Interior Light Ideas

[v8s4me]

I'm looking fr a new interior light. Something like this but with an on/off switch and ideally lower profile.

Any suggestions?

[v8s4me]

phillpot said:

..If I can be any more help just ask

Thanks so much for the offer; could you please now off

Edited by v8s4me on Sunday 18th January 12:40

[v8s4me]

Thanks for suggestion. The important factor is the depth of recess required. The new light is going to be fitted to the piece of trim which runs round the inside of the rear of the hood (& covers the top of the carpet). I don't want to have to cut a hole in the tub so whatever I go for has to be fairly slim-line.

All suggestions welcome. So ling a s they cost less than £150

[v8s4me]

Do you have a picture of the back and maybe measurements? Many thanks.

[v8s4me]

True, but they're sold now. I've just looked on Ebay for "sun visor light" and there's load to choose from so that was a great tip - thanks.

I went into Halfords during the week and asked "do you have any universal interior lights". To which the reply was "nah, you'll have to go to a main dealer for that" They did in fact have some in the caravan section but far too big.

[v8s4me]

Just bought this. Yes I know it doesn't have a switch but if I can get it to work I'll buy this.

[v8s4me]

Buzzlt said:

..... think I get around your part of the world occasionally as well!...

Hi Greg. Many thanks for the input and feel free to call in for a cuppa if you are in the area. Good luck with the garage house hunting.

[v8s4me]

Thanks for the thought Glen

[v8s4me]

mk1fan said:

An LED strip might be worth considering.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did look at LED strips but I couldn't work out how to fit one into the hood retaining rail and make a neat job of it once it was trimmed. I've also now bought this which I'm hoping doesn't need a deep recess because it has a switch. If I can make this one fit I'll put the little one in the foot-well.

[v8s4me]

Thant's a neat mod. How did you attach it to the screen? Looking at some examples on Ebay it looks like the clip on the mirror bracket is very similar to the original one (which is Peugeot). How did you hide the wiring?

Edited by v8s4me on Tuesday 20th January 08:40

[v8s4me]

Solution! This is a Jaguar interior light...



It is 130mm x 35mm. It does sit a bit higher than I wanted but it does have a concealed on/off switch. You just press the right hand section.



I'll now make a moulding to mount it to the vertical face of the hood rail and run the wires underneath this moulding and to the existing loom connection.

I could do with a 3-pin connector for the light if anyone has one but I expect that's a bit unlikely.

[v8s4me]

Here's a moulding to mount the Jaguar light.......



The plan is to mount this on the vertical face of the roof rail so when it's blended in and trimmed it looks like the light sits in a small bulge in the rail.

[v8s4me]

Wood is good

[v8s4me]

Actually, looking again at the photo I've just had a flash-back to the market in Germany last year and realise where I got the idea idea from