Has anyone used an interior light from a 911?, It's in. Higher quality light, fits nicely Options

[arne]

I got one of the normal aftermarket replacement lights for my car's back pad (no silver rim, black switch), and like others, I'm not impressed.

1. Can't get the clips to secure it in the backpad.
2. Backpad vinyl has shrunk away from the opening a bit, so even if I got it to stay put you can see through to the fiberboard.

I saw a thread a while back where someone used a light from the new beetle, and I was thinking about that as an option. Not crazy about the more modern look though, and I would need to slightly enlarge the hole for that.

Then I wondered how much difference in size and mounting is there between the 914 light and one of the dome lights in my 911? Turns out, not much. The 911 light is about the same length, and just a bit wider. I'd still need to enlarge the hole a bit. But it's a more vintage look, especially if you use the early light with the stainless rim. (It also comes with black rim.)

I think I'm going to give it a try. Anyone else done this?

The light I am looking at is this one.

[arne]

The new Type 3/356/911 light is installed, and works perfectly.

The opening in the back pad needs to be enlarged on all 4 sides. I made a cardboard template to get the rough size transferred to the back pad. Overall opening size is 95mm x 38mm with rounded corners similar to the stock opening. If your back pad still has the metal tabs for the light to clip to, both tabs will need to be trimmed by 3-4mm each side. (I used a Dremel with carbide cutoff wheel.)

The new light has three terminals to connect, so all three stock wires are used.

• Terminal on the end of the bulb gets black/red.
• Terminal on opposite end (with the pivot switch) gets brown/gray (the one from the door switches).
• The third terminal is part of the stainless bezel. and points straight to the rear. That one gets the double brown. Depending on how tightly your back pad fits, you may need to bend that terminal 90° for additional clearance.

In the middle position, the light works with the door switches. Pivot to one side to be on all the time, to the other to be off always.