Super Bright Boot Lights

[sheppy1]

Welcome to my tutorial on how to fit VERY bright LED panels to the boot compartment.

You have two choices here…either simply replace the ONE factory unit that’s already in place…or add some additional wiring to the factory wiring, run it through to the other side and cut another hole so you can then have TWO of these LED strips installed. If you’re wanting TWO boot lights then follow this tutorial first then come back to mine afterwards, if not then just follow mine right now

Extra Boot Light Tutorial

https://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-How...boot-light

Okay…now on to how to fit the extra bright LED panel to one or both sides of your boot

So…You’ll want to start by buying a pair of these if you haven’t already:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400756072653?_...EBIDX%3AIT

There are others out there and these are NOT the specific ones i bought as i got mine from another seller a year ago but they look identical..And these are also cheaper than what I paid too.

Anyway, so once you have those you’ll want to cut off all the stuff you don’t need like this:



Now you’ll want to go to your car and remove the boot light holder (just pops out). Then you’ll need to cut off the factory connector like so:



Now that you’ve done this you can start to widen and lengthen the factory light hole. Your best bet here is to use a stanley knife as it will slice right through the boot material…widen it every so slightly by around a few MMs…you don’t need to widen it too far. You’ll want to lengthen the hole by quite a bit…you’re better off cutting towards the FRONT of the car until you can’t any further due to you hitting the metal frame:



Then you’ll want to cut towards the BACK of the car until you hit a pice of grey plastic trim. Once you hit this you’re gonna need to trim a few MMs of the grey plastic trim off to make way for the LED panel. You literally just need to shave off the plastic bit by bit and then keep checking to see if the bulb strip will fit into it. Do this all around bit by bit for the grey plastic trim and also the fabric boot section itself until the LED panel fits snugly







Next you’ll want to remove the LED panel again as you’ll be wiring the thing up now. This bit is easy and you simply need to wire positive to positive and negative to negative like so:



Then secure the wiring by crimping or soldering or just electrical tape and then slot it all back in and voila! Job done Obviously if you followed the tutorial at the top to fit the second boot light then you’ll have the wiring over that side and can follow the above steps to fit yourself another super bright LED panel.

Enjoy being able to actually see something in your boot! 







Comparison with LED bulb in factory holder on the left and my new super bright LED block on the right:



Night time pics




And yes I do have a lot of water in the boot haha

I'll get a pic in the dark now I have the super bright LED blocks on both sides

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