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rustyboxx



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Montalcino Red
Added second interior light to my DCPU
Had a good day doing a couple of minor mods to the DC today and got round to adding a second interior light for the second row. Fairly straightforward, wired up to the front interior light and standard bulbs now replaced with 48 smd festoon LEDs.

The difference is amazing. Just fitting LEDs to the front makes a massive improvement but the second light gets rid of all the dark areas in the second row. Well worth doing if you've got a DC.


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DingoDad



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England 1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi SW Blenheim Silver
Love LED's . May I ask where you found them? 94 Defender 110 Wagon
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JWL



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It amazes me that to this day LR still don't put an interior light over the 2nd row of seats either in a double cab or station wagon. I soon did this after buying my SW and is one of the best things I ever did, now with leds fitted it is just spot on. It's not a mod that costs a great deal of money, just another interior light fitting, I used a bit of ply to help fix it in place and your time.
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blackwolf



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey
That's been on my "to do" list for over 4 years now!
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rustyboxx



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Montalcino Red
Dingo, the LEDs are from eBay, they are dead cheap jobbies from Hong Kong. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching
2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant
2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through
1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable
1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy
1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome
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JWL



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England 2002 Defender 110 Td5 SW Coniston Green
You can be lucky with the el-cheapo ones off fleabay, mine have been in 4 years now Thumbs Up
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K9F



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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey
Where are the 'Doom Mongerers?' Laughing

Nice job Russ, thanks for the info about the lights Wipac may be the way forward for me especially with the COR 4 light guards I need same size/shape as OEM.

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Merlin



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Does this cause any problems with the AS10?

Merlin
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rustyboxx



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Nope, none at all Very Happy 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching
2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant
2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through
1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable
1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy
1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome
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appaloosadude



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United Kingdom 2003 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Havana
I'm a little behind on this, but how did you actually fix it above the headlining? Just about to do the same to mine.
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rustyboxx



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Montalcino Red
I used a standard Defender courtesy light that fixes to the headlining. A metal bracket sits one side of the headlining and the light unit bolts to it effectively sandwiching the headlining. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching
2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant
2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through
1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable
1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy
1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome
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Maxxed_Ross



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I'm doing this at the same time as the Terrafirma roof console Very Happy
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landy andy



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That's my plan. But need to find roof console first Big Cry

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Post #320006 29th Mar 2014 1:29pm
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Bristol 90XS



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Need some help please form someone who has added a second row light!!!

I had the headlining down to add int he sound proofing last weekend and decided to add a second row light into the 110 SW. So I have taken three wires from the cables on the rear light by splicing into them with crimps, then running the cables through the headlining and out of a hole I have cut in the headlining above the second row seats....

I haven't connected the second row lights up yet but the front light and the rear light now don't operate with the door opening but are either on or off only?

I am also trying to add a light to the vanity mirror for the better half but not surge where to take this feed from now?

Please could someone help me to understand:

1 - Have I done the right thing in taking the feeds directly form the three wires on the rear light?
2 - Where can I get the feed for the vanity mirror from?

Thought this would be really simple... Smile

Thanks in advance fro any help!!!

James
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rustyboxx



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Montalcino Red
I can't remember exactly how I wired up the 2nd row light but I'll have a look when I get home and let you know Thumbs Up 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful
2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching
2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant
2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through
1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable
1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy
1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome
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