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Solstice /Sky Puddle Lights

119-A Hwy 183 Piedmont, SC 29673 Tech Support (864) 907-6004 Tech@DDMWorks.com

Our puddle lights are for the Solstice / Sky and add a nice little touch of style and illumi-nation when you open the door. Installation time of the puddle lights depend on you and your mechanical/electrical skills. It is suggested that you read through the directions a few times to familiarize yourself with the components of the kit, and your car. If you are pretty handy with tools the lights can be installed in about 2 hours minutes, however we suggest that you schedule at least 4 hours for the installation.

If you have any questions during the installation you can call or text us at (864) 907-6004 or email us at Tech@ddmworks.com.

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Tools Needed

Plastic Interior Trim Pry Tools

Phillips Screwdriver

7mm Nut Driver

Drill

Wire Crimping tool

10mm socket or wrench

Measuring Tape

Small Safety blade / utility knife

Old metal coat hanger

Electrical parts needed for install

2 - Ring terminals for 18-22 gauge wire

2 - Butt splices for 18-22 gauge wire

2 - insulation piercing wire taps for 18-22 gauge wire

2 - stainless steel self-tapping screws #6

14’ piece of 22 gauge wire

8’ piece of 22 gauge wire

4 - small cable ties

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1. Make sure to disconnect the negative battery cable from

the battery before starting.

2. Removing the door panels is needed to install the puddle

lights. It is suggested that you go to your local auto parts

store to see if they have any plastic pry tools, since they will

not leave any marks like prying with a metal screwdriver

will do.

3. We are going to start with the drivers side door and the pas-

senger side door panel is done in the same way. If you look

behind the drivers side door handle that you pull to open the

door from inside, you will see a small little tab torwards the

back. Using a small pry tool, pry that tab and the small plate

will pop loose behind the door pull, remove and set to the

side.

4. With that small plate removed, you will see a Phillips head

screw, use a screwdriver and remove it.

5. Next remove the panel that is directly behind the door pull

inside the car. There is a panel that is triangle in shape. To

remove this panel you have to start prying from the bottom

seam and work around the edge, eventually the panel will

pop off.

6. With that panel removed you will see 2 - 7mm head bolts

that are now exposed. Remove both bolts and set to the side.

7. There is one more bolt holding the door panel on, it is lo-

cated along the back edge of the door.

8. Once that bolt is out, you can use the plastic trim pry tool to re-

move the door panel. Start at the bottom and work you way

around. There are small clips that are holding the door panel to

the door. Once they are all released you will feel the door panel come loose and

will be able to lift the door panel straight up and over the door lock. Before doing

so, place a towel below the door to set the door panel on after you remove it from

the door. There will still be the cable for the door pull attached to the door panel,

and also a electrical connection for the power windows and power door locks if

equipped. You can install the light in the door this way, or remove the cable for the

door pull and the electrical connections.

Removing the Door Panel

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After prying around the edge, this panel comes off

With the plate removed,

there is a screw here

that is removed.

Along the back edge is the last bolt that

needs to be removed

To remove the

electrical connec-

tion. Pull back on

the white part of

the connector,

then squeeze the

connector and the

connector will

pull off.

To remove the cable for the

door pull, look behind and you

will see the cable going into

the door pull. On the end of

the cable is a small round end,

carefully pry it out of the door

pull and the plastic clip will

release to free the cable from

the door Pry the cable end out here

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1. All puddle lights are tested before shipping, however we

suggest that you test each one before starting installation.

Testing is simple, just attach the black wire to ground and

the red wire on each light to 12 volts. The light should im-

mediately light and you should see the design you ordered.

2. To start installation, first you will need to mark the location

to drill in the bottom of the door panel. Looking at the back

of the door panel you will see some foam in the door panel

that ends near the middle of the door panel. Measure .5” off

the end of that foam and make a mark with a pencil on the

door panel. At that .5: mark, measure out 1.25” and make

another mark, that is going to be the location that you drill

for the light. Approximate the marked location on the inside

of the door panel and make sure it looks like everything will

be clear.

3. If everything looks clear, use the supplied drill bit and drill

through the door panel. Once you drill through the door

panel, you can use a small utility knife if you need to clean

up the edge a little bit.

4. With the hole drilled in the door panel, remove the locking

ring on the puddle light by unscrewing it. With the lock ring

removed, insert the wire first, then the puddle light through

the door panel. Then feed the wire through the lock ring and

screw the lock ring down until the puddle light is secured,

but do not tighten the set screw yet. You will want to check

the orientation of the light first.

5. To check the final orientation, we will now run the electrical

to the lights. The black ground wire coming from the puddle

light will need to have a ring terminal secured on the end.

You will need to strip back the black ground wire so

approx .5” is exposed of the wire to get the wire to secure

properly in the ring terminal.

6. Now that the wires are ready, the 12 volt wire needs to be ran

to the BCM in the passenger footwell where it will be

hooked up to the power that turns on when the door opens.

