Boot light....A solution...

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:27 pm

I dont know if this is a common thing on the GTI, but my car doesnt have an interior boot light fitted....Its a real pain in the arse especially when you are trying to load CD's in the dark...

Well I found a solution today...

Whilst I had the passenger side interior panels off the car to do something else I had a rummage around on the wiring loom and found a stray connector that didnt have a home....

Low and behold, it gives off 12V when the boot is opened... So it appears its just going to be as easy as fitting a bulb to the cable and hey presto...my very own boot light!!!

Saves me having to hack into the 12V power socket supply!!!

PD · Post by PD » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:07 pm

Why doesnt the GTI have a boot light then? seems a bit odd.
My boot light isnt any think special, it looks as if the carpet in the boot holds it in place.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:09 pm

It is a bit odd they didnt fit one...My old Mk4 polo had a bootlight fitted in the carpet liner...

There is even a bracket to hold the light on the parcel shelf mounting bracket on the passenger side in the GTI...just no light fitting......Did VW forget to design that part?

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:30 pm

my gti has a bootlight

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:56 pm

ALL the MK5's inc the GTi have boot lights.

Open boot, look behide passener side light, under the plastic tray - should be mounted a boot light LOL

Neildo

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:53 pm

How odd..I wonder where mine has dissapeared to...

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:02 pm

I don't have a boot light. You can come and see for yourself if you like

not all of them have it.

Perhaps this is something else that can be put down to the pre-alignment issues, along with the seatbelts, HT leads and air air-conditioning/climate control items!

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:22 pm

I've got a boot light, I remember having to take it out when I did the suspension.

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:07 pm

Me tooo

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:12 pm

i dont have one, tegwin if you get a chance when you put it in fancy taking sum pics so i know where the connector is and that?

cheers dude,

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:35 pm

I found my boot light dangling down the side of the car behind the carpet 2 weeks after i bought it!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:07 pm

shantybeater wrote:I found my boot light dangling down the side of the car behind the carpet 2 weeks after i bought it!

me too! i just checked it out to see if there was a space for one or whatever, and it was already all there, jsut unplugged?

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:06 pm

mine was actually plugged in...but hanging behind the carpet so you couldnt see it...lol...dodgy kent dealers....last time i'm buying a car that way....going to search on forums for my clio v6..when i get it...in a few years lol

Ian_R · Post by **Ian_R** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:10 pm

I done this to my boot and it has made so much of a difference, i copied this how to, works a treat !

http://students.sabanciuniv.edu/~yetkin ... 0light.pdf