Robin_GTS

We can supply the Audi housings however you will need to trim the plastic panel for them to fit as they are about 2mm wider than the Porsche housings and also you'll need an adapter harness as they use a different connector.

Thanks for the feedback Tony and glad you fitted it all ok. I had the same issue when I fitted the kit, its very much hidden away in the menu which is annoying.

Hey Ant Just seen your order come through so thanks for that - yes the kit comes with the genuine Porsche footwell LED's, we only supply the genuine Porsche LEDs as the Audi housings are too big and customers didn't want to chop plastic trims up. The Porsche lights are a bit dim but it is how Porsche intended.

Thanks for the feedback on the kit Richard. As always we are grateful for the feedback and it’s all taken on board. The Audi light housings are a lot brighter than the Porsche led lights housings and are half the price but they are ever so slightly larger so it’s a choice whether the owner would be happy to shave some plastic off the trim to accommodate the Audi light housing - personally I think it’s worth the effort due to the light output and also the cost savings.

The door lighting is wired into the door module and coded as well as per factory standard. The puddle lights are powered separately from the door ambient lighting but on the same harnesses.

I hope that this guide is ok with the admins on here, I have asked for permission but haven’t had a reply yet but I am hoping that others can benefit from the guide. This guide will hopefully help fellow 981 owners who have no footwell lights fitted, Porsche deleted them around 2014 onwards and made it a part of the interior lighting package option. The wiring loom/harness in this guide has been made by myself (I have a company producing harnesses / kits for retrofitting to VAG vehicles) and the lights I have used are Audi parts but I will give more information at the bottom of the guide. The footwell lights are powered by the BCM (body control module) located in the drivers upper footwell, the power wire is fitted as standard and is routed within the main vehicle harness to the passenger footwell behind the passenger side footwell panel. The wire goes into the a brown connector but on the other side of the connector there is no corresponding wire – this is where the wiring ends and where Porsche deleted the footwell harness. In order to retrofit the footwell lighting it’s a case of populating the mating connector in the corresponding pin and feeding the footwell lights. Parts Required: 1 x Footwell wiring loom/harness 2 x Footwell Lights The footwell harness used has the correct terminal which plugs directly into the mating brown connector, a earth loop which is fixed to the body of the vehicle and then 2 connectors which plug into the passenger and drivers side footwell light units. There are 3 options for the footwell light housings: 1. Genuine Porsche Halogen Light Housings 2. Genuine Porsche LED Light Housings 3. Genuine Audi LED Light Housings Prices of the light housings vary significantly, genuine Porsche housings are very expensive for what they are (halogen are about £12.50 each and the LED versions are about £45 each and the Audi LED ones are about £12.50 each). The hole which the light housings fit into are ever so slightly too small for the Audi LED light housings so plastic has to be removed however this is hidden away and is quite straight forward to carry out with a sharp knife with the added benefit of a big saving over the Porsche LED lights. Now onto the fitting guide: Firstly remove the side panel in the passenger footwell which uncovers the fuse box and the connectors. Check that you have a red and black wire on the lower brown plug – this is the feed wire from the BCM. If you do have this wire you’ll notice that there is no corresponding wire on the top part of the plug. Unclip the top part of the plug remove from the mating connector and using a flat bladed screwdriver push the pink locking tab across – you’ll feel it click. Insert the red wire from the harness into the corresponding slot which is pin 2. Push the pink locking tab across back into position, replace the brown plug. Pull back the carpet to reveal the 2 earth studs, undo the nut to the stud furthest away and fit the earth loop from the harness. Refit the nut and replace the carpet. Remove the cover underneath the glovebox which is a foam held on by 4 plastic fixings, feed the connector for the drivers side footwell light across from the passenger side to the driver side behind the PCM (I used a piece of stiff wire to feed it across). Fit the driver side footwell light and plug in the wiring and repeat for the passenger side. Refit the foam trim and the passenger side footwell side panel. ***Please note that some owners may be tempted on splicing into the red/black wire to add aftermarket LEDs - from experience this is not something that should be carried out as the wire is not rated for higher electrical loading and the BCM may throw a fault if overloaded***