Land Rover Defender 2020 Rear Boot / Trunk Interior LED Light Upgrade Install & Demo
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2021
- In this video we show the installation of the new LED roof light into the roof of the boot / trunk area on our project Land Rover Defender 2020.
This is made in the UK by DEFENDER3D and can be purchased on our website :-
www.powerfuluk.com/vehicles/l... - Авто та транспорт
Just installed mine. Very easy video instructions. Plugged and played mine in under 5 minutes. Another great idea from you Simon and the team!
Well done. You have earned a loyal customer. Earlier installed the rear tyre security lock (left also comment on the video), next job is the rear bumper cover and the side door decals. Feeling excited mate!! Thank you.
Thanks for the comments - any problems with the decal application be sure to let us know - we are normally happy to send a replacement if you mess them up.
An home table mention, Simon! Thank you kindly! @tim has come up with a top job, here! Thanks for posting this video and looking at the job!
Thanks Simon, just fitted the rear light in my Defender which was screaming out for this solution - easy to fit and great result - I can see! Great shipping to Oz by the way, Cheers from Melbourne Oz.
Placed my order with Tim a week ago. Perfect solution to the problem!
Yes Tim has been selling these well and I am happy to promote his products.
@@L663 thank you for your videos. I installed mud flaps Rack and ladder all from your videos. I like this light but can not find tim's info. Do you have his website info.
@@brianmontana We have the light on our website or you can check out Tim's website
defender3d.co.uk/
Wow - that was fast! Looks nice!
So easy to install. Powerful(UK) light! Thank you!! Great job as usual!
Very easy and wonderful lighting.
Used electrician fishing tape along side of the fuse box and so did not have to pull molding off… just gently made space for the connector that was loosely tied with string that was attached to the electricians tape. Thanks for making this available.
Thanks for buying our products !
Nice one Simon, tabletop off the back door next please, excited to see what you can come up with
Hi - I have a starting point... I am following in the footsteps of Non Stick Nick ( Nick Jennings )
That is an easy upgrade that has a lot of value. Excellent video as always guys. 💪💪💪
Thanks! 👍
BRILLIANT! (literally). This solves such a big problem for me.
Tim has done a great job with this... normally I have a little input / comment on his designs but there was nothing i could add / comment on this design.
Got myself that light as the original boot lights are ridiculous and easily covered by a shopping bag.. I have the 7 seater and installation required no extra effort whatsoever. I actually had installed it sodding wasted and can only remember fractions of the install, that's how easy it is. :D Your instructions are spot on. Thank you!
Just installed the rear boot/trunk LED upgrade, and it is everything and more than expected! Easy install and you could compare it to a shop light for that rear area. Thanks, Powerfuluk!
These are one of our best selling products.... I think Land Rover missed a trick on the interior lighting on the Defender.... lucky for us !
Hi Simon , Tim’s had done it again really great light in the back of the stig . Another great video . Regards mark
Yes he's a good engineer.
I could do with something like that on our Citroen C3 which is a car which only has an interior light when you open a door and even then is beaten by a glow worm! We have the giant windscreen which is good but a flawed design..the sun visors vanish when you push the roof lining back a d that lining also means, no interior lights! Good work on recommending a friends website and design...very fair as always Simon! Stay safe😃😃😃😃😃
Just fitted to my hard top 90… am very pleased easy to fit. The hard top has an extra access panel that makes it even easier to thread the cable through. See all my tools now when on site.
What a great idea, presumably could be adapted to fit other models too.
It took me longer to watch the video then to fit the light. Dead easy and works well.
Great quick fix!😊
Nice one Simon
Just the job, off to order. 👍
Love this Simon. This lighting issue is even more prominent in the back of my hard top because of the bulkhead blocking the two lights in the ceiling. All you have is the two low down ones that you are showing there and they’re useless. I will order one of these as soon as they’re available.
I’m currently designing a shelving unit for the 90 hard top that will improve the storage and utility f the rear load space for using it as a van!
Hi Reece - I have ordered the steel and will start a prototype next week for the rear shelf / drawer system.
Brilliant thanks Simon, look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Also ordered my light and it’s on the way looking forward to fitting it!
awesome product simon thanks from india !!! have installed the same
Excellent - the light works really well - its a shame Land Rover did not put a light here as standard !
Best wishes to you in India as i know that covid is really hitting India hard.
Bought it and easy install as described. The only "beast" was to put the fuse cover back in place :-)
Yes it should be easier than it is !
