Puddle lights standard?

coolcamden · 01-12-2008, 05:28 PM

I've just discovered last night that my 2006 e90 325 has 4 lights at the bottom of the door handles, illuminating the ground. Is this standard, part of the preffered package or an option??

I bought the car used very recently, have no window sticker, found no answers using search.

jetblk328i · 01-12-2008, 05:35 PM

standard.

BMdblU · 01-12-2008, 05:37 PM

didn't know they're called puddle lights

InfamousM3 · 01-12-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BMdblU

didn't know they're called puddle lights

they are not, they are called door handle lights.. puddle lights shine on the floor from the side skirt.

BMdblU · 01-12-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by infamous335i

they are not, they are called door handle lights.. puddle lights shine on the floor from the side skirt.

oh ..on the floor? you mean ground? are you talking about ground effects?

InfamousM3 · 01-12-2008, 06:06 PM

yeh on the ground from *underneath* the side skirt.. sorry for not bieng specific.. most consider them ricey.. which imo they are

coolcamden · 01-12-2008, 06:19 PM

Do people change the bulbs to other colors? i.e. blue, purple, etc...

That would be ricey, huh?...

LEDZEP · 01-12-2008, 07:12 PM

Yep. Standard.

FYI, if you search the old threads in this post you should be able to find the '06 brochure in PDF format.

urnuts · 01-12-2008, 11:58 PM

I believe you are mistaken.
They were (I believe) started by Land Rover years back- they are, in fact, referred to as "puddle lamps".
They are designed to stop you from opening your door and.... well, you can figure that out.
The lights that we have in the handle are the same thing- they light the ground.
Ours are a bit more useful as we can utilize them for looking for a key, etc.
Traditional puddle lamps are in the bottom of the door- the actual bottom- and would shine directly on the ground.

Hybridz0rz · 11-02-2019, 01:20 PM

Door handle lights is not by any stretch of the imagination standard

colorado.e9x · 11-02-2019, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hybridz0rz

Door handle lights is not by any stretch of the imagination standard

Why do you keep replying to threads that have been dead for years??

relative4 · 11-02-2019, 11:30 PM

11 years, 9 months... is that a record?

Hybridz0rz · 11-06-2019, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Why do you keep replying to threads that have been dead for years??

Just scrolling around on google. Dont really care when the thread is from. Not that much of forum nerd to care

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