Lighting up the keyhole
01-21-2005, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ca993twin
my 3/95 build does not... I use the little light in the key to find the ignition. Its the "lighter weight" solution.
01-22-2005, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by texas911
My car is a 1/95 builde (happy birthday!) and it has no light. I just changed the light bulb and battery on the key head and it works great. Could be brighter though, might do the LED mod.
01-22-2005, 08:53 PM
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Speaking of the LED mod, I did this on my previous car. It was COOL, oh for about a month when it quit working. Either it shorted itself out (which is not surprising given the half-a$$ed assembly method) or the batteries just died. Either way, spending another $10-$15 on another pair of batteries is reason enough for me to avoid the LED mod on my current car. Has anyone gotten a long battery life from that mod?
01-23-2005, 07:04 PM
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I added the ignition light to my 96.....
The mod was simple and easy. I added a 12 volt light, with a hood so that it would light the key hole with out shining in my eyes.
I drilled a small hole the size of the lamp under the insturment pod right over the ignition (the same spot that factory ignition light is located. I connected the wire to the feed for the overhead interior light so that the ignition light goes on and off with the interior light. I had to remove the left side guages to access all this, but all in all, it was an easy mod.
I drilled a small hole the size of the lamp under the insturment pod right over the ignition (the same spot that factory ignition light is located. I connected the wire to the feed for the overhead interior light so that the ignition light goes on and off with the interior light. I had to remove the left side guages to access all this, but all in all, it was an easy mod.
