Hardtop interior light

Roughneck · 12-24-2007, 04:32 PM

Hi, for you that have a hardtop. When you open the tailgate at night, it's dark and you can't turn on the main interior lights. Has anyone installed a supplimentary interior light in the rear? I am planning on doing a wide-angle LED maybe one from www.roundeyes.com .
thanks, LT

ddeadserious · 12-26-2007, 01:14 AM

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/easy-light-push-silver-p-1490.html

I picked up one of these at Meijer for like $8, haven't stuck it anywhere yet, but I use it around my Jeep all the time. No wires, just push and have lots of nice, white light.

Roughneck · 02-13-2008, 01:55 PM

Thanks, That will be better that the one I was going to have to mount & run a wire down through my hardtop. I did a little searching and found that exact one in the US for $5.99 at http://www.ledlight.com/detail.aspx?ID=246

cheers, LT

**Jerry Bransford** · 02-13-2008, 03:18 PM

My '97 hardtop's rear light just inside behind the rear glass is push-on, push-off. Check yours, it may be too.

commodore_dude · 02-13-2008, 08:52 PM

Jerry I think I've seen you post this before... and I swear my hard top doesn't have a rear light. I guess it's possible I've just never seen it... anyone else with an LJ have one?

goatboy · 02-13-2008, 09:46 PM

Costco and some other places have those AA powered LED lights...very inexpensive, Costco sells a package of three for like twelve bux...I have them in the trunk of my Camaro, in the toolbox of my pickup, under the hood of everything...In my YJ, I got that roll bar light, VERY BRIGHT, easy to access from everywhere in the interior, including the back door.

jpittman · 02-14-2008, 09:35 AM

Looks like they stopped putting the light in the hardtop. My '03 doesn't have one. I'm using the Sylvania Lite-Dots, and put one above each front seat too.

Roughneck · 02-14-2008, 08:15 PM

Yeah, My hardtop has no lights on it. I have the interior lights on my speaker pods, but they come on with the doors or switch. But when I'm at the rear gate at night, I have no light.

commodore_dude · 02-14-2008, 11:03 PM

Phew I'm not crazy! I guess I should just cowboy up and figure out how to run a switch from the gate to the front to turn on the dome lights, I just fear messing up the electrics after all the gremlins my XJ had...

Roughneck · 02-15-2008, 04:58 PM

I was going to hardwire a light at the rear of my hardtop (hadn't thought of wiring a rear switch to control the main lights). Now I just ordered that battery powered LED light in my earlier reply. Like $10 shipped and be done with it.

If you fingure out how to wire up the main interior lights, do a post. If I have my soft top or no top, it would be good to turn on interior lights from the rear.

cheers. LT

commodore_dude · 02-16-2008, 01:36 PM

I'm pretty sure I've read something on here about adding a magnetic switch to that connector hardware on the inside of the tailgate and then wiring it up to one of the front door sensors, but I don't think I've seen a full write-up...

**DBLJ** · 02-16-2008, 04:12 PM

I have a rear light but it isnt push on/off.