I have allways found map reading at night a bit of a task.............since there is no interior light in my Fury.............untill now
I bought some LED's off ebay recently , planning on making a light for my pushbike speedo , and got a decent price on 10 .
So - what to do with the spares ? Hang on - how a about locost `interior' light - for a convertable ?
I drilled 5 holes in the roll bar (yes , I know I have weakened it , but then I drove it for 4 years without one !) , then cut a narrow slot in the reverse to feed the lights in through .
After soldering wires onto the LED's they were araldited in .


Roll bar lights

Then connected together , and a wire run down inside the roll bar , under the trim at the side , to a switch on the dash - and voila



Lights 3

Thet are angled down to point just below the dash , and light the inside of the car very well - so a result

Neat solution!

Another way perhaps...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-TF-MGF-REAR-VIEW-MIRROR-MAP-READING-LIGHTS-MGTF-/120609595162?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM

Geoff

yeah, thats cool
but what about those sticky flexi led strips you get?

I did a similar thing for a high line break light. High intensity red ledd in the cross tube of my roll bar.

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Brilliant stuff Claire

Claire thats excellent.

Sorry to hear about your other woes but glad you got thm sorted