I bought a pair of these lights. It is a direct fit with the OE trunk light. I replaced both sides, since it is far brighter.Awesome this helps a lot Thank you!! Which LED light did you use? it looks a bit bigger than a footwell one.
I bought a pair of these lights. It is a direct fit with the OE trunk light. I replaced both sides, since it is far brighter.Awesome this helps a lot Thank you!! Which LED light did you use? it looks a bit bigger than a footwell one.
Thanks and yeah I goofed on that one lol. Ziptie has been working fine (it’s not the “finish” I was going for but it’ll have to do for now)Great write up! I just did this little mod today and loved the results. When cutting out the spot for the new light, if you start the cut on an intersection of the plastic vent things, the new light will be able to solidly pop right in place with no zip tie needed (hopefully that makes sense).
I’ll try to add this to the first post next time I’m on the computer.I made a little diagram here where double lines indicate where you need to cut. The cuts on the right of the image should be approximately flush with the the intersecting slats. When you insert the new light, rotate it such that the metal retaining clip faces the rear of the car.
To make the routing the wire easier during the install, you can partially pop out the C pillar plastic covers by just pulling them out.
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I’m too lazy but I want to do this too. Just need the motivationJust completed, $16.40 all in. Easy and cheap modification. Nice even light throughout hatch. Thanks for pointing this out @Rollback50k .
Could you take close ups of the light housings installed?I have mk7 estate, so the OEM light was installed in the middle of the headliner. Trunk cover was casting shadow even when retracted.
So I added 6 more lights (2 in trunk, 2 in trunk door, 2 under trunk floor).
Video is in Polish:Could you take close ups of the light housings installed?
Looks incredible man.
WOW that's some incredible work, and it looks killer. Are those OEM lights that you installed? What part numbers are they?Video is in Polish: