jibb3r 29 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 The first few pictures are from the other LED interior light post. But I decided to try the two 6" LED strips in different positions for the rear seat. These are the two LED's I have in the front dome light. Consists of a universal festoon, a splitter, and two LED pods. They have 3M tape, and have held so far, even when it was -10 outside. Extremely bright. Probably could have got away with one, but I don't mind. I had a passenger refer to them as a "dentist light." lol But the rear seat still suffers. So I have (2) 6" strips, with 9 LED's on each. They're very thin aluminum with 3M tape on the back. I bought them for the rear cargo area, but I decided to try the rear seats. After looking for several places to put them, I just stuck the strips under the rubber seal that holds the headliner in, for pictures. It helped quite a bit, even though it doesn't seem like much. Might even do longer strips. The pictures don't do it justice, my 4 year old cell phone doesn't take very clear low lighting pictures. I didn't get before pictures of the rear cargo, but you all know how lacking the rear light is. So I put the strips on the cargo 'lid'. Hoping the 3M tape sticks, the angle is perfect. The strips are in their final resting places, but the wires still need tied up. There is a plug in the line, so they can be unplugged if I have to remove that tray. Link to post Share on other sites
jordankramos 0 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Where did you order the led lights for your cargo light? Seems like a great little upgrade. Link to post Share on other sites
Dori 13 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Where did you connect the lights into so that they light up when the cargo door is opened? And how did you hook them up? Some pictures would be awesome to see how they were installed. ChevyBeat 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jibb3r 29 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 All LED's are from www.vleds.com. I went with the 'footwell kit', for the cargo area. It's essentially two 9 LED strips, the socket adapter, a splitter and an extension cable, if you so desire. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of the install, but it's nothing spectacular. My "customization" skills are far from impressive. I used the adapter, to plug into the factory cargo light socket. I put the clear rectangle lens back into place, then ran the extension wire up behind the plastic, to where the left speaker is. With a few zip ties, I secured the female end of the extension cable there to the plastic by the speaker. From there, the male end of the splitter is zip tied to the hinge of the cargo lid, where it feeds the light cables. So when I need to remove the lid, the plug is right there. The 3M tape on the back of these pieces is pretty impressive. The strips are still holding strong. We'll see how the summer heat treats them. Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Simms 2 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 what did you wire the interior rear lights to? Link to post Share on other sites
jibb3r 29 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 what did you wire the interior rear lights to? The rear seat lights were never completed. I had them wired into the cargo lamp, just to see what it would look like. The original plan, was to split them from the dome light, so they would work with the doors. I still might do that, one day. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.tozzi 66 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I thought about getting a square dome light like the ones from older pickup trucks and mount it to the headliner and tap power from the front. Havent got around it as i want to replace my speakers first. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 On 04/07/2014 at 3:08 AM, Dori said: Where did you connect the lights into so that they light up when the cargo door is opened? And how did you hook them up? Some pictures would be awesome to see how they were installed. I have a similar query. Mine is LS and it doesn't comes with cargo lamp. I want to install LED strip but have no idea how to control these, I mean I want to lit them only when hatch is opened. I can't find a door switch in hatch, so doubt it can be done automatically. Last option could be a manual on-off switch. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.tozzi 66 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 On 5/14/2017 at 3:19 PM, ChevyBeat said: I have a similar query. Mine is LS and it doesn't comes with cargo lamp. I want to install LED strip but have no idea how to control these, I mean I want to lit them only when hatch is opened. I can't find a door switch in hatch, so doubt it can be done automatically. Last option could be a manual on-off switch. If you want them to turn on only when the hatch opens all you need is a plunger switch and find a good spot to install it. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 05/17/2017 at 3:43 PM, Mr.tozzi said: If you want them to turn on only when the hatch opens all you need is a plunger switch and find a good spot to install it. Yes, I found a spot near to hatch lock but I need to drill a hole in body to mount it. Plus, today GM India announced closure of their domestic sale in India so planning to hold all mods till getting their strategy clear for support. May be I will sell this BEAsT (spark) soon. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 After few month finally got that the control switch is part of hatch lock. Now, I can make harness, except the plug which will fit to the hatch lock (though last option, I have metal pins from sealed connector which will work). But the bigger issue if Chevy already have pre-installed harness. I found recently during fog lamp install thay they already had harness in place for fog lamp, even for LS variant. While searching harness from hatch lock to cargo lamp, today I broken 3 clip of rear plastic trim. Do anyone have LS variant, 2010 especially from India, who can confirm me about wiring? I really not want to waste time in making own harness, if GM have hidden required one. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Jack 0 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Boy, what an interesting conversation. Makes me glad I just joined. I plan to try to install leds. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I have completed the cargo lamp. Check that out in below post. Those who have trunk light already they don't need much work as they can simply replace existing bulb with LED or if they want to put light in 2 place it's still easier. The flexible light I used is the one sold normally as "Audi style DRL" having silicon tube outside and LED inside. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 One more update. I finally added a lamp for rear seat. I bought vw reading lamp (CN copy) and was awaiting for its connector but that lost is transit so I decided to no more 2 month wait for reorder. I used metal female pins and glued them in place. Ran the wire from both door switch in rear and through B pillar and upto the lamp. Made a rectangle cut for lamp. Added direct 12v & chassis ground till lamp from instru panel fuse box. Why I chose the vw lamp, it's small and merging well with Spark's interior. I was thinking it have sliding action to switch between modes but it indeed have a see-saw action. But it ends well. Couple of pics. Lamp with wire attached Front ON Rear ON Front & rear ON Final finish Schematic I follow so the rear lamp work only when I open rear door. I had plan to add door lamps but no work done so far. deville_56 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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