Brilliant 👍👍
This is good !
its would be good to get red,yellow ,white light option for this light .. red one specially keeps the flies away when you camping out in bush Thanks, Powerfuluk!
Yes you are correct - we do the other interior lights in red for this very reason !
Steven Firth is your man! Yorkshireman in Alberta Canada!
Yes indeed !
“Get some darkness going on” ❤️
Fantastic to get a light in the cargo area. First thing I said about the Defender is that it needs better lighting in the back. I am always using the light on my iPhone to look for things at night. Great video and I will be ordering one of those lights. Are you guys on eBay as well ?
Very enlightening Simon! arf arf...... :-D
Very good.... next channel..."Dad Jokes"
Thanks Simon, really grateful and pleased to provide a much needed solution.
Hi Tim - hope I did your design justice...
@@L663 yes Simon. Thank you. The trick with fitting the clips is to slide them in loose, push the light ends upwards and then Push the trim upwards at the same time, and you'll get the click. To remove, just push the light clips up, and gently pull the trim down. Cheers.
Not sure where to put this but I just read someone found the extra speakers not included in the s in the spots where they go on the higher models
Hello there!! Unfortunately, my defender will have to wait a bit -probably next year! In the meantime our Subaru Outback should be here in two weeks! ........and I was wondering if the connections would also match with a Subaru? Any ideas??? Any ideas welcome!!!
Brilliant.
Do a video like this for the L494
I just installed same led bar on the tailgate of my RRS 2017. I connected it to one of the 2 lamps. Easy job. Since there is a temporisation on these lights, they shut off automatically after 9 minutes. Is this also the case with your setup ?
Yes the light will shut off after a time !
Great product!! Have you tested any brake controllers yet? I can’t find any information on brake controllers or if the Defender has an integrated brake controller?
This guy was talking about them - I am not well qualified on brake controller - this guy is !
ua-cam.com/video/1gNUVWuqCu0/v-deo.html
Guy from Canada is originally from the Peak District in Uk 🇬🇧..
Shedlock
Indeed he is !
Simon, great product and great video to help with the install. I just installed this in my Defender in under 10 minutes. How would you add a switch. I love it when I'm camping and similar situations, but have quickly realized - since is so incredibly bright, there are times when I'd like to switch it off. Any advice?
Ah so you need a "stealth mode" for those more discrete journeys ! Its a good question - maybe you could add a switch next to the light where it takes its power from - I will ask Tim to look at options. You can disable the interior lights by pressing and holding the contact point on the overhead console for total stealth mode.
Pleased you like the light Jason. I have released a few switched units as a sample, but the general consensus, after selling around 800 of these has been tokeep the price down and remain un-switched. However, that may change. For a retro workaround though, you could interrupt the LED cable and add your own switch to the Red positive line. You may have to fit the switch into the trim though, so this may be a problem if you don't want to damage anything. Cheers
@@Defender3d I think this light was your invention? Awesome! Great design, much needed, thanks! I don't tinker too much with electrical, more of a wood worker, sorry for the dumb question, but you're just saying install a smaller rocker switch anywhere on that positive line? Did you have and recommendations on switch that was working well for you guys?
Unrelated, I've been looking for a fire extinguisher mount. There's nothing good out there now, you ever consider making something? Somewhere in trunk, close to cargo cover mounts - just a thought.
Simon, where is the best route to get external light cable into the interior on a new 90? I have a warning lightbar to fit and scartching my head!
It is not something we have done yet - other than via the rear quarter panels.
Top video again Simon, is they any way of retrofitting a 240 plug socket in the load space?
Regards
Rob
Hi Robert - I have located the main parts
Inverter £322
Socket £30
Cover £6
I will order them up and see what we get.. the issue could be I cannot find a wiring loom - it may come with the inverter ?
@@L663 look forward to the video, thank you
Do you mean @Shedlock2000 from Canada?
would be good if the additional bar had an on off switch for times you dpon't want to illuminate with the door open
I will feed that back to tim !
Has anyone tried to install this in a 90 with 5 seats? You can't get the trim off the window because there's a cover in front of it.
Simon. Silly question. Have ever removed the offside upper rear quarter panel the tinted bit above the rear lights. Reason for the question is, there is a slight bit of stress in the plastic on my new one and the local dealer is going to replace it but will not say its an easy clip on and off. I got we have never done it before it could be connected to other panels blah blah. Their own repair info says 6 min fitting time. So I guess it clips on/off but I'm not going to try as they will say I have done it. Any chance just showing a 2 min video on the end of next one removing and replacing it so I can argue if I need to. Cheers
Is it this part ?
