I was wondering what I could put inside my car to make the interior seem more brighter?

Also I was wanting to put a light in the boot of the car as I work late shifts so using the boot at night/morning is a pain as its so dark does anyone have any recommendations on what you put in the boot to light it up?

LED bulbs will fit in the interior lights and are brighter than standard, use less power and generate less heat. There's a post here somewhere where someone has put an LED strip light (think it was one of the cheapie ones off ebay) under the parcel shelf and from the pics I remember seeing seemed to work quite well - it's probably a better idea than trying to fit the one supplied on higher trims than the classic. The only difficulty would be fitting a switch so it turns on when the boot is open. On the models with lights fitted, the switch is inside the tailgate itself in the latch mechanism. As these fail and it would be quite a bit of hassle installing one I'm not sure using one of those is a good idea. I am looking at doing this myself and plan to see if it is possible to fit one of these type of switches...

Edited 20 September, 201015 yr by anewman

LED bulbs for the front interior are very bright see grr666 topics.

No need... I'm never usually too far away

I have these----> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270425945835

in the side map lights.

and one of these ----> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320439203572&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123

in the centre lamp. On mine I bent the connections in a little to grip it snugly

to prevent it from turning

Much whiter and brighter than OE. Also the fade feature is retained which

will be handy as your night vision may be affected briefly.

I also have an LED strip in the boot but be warned due to residual voltage

in the circuit they never actually fully go out even when the boot is shut...

Currently working on an idea to combat this.... Probably going to interrupt

the live feed with a similar type of switch to above. I am not using an OE shelf though

mine is much heavier

EDIT.. Also worth mentioning that LEDs work one way so if you do decide to give them

a try and upon fitting, they dont come on... They are almost certainly in backwards.

Turn through 180 degrees and you should be okay.

Edited 20 September, 201015 yr by grr666

I have one of these in my map light.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260629537688&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I only have the one festoon slot though because I have the Fabia "Classic" but it is far far better than the old halogen one.

Edited 20 September, 201015 yr by apmaman

If ya fancy a small easy DIY project...

Footwell lights

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/140458-footwell-light-silver-paint-pic/page__view__findpost__p__1758816

Yes, I'm a foot light whore. If ya scroll down through that thread theres various pics showing how I did them and where they actually are.

Edited 21 September, 201015 yr by Rob.

Having looked closely at the boot I am not sure how one of the switches I pictured above could be used even with a straight or bent bracket. I would definitely not want to install it in the rain gutters. It would be great if the spring plunger thing in the latch to push the boot up when the cable release is pulled could somehow be converted to a switch. I wonder if anyone has improvised a boot switch before?

Another thought is perhaps one of those switches like the ones used on doors and windows in house alarms (2 blocks of plastic, one with a magnet which breaks the earth when they're placed together.)

I only just noticed the interior LED lights light dimly all the time in a multi storey car park. Can't remember if I've driven in the dark since fitting them. The light isn't too distracting though, dimmer than the dash lights.

Soldered a 1k ohm resistor to the back of the centre LED bulb and that kills the dim lighting when doors closed and ignition on.

Briefly tested a normally closed reed switch on the boot (pic below). I.e. it earths when the magnet (stuck to the tailgate) is a distance away. In this position it seems to work such that when it is shut there is no contact, and when the lever has been pulled and the boot is not opened, there is a contact. Not sure if this is the best setup for a switch but if it is accidentally left open certain alarms will warn you when you arm them (i.e. the one I intend to use). Only reservation is the possibility of false alarms if the switch malfunctions. Will have to double check how many amps it can switch before I hook up an alarm and set of LED's to light the boot or use a relay.

try this for the boot, quite expensive but its plug and play and you retain the OE look

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/FABIA/Fabia-I-MEGA-powered-LED-dome-light-for-your-trunk

jordan