Apologies if this has been mentioned before but for €35 you could have just fitted these Octavia specific LED replacement lights:

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-II/Octavia-II-MEGA-powered-LED-dome-light-for-your-trunk

See this thread on the Yeti forum:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/179992-upgrading-the-yeti-boot-light/

The Yeti has only one (pathetic) boot light and just changing the one made a HUGE difference!

On the dome light feed - did you just splice a wire in then shrinkwrap/solder up again?

Not quite so simple unfortunately :(

Basically there is a constant live feed to the dome light, and the earth is switched by either the doors or a permanent earth, hence the sliding switch. You need to identify the earth circuit on the dome light circuit board, AFTER the switch, then connect to that.

I must confess I was too lazy to get the soldering iron out, and simply wrapped the wire around a suitably exposed part, then covered with insulation tape to avoid any shorting!

Apologies if this has been mentioned before but for €35 you could have just fitted these Octavia specific LED replacement lights:

http://www.superskoda.com/Skoda/OCTAVIA-II/Octavia-II-MEGA-powered-LED-dome-light-for-your-trunk

These are the S\skoda ones:

Footwell lighting-sorry, camera is not the best for night photos......

And yes, the car is being hoovered etc., this afternoon

Good stuff, cheers.

Thanks for the photos too.

Enjoy your hoovering

Not quite so simple unfortunately :(

Basically there is a constant live feed to the dome light, and the earth is switched by either the doors or a permanent earth, hence the sliding switch. You need to identify the earth circuit on the dome light circuit board, AFTER the switch, then connect to that.

I must confess I was too lazy to get the soldering iron out, and simply wrapped the wire around a suitably exposed part, then covered with insulation tape to avoid any shorting!

Think its nearly time to meet up and see all these subtle mods

Looks great in fairness