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FS Custom Illuminated Door Sills
07-15-2020, 11:41 AM
#91
Category: Interior
Price: $150
Private or Vendor Listing: Private Listing
Part fits: 2010+ G37 Coupe, 2010+ G37 Sedan, 2008-2009 G37 Coupe, 2008-2009 G37 Sedan, Other Model G's
Location (State/Prov): MD
Item Condition: Brand New
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G.AWD.zilla (10-22-2020)
02-08-2021, 01:15 AM
#100
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Do you have the harness by itself for sale? I bought some from someone on here but it didn’t come with anything but the sill. Didn’t know if you would have that?
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iCrap (02-08-2021)
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iCrap (04-14-2021)
04-10-2021, 09:38 PM
#105
So today I got these installed finally...
Went through a lot to get these done.
First, USPS lost the package (but don't worry, they said something like "it isn't lost it just isn't being tracked") and iCrap had to contact them a bunch of times. Eventually after something like 2 weeks of sitting around and "not being lost" it was delivered. He stayed on top of them adequately.
Then, I found out that I have some kind of "special factory option" or something for my sills. I was wondering why mine looked different and there was no mention of inclusion of sills in the post. This is totally my fault but for some reason I just rushed it and didn't pay attention so I didn't realize that the inserts won't fit into my sills. I had to go buy some used ones from eBay so I can use these sills. The eBay seller put a priority label on a first class box so USPS didn't leave it at my door when I heard the doorbell. I didn't go to the door right away because I was working and there's no reason to immediately grab the package. Instead of leaving the package they left me a piece of paper saying I owe $5.95 for shipping. So stupid. Charge the guy who made the mistake, not the receiver! I had to get the guy on eBay to send me money before would be willing to go pick it up since I had to pay for his mistake.
The laser cut quality is great. No issues at all here. Perfectly spaced letters in all regards and same for the lines. The wires on the inverter are hair strand thin. It's really hard to twist them and get them to stay and you can't really fold them over on themselves after making a longer strip to the wire so you can get a secure connection. They don't stay connected once in the slide connector and attached to the t-tap. They need to be soldered directly to the wires coming from the BCM if you want the connection to be good. The connector on the wire closest to the EL tape is just bulky enough that it makes it difficult to get the sill insert to sit flush inside of the sill.
The plastic covering over the EL tape is bubbled up, probably because the tape comes wrapped up in a circle. If it's meant to come off, something was wrong with mine because this happened:
But don't worry, this was a test on the part I had to cut off because the strip is very long compared to the sill insert. Because of how it tore the blue off, I didn't take the plastic off.
Here's the finished install:
In person you can't really see any defects. It just looks like a plain black sill with no scuffs or anything between the inserts and the sills. The camera was just doing that thing where it shows every little detail you don't even really see in person.
In my opinion it would be best to order only the sill inserts from iCrap (if he allows that) and source the wiring yourself or do as he said and have someone do the laser cuts then get the wiring. The wires were just a huge pain to deal with.
Went through a lot to get these done.
First, USPS lost the package (but don't worry, they said something like "it isn't lost it just isn't being tracked") and iCrap had to contact them a bunch of times. Eventually after something like 2 weeks of sitting around and "not being lost" it was delivered. He stayed on top of them adequately.
Then, I found out that I have some kind of "special factory option" or something for my sills. I was wondering why mine looked different and there was no mention of inclusion of sills in the post. This is totally my fault but for some reason I just rushed it and didn't pay attention so I didn't realize that the inserts won't fit into my sills. I had to go buy some used ones from eBay so I can use these sills. The eBay seller put a priority label on a first class box so USPS didn't leave it at my door when I heard the doorbell. I didn't go to the door right away because I was working and there's no reason to immediately grab the package. Instead of leaving the package they left me a piece of paper saying I owe $5.95 for shipping. So stupid. Charge the guy who made the mistake, not the receiver! I had to get the guy on eBay to send me money before would be willing to go pick it up since I had to pay for his mistake.
The laser cut quality is great. No issues at all here. Perfectly spaced letters in all regards and same for the lines. The wires on the inverter are hair strand thin. It's really hard to twist them and get them to stay and you can't really fold them over on themselves after making a longer strip to the wire so you can get a secure connection. They don't stay connected once in the slide connector and attached to the t-tap. They need to be soldered directly to the wires coming from the BCM if you want the connection to be good. The connector on the wire closest to the EL tape is just bulky enough that it makes it difficult to get the sill insert to sit flush inside of the sill.
The plastic covering over the EL tape is bubbled up, probably because the tape comes wrapped up in a circle. If it's meant to come off, something was wrong with mine because this happened:
Spoiler
But don't worry, this was a test on the part I had to cut off because the strip is very long compared to the sill insert. Because of how it tore the blue off, I didn't take the plastic off.
Here's the finished install:
Spoiler
In person you can't really see any defects. It just looks like a plain black sill with no scuffs or anything between the inserts and the sills. The camera was just doing that thing where it shows every little detail you don't even really see in person.
In my opinion it would be best to order only the sill inserts from iCrap (if he allows that) and source the wiring yourself or do as he said and have someone do the laser cuts then get the wiring. The wires were just a huge pain to deal with.
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