Do first gen ZX3/ZX5/Hatchbacks not have a trunk light?
You know, the light you use to see things, in the trunk. [rofl]
I don't see one in mine, and its kind of bothering me.
There may already be a thread on this, but I didn't see it.
Its bothering me quite a lot, the whole not being able to see things in the trunk when I'm loading up my gear at night.
Its very dull even when its working, I ended up running a set of led strips on the underside of both of the hard plastic hatch cover portions, much better. Cant see the strips but they provide lots more light.
A number of us have run led strips or blocks. The leds have just 2 wires so you can just splice into the 2 wires of the hatch light. Then just attach the led block/strip to the underside of where the cargo cover sits so its out of sight. You can even then run a wire from there to the other side and have lights on both sides and tuck the wire out of view behind the plastic I interior panels.
This is exactly what I did. The wires are perfectly hidden out of sight and power from the hatch light are more than enough to power two sets of led strips. I'll see if i cant get a good picture of the lights working tomorrow.
I believe my strips have either 6 or 9 white leds (self adhesive too) and then I just used some 18 or 20 gauge speaker wire i had laying around. I ran it under the hard plastic trim of the lower inside hatch area. I like it because it has a clean factory look, ie cant see anything unless you are really looking.
A number of us have run led strips or blocks. The leds have just 2 wires so you can just splice into the 2 wires of the hatch light. Then just attach the led block/strip to the underside of where the cargo cover sits so its out of sight. You can even then run a wire from there to the other side and have lights on both sides and tuck the wire out of view behind the plastic I interior panels.
I got a 194 LED flank bulb to replace the stock bulb and to my surprise it makes more than enough light. I no extra wiring involved, wiring extra lighting is easy, but I like that it looks stock.
This was my before and after when I put it in two years ago, I plugged it in and I found my groceries. [] They're sold in a pair, so I fabbed up a glovebox light using a spare trunk lens from the junkyard and put the second bulb to good use.
So I have a question the lense on my Svt is missing the one above the sub can I use any lense form a normal zx3 or do I have to try and find another Svt with one that's being parted out
I replaced mine since I installed a custom sub woofer box. I connected an LED strip with some extra wire so I could move the light around the trunk if needed.
I picked up a set of led strips from autozone for $15, wired them into where the stock light was, and hid them on the very back of the hatch where the latch hits.
Here are the pictures I said I would add. It might be helpful for anyone who is planning on doing this mod. It's fairly easy and inexpensive to do. The required skill level is pretty low.
Shot with the garage lights on. Big difference from the yellow incandescent bulbs to the white led lights
Driver Side:
Passenger side:
In the dark at about chest height:
In the dark from bumper height to show the strips:
From the driver side, I have both sets of LED's tapped into the original light's power. For the passenger side I ran wires from the power source, down and tucked into the area behind the inside bumper then up to the passenger side. None of the wires are showing, nice and clean install. I believe i bought the led strips from Amazon, just search led strips and they should pop up.
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