LED interior lights

**CSBrisie** · 10th June 2016, 05:18 PM

I recently received an emaill from older brother (who has a MY15 D4) telling me he had replaced all his interior globes with bright white LED's and how much better the interior lighting was now. Naturally I took this for the blatant challenge it was (for me to do likewise) and "hmmphed" as I planned my next trip to Autobahn or similiar.

So, popped into said Auto Retail outlet today, raised an eyebrow at the price of a silly little T10 wedge globe (LED) - oh and a festoon needed for the rear cargo area - and thought better be worth it. Especially when I counted as follows within the interior of a MY12 L332:

each door has a T10 wedge globe (bottom)
front dash (front facing) each side has a T10
rear cargo area - 2 T10 wedge and 1 festoon 36mm
roof front - 3 x T10 wedge
roof centre - 3 x T10 wedge

Good grief.

At $10 a pair that added up.

I decided to skip 4 of the 6 roof (reading lights are never used) and the rear cargo area as I have a LED strip in there already which lights it up a treat.

Result?....hmm. Well, it does sort of "modernise" the interior (bright white light) and does mean the lights all "match" (ie the rear cargo strip light matches all lights) but I wouldn't say I sat back and said "Wow" (which I did incidentally when I added the long flexible LED strip light across the tailgate like Graeme's.

So, there is my 2c worth! Dont bust your guts on this "upgrade". Just do the cargo area

cheers

Road Stone · 10th June 2016, 09:14 PM

I totally agree.

I changed them all to LED on my D2 and what an improvement.

Thought about doing the same for the RR and concur, its not worth it. I actually like the way the car is lit inside given all the differing positions where there are lights.

I bought the LEDS for the D2's of ebay, because as said, the prices in the Auto shops including ones that say they are super cheap are horrendous.

Good call.

Cheers, Jerry

**p38arover** · 11th June 2016, 10:59 AM

I plan to do my L322.

I did my P38A - some pics here: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range...rior-leds.html

**Disco-tastic** · 11th June 2016, 01:25 PM

I did my D3 (there's a similar thread in the d3/4 section and used globes similar to these. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251119527166

I need another set as the car has 13 globes.

I did puddle lights and footwell as well as cargo and reading lights, though i left the drivers reading light original as its less distracting while driving. No issues - they seem to be canbus compatible.

I just bought these for the cargo area as apparently they're brighter again but they haven't been delivered yet. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301619658975

I figured at $6 total cost why not try it! The globes they sell at supercrap at 2 for $15 seem to be pretty much the same anyway.

Cheers

Dan

**Graeme** · 11th June 2016, 02:05 PM

Talking about puddle lights, I wish my L322's operated like the D4's where they operated with the parkers rather than the interior lights. I keep my interior lights off to not attract summer insects but really appreciated knowing where not to put my foot! I'd like to hack the wiring some day to change that although having spotted the huge bundle of wires behind the bonnet release lever cover when fitting an antenna cable, the puddle lights might not get touched.

I had earlier tried a couple of LED globes in the front interior lights but reverted to the originals due to too much light.

**CSBrisie** · 11th June 2016, 04:42 PM

Dan, I tried those but you will need to dremel out some of the plastic housing for them to fit,
cheers

**ozscott** · 11th June 2016, 05:43 PM

I did bright cold LED lights on cargo and second row and warm white LED in the front. Total $3 from Aliexpress and the result is excellent. Cold white is too stark for the front whereas warm white just looks like a brighter filament bulb. Cheers

**Disco-tastic** · 11th June 2016, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by CSBrisie

Dan, I tried those but you will need to dremel out some of the plastic housing for them to fit,
cheers

Do you mean the first or second link? The first link fits no worries. The second link, i thought they fit no worriws but Im happy to make a bit of space for them in the boot light as that's the only place their going.

Edit: or do you mean in an L322? I only assume they would fit as they are similar in size to a standard w5w t10 globe.

Cheers

Dan

**CSBrisie** · 11th June 2016, 11:08 PM

Only the wedge style LED fit within the plastic shroud - unless you dremell the clear plastic lense cover then a rectangular style LED replacement might fit

**chaybra** · 14th June 2016, 07:40 AM

I bought a 5m strip of water proof LED strip lights from ebay for $5 and stuck it along the roof lining between the rear pillars in the boot (each end tucked behind the plastic at each pillar) and wired it to the boot interior light on the RH side. fantastic amount of light, cant forget to turn them off, to control u just push the latch in on the upper tailgate to think its closed, and push the button to turn back on, they also use the timer and will turn off after about 5 mins or so.

Note: Not the light on the pole...dont want to get your hopes up on the abilities of the LED strip lights.

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