I have decided I am going to fit rear interior lights in the roof lining, just behind the handles above the rear doors. I was looking at my mates Wayne Gardiner VS Commodore which has them. I want to fit 2 lights to help with rear lighting as I have a sun roof and it is dark in the rear as I only have map lights.
His roof lining has a square cutout for the plastic surrounds and the light then pushes into the surround. This should be easy to install. I will need to take the roof lining out. This will make it easy to fit lights and then run my wires for lights. I want the lights to work like the interior light. E.G.they can be turned on/off, or on when a door is opened.
I would like peoples help on a few things before I start?
Where to purchase lights and what brand? I could buy from Holdens but prefer something like hella. Colour needs to match my interior.
How to wire? I could work it out but if someone already knows how the wiring is, it would help heaps.
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just buy some small LED downlights. they will work great, dunno where to buy from. installing would be easy. just connect them to your interior lights, then they will just behave like them. there is a place where you can buy Luxon LED downlights they are pretty expensive tho. about 40-50 each. or just buy normal LED downlights about 20-30 each, you can get 12V ones. you just need to look for them try electrical places or try places that specialize in LED lighting for boats and cars. if you need any other help at all ask adrian he knows everything, or i could help on things to do with electrical. so can adrian, but he knows more about the car then i do
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I think the best way to wire would be to tap into your map lights.
In the ES, my dome light I believe has a constant 12v and a switched negative so this may be something to bear in mind.
As for what sort of light, I have no idea... might be worth a trip to the wreckers and look around some cars till you find some that suit...
In the ES, my dome light I believe has a constant 12v and a switched negative so this may be something to bear in mind.
As for what sort of light, I have no idea... might be worth a trip to the wreckers and look around some cars till you find some that suit...
Taking the roof lining off is no easy task so I would set aside half a day to complete this one, but once it's off you should be able to run some wire to the map lights which can come on when the doors open, or even hook it up so they can be turned on by a switch in the back similar to the map lights.
Fitting them shouldn't be too hard, but once you've cut the lining it's permenant
Fitting them shouldn't be too hard, but once you've cut the lining it's permenant
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SIR-VRX wrote:They aren't on the roof linin per se.
I was thinking more of the problem of when they deploy, it pushes the edges roof lining out of the way, and could throw the light out of the lining into a passenger's head
Yep. I understand. Looking at the previous photo if I put them about 100mm from the edge, they should be okay.
Do the map lights have power all the time, and come on when the negative is earthed from opening the door or turning switch on?
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