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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:43 AM
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anyone found a way to put some light inside ur glove box? its so dark, when i try to look for something at night, i have to use a flashlight or a phone..i'd like it to have some light. hmm anyone tried this before?
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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yeah someone did it before let me see if I can find it.
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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x2....ive been thinking about this since I got my tC just never got around to trying anything out
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Just use a Flashlight! when looking in ur glovebox...
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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lol .. it can be done im actually putting a LED strip from oznium in there since i have LEDs in almost every section of my car haha i think it would look pretty damn cool esp. at car shows.. i have my ps2 in there so it would reflect off of that during the day
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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i did it over 2 years ago. Placed 2, 5mm LEDs in the glovebox. use a drill bit through the backside of it to custom fit them using 5mm led holders. Measured them out so they are even, snapped right in and looked great. If the glove box is open, you can even see the actual LED, they are hidden, but turn them on and, BAM bright light. I wired them up to a switch on the panel where my other switchesare for other interior LED's. To be honest, it's pretty easy.
Old Jul 13, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Wow, this is a great idea, I've always just used my passenger side map/reading light.
Old Jul 14, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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yea, this is pretty easy and cheap to do also. Took me about 15mins to measure, drill, fit them, and wire em' up.
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