Start by removing the plastic push pin located in the drivers

side door jam. When you open the door, you will see where

the wires coming from the door go through a rubber and

plastic connector. That connector is held to the car with a

plastic push pin, use a pair of needle nose pliers and you can

slowly work it out.

7. Next remove the plastic piece with foam on it just in front of

the connector you just removed. There are 2 - 10mm head

bolts holding it to the car and a single plastic push pin. Re-

move it from the car, but we will be re-installing later.

Installing the puddle lights

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Mark the door panel and drill through it

Start off by removing this plastic push pin

located in the driver door jam

Puddle light installed in the door

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8. Now you will need a 12 foot long 22 gauge wire to start to run

power to the puddle light. Open the drivers side door and find

where the rubber boot that the wires for the door go through. On

the end where it connects to the door, you can carefully pry that

off the door. Working back from the plastic connector that the

wires go through that you removed from the car ealier, feed the

wire through the rubber boot, then through the opening in the

door that the other wires go through.

9. After you get the wire out by the speaker, run the wire along

with the rest of the wiring inside the door to the approximate

location of where the puddle light will be. Use some wire ties to

secure the wire in place.

10. The other end of the wire that is up at

the plastic connector, you will need to

run inside of the car. Looking just be-

hind the drivers side fender, you will

see the ECM, which is a silver metal

box with electrical connections on it.

Just above it you will see a rubber

connector like in the picture on the

next page.

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Feed the wire through the door and out the

opening close the speaker

Start feeding the wire from the top of the rub-

ber connector and down through, then into the

opening in the door

Secure the wire along with the other wires in-

side the door using some wire ties.

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11. Locate the rubber boot and pull on it, it

will pull back from the firewall. Then

using a small utility knife, you will want

to make a small slit in the boot to run the

wire through.

12. After making the small slit in the rubber boot, run the

wire through the boot like the picture to the right. If

you look under the dash on the drivers side, near the

location of the clutch pedal (if equipped) you will see

the wire coming through into the cabin.

13. Now run the wire under the dash and get it over to the

passenger side footwell area. An old coat hanger is

good for guiding the wire under the center of the dash.

14. Once you get the wire over to the passenger side foot

well, locate the BCM which is under the passenger side

carpet.

15. Once you get the wire over to the passenger side

footwell and find the BCM behind the carpet, you will

want to find the blue with white stripe wire on the

main connector

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Make a small slit in the rubber boot to run the

wire through.

The wire from the drivers door will go through

this rubber boot.

After making the small slit, run the wire

through the boot into the car.

BCM is located in the passenger footwell

behind the carpet

Find the blue wire with the white stripe

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16. Next, use vampire clips to hook the wire

from the puddle light to the blue with

white stripe wire.

17. Next you will need to hook up the ground

back at the door. Find the approximate

location of the light on the door. Now use

a self tapping screw in an area of the door

metal that will be covered by the door

panel and secure the ground wire to the

metal part of the door.

18. It is also a good time to put the rubber

boot going into the door back into posi-

tion, also put the rubber boot going into

the car back into position. Secure the

plastic piece with the foam seal back in

place with the 2 - 10mm head bolts and

the plastic push pin. Secure the plastic

piece in the door jam back into position

with the plastic push pin that held it in

place also.

19. Hang the drivers side door panel back

over the door lock and the upper portion

will sit in a little groove along the top.

Make sure to connect the door pull cable

back into position if you removed it and

also make sure to plug back in the power

door lock and power window switch if

you removed them. Then you will be able to set

the door panel back into position, tap around the

door panel until it clicks back into position. Then

slowly close the door and make sure it closes.

With the 12 volt hooked up at the BCM and the

ground wire hooked to the door, when you open

the door, you should see the puddle light illumi-

nate.

20. With the puddle light illuminated, you can pop

just the lower portion of the door panel off now

and make any adjustments you need to do for

alignment of the puddle light. Once you are

happy with the alignment of the puddle light,

secure it down with the set screw. Then secure

the door panel back in place with the screws that

were removed earlier.

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Connect the puddle light red wire to the blue

with white stripe.

Tighten down this set screw to lock down the

position of the puddle light

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21. With the drivers side puddle

light complete, it is time to do

the passenger side. Removal of

the door panel is the same as the

drivers side and same with run-

ning the wire through the door.

22. When running the wire into the

car, if you look behind the bat-

tery on the passenger side of the

car, you will see a rubber grom-

met that you will run the wire

through. Once you run the wire

through the grommet it will

come out just above the BCM

inside the car.

23. Connect the 12 volt wire from the passenger side to the drivers side 12 volt wire and connect the ground

wire to the door with the self tapping screw. Secure everything back in place and adjust the light as neces-

sary and lock it in place. Both lights should now be operational and come on when the door opens.

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There is a rubber boot here that will allow you to

get the wire into the cabin, just above the BCM

Battery

Congratulations! You have finished the install. All of us here at

DDMWorks thank you for your purchase and hope you enjoy your

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119-A Hwy 183 Piedmont, SC 29673

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