I'm looking for the interior light assembly for a 73 L bug.
Seems the previous owner decided to remove it and put the headliner straight over the top.
I'm in SA.
PM me if you have one.
Thanks,
Seb!
grumble ·
Buy a new one from Unique auto parts in Melbourne,the used ones are usually fairly fragile.
68AutoBug ·
better to get two and fit one either side... lol
Lee
I did...
SebastienPeek ·
How hard is it to fit one on each side? I'd have to cut a hole to feed the wires above the drivers door to feed the wires?
What makes it harder is connecting it to the door sensors, right?
grumble ·
Probably harder to cut the hole than feed the wires down the channel.
1303Steve ·
Hi
Make sure you fit an LED light to it form Jcar and you wont need two lights
Steve
SebastienPeek ·
Steve,
That is exactly what I am doing!
🙂
Joel ·
1303Steve wrote:Hi
Make sure you fit an LED light to it form Jcar and you wont need two lights
Steve
This man, he knows 👍
SMD festoon in all my cars.
couldnt be happier
they even do the proper fade out unlike normal LEDs
leave it on for a week, no flat battery either.
SebastienPeek ·
Joel,
I was just looking at those with a mate!
They're definitely the type I'll be getting, thanks guys!
Joel ·
You just have to watch the width.
VW interior lights are very narrow.
I've got a 6 SMD LED one identical to above and it just fits.
I'll check exact width of it next time I see the bug but im sure its 19mm.
Also make sure you get the flat yellow SMD surface mount diode LEDs like that.
100x the light output of regular LEDs, far wider angle and they don't have problems dimming if you have an alarm like mine which makes the interior light fade out once the doors have been shut.
SebastienPeek ·
Alright Joel, no problem!
Thanks for all this information, people like you make me want to continue to build Zelda into what she should be! 😀