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Add more/better lighting to combi/wagon cargo area?

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I love my 2020 (MkIII facelift) Scout (combi/ station wagon), but the lighting in the cargo area has always been insufficient.

The only built-in lights in the cargo area are two small, dim white lights, near the rear, about halfway up each sidewall:

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I'd appreciate ideas for adding more/better lighting to the cargo area. Ideally, integrated into the car's electric system, but battery-powered/ rechargeable standalone lights could be okay, too, as long as either way they can be installed quite well-fixed, so that they don't come loose/ fall off, or get in the way of cargo.

The first thought is, are there replacements for the two small built-in lights (as in the photo above) with MUCH brighter lights?

Then, my own brainstorming, just about where more lights might go:

In/on the cabin roof just before the upper seam of the tailgate? 

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Embedded into the rear seatback just below the top? (embedded, so that when the rear seats are down to increase cargo space, stuff placed on top of the seat backs doesn't damage the lights and vice-versa?) 

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In the plastic sides panels into which the cargo cover fits, just below the cargo cover's seating slots? (there actually seems to be space just inside those slots - they're deeper than the cover which came with my car needs).

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Your thoughts, and especially specific existing products or services to do this, much appreciated!

thanks,

-Jay

Barcelona / west-Girona region, Spain

There are much brighter LED replacements that simply plug & play, I fitted two, plus one in the glove compartment of my Mk3 and they are a huge improvement.

Best to avoid the very cheap units from a certain Chinese online seller.

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