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(Message started by: pedropedro on Oct 24^th, 2006, 7:39pm)

Title: door lights
Post by pedropedro on Oct 24^th, 2006, 7:39pm

Hi

I have a 2.3 and the manual/book says there are supposed to be door lights which come on all x4 doors when any door is opened.
There are red reflectors on the side of each door when opened but is there supposed to be a light as well ??

Maybe it was optional but mine dont come on...cant see a fuse for those apparent lights. Can anyone advise whether i have a fault and where? thanks

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Highlander on Oct 24^th, 2006, 7:45pm

Puddle lights are on the underside of the doors, do the red lights actually light or are they just reflectors?

The puddle lights were discontinued in the later models, what year/spec is yours?

Title: Re: door lights
Post by twinturbo on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:12pm

Red on my ultima are lights.

Puddle lights look cool :)

TT

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Highlander on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:15pm

I've got just red reflectors on a facelift Ultima with no puddle lights

Title: Re: door lights
Post by pedropedro on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:21pm

mine is a p reg ultima....thanks for comments assume I dont have "puddle lights" then .....??? at the moment they are just reflectors no lights....how do you know whether its a fault or whether they dont have lights other than unclipping reflector...was there a year when they stopped doing

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Dave on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:28pm

Mine is a P reg Ultima 24v with puddle lights. The red lights look like reflectors but do light up and there are white lights on the underside of the door to light up any, er, puddles :) too. Do any interior lights work? Do the footwell lights work? I love the Scorps interior lights ;D

Title: Re: door lights
Post by pedropedro on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:35pm

all ights work footwell etc interior

but i have no white lights under the doors..I am very jealous :'(

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Highlander on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:36pm

Have a look on the underside of the door, some have the cutouts for the lights with plastic covers instead of lights, if there are lights there then i'd say its a fault

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Spannerdemon on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:49pm

I've got a 1996 2.9 12v. I was VERY lucky with this car, because the original owner had every conceivable extra fitted. The puddle lights are brilliant, and really show up the area where you step out of the car as though it was daylight. They really are superb and very powerful.

Just been out and taken these for you. The flash obviously brightens things up, but the puddle lights are well worth considering for the winter months.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/xtr42gpnd/PuddleLights2.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/xtr42gpnd/PuddleLights1.jpg

One of my neighbours gave me a very strange look when he saw me rolling around on the drive with the camera....think he thought I'd had one too many!! Sod him!! ;D

Title: Re: door lights
Post by taliban on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:53pm

the puddle lights are excellent, except my front ones dont work, changed the bulbs once, the worked for a bit then stopped, obviously a short somewhere....

Title: Re: door lights
Post by pedropedro on Oct 24^th, 2006, 8:56pm

thanks for going to trouble of taking those pics..it clears things up ...i dont have the clear lights under the door..i wish i did though ! very nice ...! wish I had them fitted never mind!

Title: Re: door lights
Post by taliban on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:05pm

if the space is there for them im sure you fit them with a loom...

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Octavian_P on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:22pm

Here is a verry good article of how to add the lights to the car that don't have them

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/doorlight.htm

Cheers

Title: Re: door lights
Post by Spannerdemon on Oct 24^th, 2006, 9:24pm

No problem Pedro.

Always easier to explain with a picture. :)