Dual Trunk lights Who's got them?

[delatlanta1281]

So INSIDE the trunk then. Who has installed another one for more light?
Besides Dills and I that is.
When I first saw him do this I was kinda skeptical, but crap it took 10 seconds and cleanes up the decklid of a useless hole.

[JasonC]

I did, i don't know why BMW didn't do it in the first place.

And us guys with the early models, there are two different tail light backing plates. One is solid and the other has a window for the light to shine through when the lights are on for extra light in the trunk.

[Van Westervelt]

I have done this on every e30 I have owned. Very good choice too. I hate useless holes. :)

[mtechnik]

may we see some pics please

[Mike325]

Geeze, you guys love sticking it in every possible holes, don't you?

[Van Westervelt]

Geeze, you guys love sticking it in every possible holes, don't you?

Only when there are two right next to each other, and one remains unfilled :p

[gearheadE30]

lolz

[BDSax]

one of my first "mods" improves the light output alot

[Mtriple]

[Ray Smoodiver]

Goddamnit, all the South African cars came with the large boot cover and 7er tool kit so we can't do this :D

[naika]

I just did the Dual trunk light to my car but the intensity of the bulb is much lower. Seems like it is not getting enough power.
How do you fix that? Or maybe I didn't hook them up correctly
Any advice?

[Jparkr]

ive got it, i just taped into the original lights wirring though... i havent noticed any dimming myself but i didnt really pay attention to the output beforehand

[Jparkr]

maybe you bulbs that arnt the right wattage or somthing so your not giving them enough juice. idk, i suck at electrical stuff.

[BDSax]

Goddamnit, all the South African cars came with the large boot cover and 7er tool kit so we can't do this :D

trade trunks?!?!?!

[JamesE30]

One of the first things i complained about with the car. The original light sucked ass.
I sunk a few LED down lights into the roof of the boot, activated wen the boot opens, with all the wiring hidden.
The globes looked great installed and work perfectly,
however come night time and they turn into spotlights... :(
i need some kind of lense to go over them to help spread the light a bit.

All in all I wouldn't recommend doing this.
1st off, WAY to much effort, (we're talking remove rear seat, parcel shelf, rear speakers, lying upside down in the boot drilling through the shelf etc etc...)
And 2ndly, i dislike the light distribution, though it does light the whole boot, they tend to focus on one point fairly strongly.

effective not attractive ...particularly.

Ill probably ad the 2nd boot light as well anyway.