rear boot light ??? not there

surreylad1980 · Post by **surreylad1980** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:44 pm

Hi any of you guys know if it is poss to fit a rear boot light to the 9n, is the wiring there??, it would be handy if you could.

cheers

vwclub.gr · Post by **vwclub.gr** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:18 pm

It might be there, why don't you look under the cover?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:53 pm

i want a bootlight as well...or some sort of light

because i leave shopping in the back all the time

cus i cant see whats in the boot

really annoying...

some1 pls shed some "light"

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:55 pm

There's no wiring, they only put in the necessary wiring. So if you don't have fogs you have to wire them your self, same as if you don't have a boot light you'll have to find a way of wiring it.

I think the main problem people have had is figuring out how to get it to switch on and off with the boot lid, because other wise it'll stay on and drain your battery.

However i'm sure i've seen a few vague guides on here. I know people who've managed to do it, it's just a matter of squeezing the information out of them.

Have a browse through the 9n forum for a bit you'll probably find something on it.

Wai_Mak · Post by **Wai_Mak** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:12 am

when i bought my car i thought it didnt have a boot light, but then i realised the connectors were not plugged in. So all i had to do was to plug it in and bobs your uncle!

You might be able to wire neons in them, just need to find a way to turn them on off like SiDaBa says.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:06 pm

Wai_Mak wrote:when i bought my car i thought it didnt have a boot light, but then i realised the connectors were not plugged in. So all i had to do was to plug it in and bobs your uncle!

You might be able to wire neons in them, just need to find a way to turn them on off like SiDaBa says.

where r these connectors may i ask?

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:23 pm

Unfortunately the wiring ain't there. The nearest place we (me and mole) found a feed was in the headlamp switch.

If you have a Sub and are lazy, you can always wire it up to that?

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:19 pm

No wiring there. :S My problem is that I don't know where to get the 12v suply. I've asked this a long time ago but no one was able to tell me, bu if someone with a boot light could see where the wires go I would be most thankfull.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:45 pm

12v can be taken from the battery... like wiring an amp/sub, but what wiring( thickness) would be needed and where would the fuse be?

and also , there will have to be a switch, is it safe to make a toggle switch in the circuit? (in the boot)

sbp · Post by **sbp** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:49 am

you can easily get 12v from the "sigarette lighter plug" in the front.
3 cables running to it(2 psoitives and 1 negative or the other way around I cannot remember). 1 of them doesn't work when you turn on the headlights so check if you got the right ones with a voltage-reader.

Pull new wires to the boot and you can connect a 12v light there. How to make the light turn on automaticly when you open the boot I do not know. Perhaps you can just make a light switch in the boot. But then if you forget to turn it off you'll have a problem.. Perhaps with a small beeper that makes noize when the light is on you won't forget. Or think of a motion detection thingy but I do not know if they have that in 12v. Just an idea.
I had the comfortline so a light was already there. I changed it after a while though because it did nog give much light.

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:08 pm

I was refering to a 12v suply in the boot. I know it's there somewhere but don't know the exact place.

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:34 pm

up... Anyone?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:30 pm

i might wire up a neon light, but what about the fuse? a switch can be in the boot. not a major problem.

SiDaBa · Post by **SiDaBa** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:55 pm

you can get in line fuses that you could wire between the neon and the power supply.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:15 pm

SiDaBa wrote:you can get in line fuses that you could wire between the neon and the power supply.

where from, what Amp rating, and what wire thickness do i need?