Extra interior lighting

[racerg6]

This is an idea i've had for a while. I do a fair bit of driving at night and being the clumsy fucker that i am i'm always dropping stuff in the car or cant find things.
So I was wondering if it would be possible to buy some after market lights and somehow wire them in to the existing interior lights so they will come on when the doors are opened or by the switch on the overhead panel in the roof.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as i'm not great when it comes to this stuff lol.
Has anyone done anything like this before?

Thanks in advance,
Graham

 

[stooby]

anythings possible

 

[racerg6]

Yeah i'm sure its probably possible, I've just got no idea how I would go about doing it lol

 

[Dip]

I suppose you could go to a breakers yard, find a boot light or 2, one each side, strip wire's in the ceiling light, put a connector block in and wire to where you want them. Thats the pikey solution...Speaking from experience!! Done it to my Polo, but them never got round to fitting them properly

 

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[racerg6]

^LOL not really the kind of thing i had in mind :rasp:

 

[Destined for Victory]

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[racerg6]

anyone?

 

[racerg6]

bump

 

[john182rs]

Ill try an get the patients to talk to a chav at the top of my street who has a clio and hes got small led light under each seat that lights up in the back an ones in the footwells also that all come on when the doors are open.

 

[racerg6]

lol cheers mate, be sure to keep a hold of all your valuables

actually come to think of it i spied a thread by dutty earlier about how he made his xenons come on when the doors were opened so might give him a pm and see if he can enlighten me

 

[traffmeister]

i would say it possible it just like my fez it has neons on the back that has a switch and when swithc on they are on whne the boot is open (as so is the boot light) but when closed they go off even if still switched to on, so i'm sure if you have it wired to the overhead interior light through a block connector and wire it to the footwells it will work when the doors are open or the swtich is pressed on the overhead intrerior light, although it myt be eaiser just to neon it as they are easy to fit

 

[guysy]

I think you would want to use the feed off the interior lighting ?

I dont know if this would be dangerous so would need researching.

Ive read this guide before just to know how neons are installed... You could put some white ones in the footwells, I know someone who has white in the footwells when the door opens or is blipped open and looks quite nice IMO.

http://www.all-neon-car-lights.com/how-to-install-neon-under-car-lights.html

I gave up in the end because i couldnt be bothered with all the wiring. Ill upgrade my interior lights to LEDs when ive got some spare change.

 

[traffmeister]

i think it will look good mate do it and get some pics up or make a guide take pics as you do it!

 

[Russ.]

im considering installing some of these in the front footwells.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-cold-ca...ms=39:1|66:2|65:15&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318