Thread: LED interior lights

Originally Posted by DDdisco

Hi all,

I've done a search and there doesn't seem to be much about fitting LED interior lights to the D3. I know they have issues on trailers, but do the interior lights rely on current draw to control anything else?

Cheers

I made my own and they tell me when have a service that they log a failed lamp error but other than that, no probs

Thanks for all the stores and suppliers - looks like I might to Jaycar to start with (easy to get to, nice prices) on the inside. That eBay seller looks great to get some nice waterproof strips, attach them to the underside of the car to get that street look, and then hook them up to the bass... :P

Try Bright Lights Auto Parts - Welcome to the home of Bright Lights Auto Parts they do some large LED matrix interior light globe replacements that negate the need for wiring in LED strip lights.

Per the jpgs below, I added some LED lighting to the cargo area. The lights are mounted to the upper plastic cover at the rear and connected thru a SPST rocker switch to the existing W5W rear hatch light, (purple is +, black is _).

Assuming the switch is ON, the LEDs illuminate whenever the interior lights go on. In use, I have the lights pointing downwards to the floor of the cargo area. The two 15 LED lights provide a surprising degree of illumination.

The LEDs are very directional and as such, do not illuminate the rear glass surfaces, only the floor area. Also the lights are mounted high enough up that they are not visible in the rear view mirror.

I also noted that, even though mounted at the far rear, they would serve as good reading lights for not only the third row of seats, but also the second row of seats if they were aimed more forward rather than downwards.

The fact the lights come mounted on hinged brackets allows for this additional flexibility.

The lights I used came from a local auto parts supply shop, however I note that the Model BL-104W Work Lights displayed on the Australian Bright Light Auto Parts web site http://www.brightlightautoparts.com/files/BL-104W2.pdf appear to be very similar to what I installed.

Reigniting an old subject rather than start a new one.
Gords was after info on both LED rear lights and interior lighting.
This is re the interior lighting.

This is my interior with LED's rather than the crap standard lights:



These are the LED's, mine has the 30LEDS in the second row, 12's in the front. LED Ultra Bright SMD Interior and Exterior Modules

This is the rear lighting without the LED tailgate lighting on:



And on!



This gives some idea of how much light they give out:





The LED stick on strips can be bought by the metre at Jaycar.



I bought this one at the top of the tailgate on eBay:



The choice is limitless now!