hepkat63

Whilst I am happy that there is a light in the engine bay, it really doesn't light up very well. yes, I know you can put an LED globe in there, but I figure why put in a globe when you can add extra lights !!

I bought these to use as daytime running lights, but to be honest, they look a little ordinary ...





First thing was to put a bit of tape over the on/off switch:




I then cleaned the area I wanted the lights to go - and they come with pretty good quality 3M mounting tape, so stuck them on.
I took out the existing engine light, then I fed the wire over the existing loom, through the factory holes in the engine cover and pulled them out the existing hole .




LED lights are always a PITA to wire up as they are never consistent. These ones, the white wire is the negative. On the factory light, the dual wire connector is the positive. I joined the two sets of wires together, tinned them with solder, then bent them at a right angle and slid them in the existing connectors. I then pushed the connectors back on to the original light.




And there you have it. These two pictures are taken in complete darkness in the shed. As you can see - heaps better !!

Vandit

Nice work! I like this. I have an LED bulb in the stock light assembly and it still doesn't light up much.

Hopefully those LED units hold up to the heat in the engine compartment.

Greg_V

too funny. i have those same lights sitting on my bench with the same original intent. Since i always drive with the lights on anyway, they are redundant so my motivation is low. the engine bay may be the ticket. would have hated to wasted $9 on them.

Twood

Adapt another one for the front boot/trunk?

Silvertarga

Great idea but I would worry about them being sucked into the engine fan as the heat tends to attack the sticky tape!

hepkat63

thanks guys - they work well.

@silvertarga, I did think that myself, but thought what is he worst that can happen - not too much mess . Also, there is a tiny hole at either end of the hard rubber of the surround of the lights, which I guess I should put a very small self taper screw through eventually.

@twood, probably will if I get another set.

@greg_v, hope I"ve motivate you some then

@vandit, don't see why they shouldn't, they are a pretty firm fit and when the engine lid is down they are quite protected, but we shall see

EIEIOJay

Is there a light within the engine bay of an RS America? And if so, where is it located?