handles with just a few clicks online, including a video.

3) the electrical part has been clarified, PIN 1 on the 16-pin connector.

4) the coding was given as byte 1 bit 0 STG 42/52

5) laying the cable is normally self-explanatory.

I really like to help and share my knowledge, but not with instructions

For the handles at the back, you obviously have to go through both door connectors, i.e. the A and B pillars. It just wasn't worth the effort for me.
 
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grabania

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This is a really lovely modification – is there a clear guide on how to fit these (at least to the front)?
Once mine door handles come back from painting I will try to create as much detailed instruction as possible (probably without some obvious details like how do you remove door cards and so on). That's why I've created this topic - to share as much knowledge about that mod as possible :)
 

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some photos regarding cable laying
 

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grabania

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@grabania Quick question, won't you have any copyright problems?
Nah, why should I have? This is like any other mod that someone was willing to share with others on forum and does not take any credit for that. If I had a problem with that, I wouldn't have written this post. Feel free to offer it to others and take advantage for being one of the first interested in this modification :)
 
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cairus

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I personally have no problems with it. But I know people privately who have appeared before a judge with a lawyer, VW was the plaintiff...
 

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I personally have no problems with it. But I know people privately who have appeared before a judge with a lawyer, VW was the plaintiff...
Ah, you mean in this way... Then I don't know to be honest. Every information for this mod is publicly available and I am the person who only wanted to consolidate all of the knowledge in one place. I am not a manufacturer of those handles, wiring diagrams are also available for the public (yeah yeah, I know, but I've paid for the access), also I am not gaining any material goods by doing this things. Maybe some day I will receive letter from sad men from VW AG, time will tell 🤷‍♂️
 

cairus

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I know the portal and the terms and conditions. If you log out as a commercial user, you get even more out of it, because there is currently no check ;) Luckily, I have my sources. It was just meant to be a well-intentioned tip. But let's get back to the topic
 
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grabania

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@Slavixs you said that you will be installing keyless version of those handles. Have you ordered handles and wiring? To me it's barbaric to charge that much for few connectors and wires so I would love to know PN of those connectors, but I am not able to find anything that looks like them. I would be great if you have any more info about that

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Few minutes in ETKA and I think that I found it. The most promising one is 3G0973708 (blue), but there are also 3G0973708A (white), 3G0973708B (gray) and 3G0973708C (violet) variants. ETKA says that 3G0973708 is used in Skoda Enyak for Keyless and its door handle (8Y0959121) indeed has 8-pin connector

Edit. Skoda Enyak and Octavia probably uses 3G0973708A (white) which would match color of a connector in the door handle.

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