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@@L663 Simon yes that's exactly it. They can rip mine off as it's getting replaced so 2 min job cheers. Andy.
Good one Simon, would this fit 2015 RRS L494? My L494 does not have those 2 lights on the tailgate, only 1 tiny light on the right-side panel in the trunk so very dark in the garage... Hope this can fit too. Thank you.
Hi Danny - I have not heard of this spec before - they have no rear lights in the tailgate panel - can you pull the panel out and see if the wiring is there ?
@@L663 thank you for replying mate, might be a special SE base model thing for the land down under, getting ripped off lol, will check out the panel in the morning, cheers
Any problems with new 2022 Defenders? A friend try to install and electronics got messed off when looming off the little lamp in the back.
We have not heard of this being a problem - I am interested to understand more.
Attempting to fit this to the 90 but it’s proving more problematic, I think due to the sear belt tensioner etc - so far haven’t been able to get that inner corner panel off 🙃
Correction - pull the surrounding cover from the seat belt tensioner (just pull forward) and goto the right of the seat tensioner to get a drop down to the OEM boot light - couldn’t get it to drop on the left hand side of the tensioner. Anyway, boot is now lit up like a Christmas 🎄
Lots have installed on the 90 with rear seats. Some remove the corner trim at the Right side nearest the rear door, some use a rigid wire pushed up through the stock light point where you will connect, and then use the wire to pull the new cable back down. Not personally tried this, as I don't have access to that particular model, but it can definitely be installed, just a little more tricky. Let us know how you get on.
@@supercrazysane Hi Steven - thanks for this tip ! glad you get this sorted - you are now ready for the dark evenings !
How do I place an order for this boot lamp.
super - does it have a switch on the unit
No but that is something we could look at or you could easily add in the plastics next to the rear fuse box.
Looks like that could be adapted to use on any similar vehicle.
Yes although the clips and the connector etc are custom made for the Defender fitment.
@@L663 discovery 5 please
@@danieljones5771 Does the D5 have a similar problem ?
@@L663 - it has similar led lights that don’t illuminate much, however I was looking at the headlining yesterday which does not really have a join anywhere you could fit the light bar to :(
Do u sell the harness separately? The plug&play connectors? So than we can connect multiple lights and setup lighting by ourselves customized
That is a really good idea - I will discuss with Tim
Yes, you'll just need to assess the loading on the fuse, at your own risk. These strips only take around 5w more, so it's negligible. Keep an eye out for these looms though.
@@Defender3d We maybe should add which fuse it is if we sell these looms too..
Nice work to all involved and another top vid Simon, a few things, the wiring could be protected against rubbing or at least secured similar to how all oem new defender wiring is. We have a saying, loose wires cause fires 😉 Also the fluff behind oem light, could that be a fire hazard when light heats up? Having said that, we will get one from you guys and install with these issues addressed, certainly much needed when we have the back full and fridge in etc on trips/camping.
No risks if installed carefully. The intumescent fire and sound barrier helps stop rattles, and the rubber double insulated main cable to the light avoids the need for chafe tape. We looked at putting chafe tape on the connection end, but this then hampers the click mechanism, and is no less that what JLR have done. I started testing this back in January, and have inspected thoroughly as it's been in and out of my vehicle 30+ times fine tuning the mounting clips. No chafing or rattles were evident, and the stock and mod lights do not run hot, especially as they are time limited to conserve battery.
As an electrical and robotics engineer with over 28yrs experience, electrical fires are something I take very seriously, and great care around. Thanks for your comments though, always looking to improve.
Hi Ben - there are of course the option to remove the panels and then cable tie the loom.
@@L663 Fantastic, we will be doing this plus using conduit or fleece tape, as feedback maybe good to add that to install vids or instructions, we really like the light mod 😍👌🏽
@@L663 In certain environments like AU we have hundreds of thousands of kilometres of killer corrugations that eat any loose wires anywhere, when we build 4x4s here, zero wires are left loose, JLR have done a great job on all OEM wires we have seen so far, all covered and secured.
@@Defender3d well done tim, just honest feedback, hope it helps, well done on a great product and looking forward to your next, we will be ordering. 👌🏽
Do you guys ship to Asia?
We do
@@L663 great! ETA on stock availability? Thanks!
Can you ship to the US for US Defenders?
We ship to the US everyday !
@@L663 Well I had to ask because the website says it can't ship to some parts of Europe...so I was wondering if the US was in play.
@@JohnBaldwin63 Well thanks to Brexit its now easier to ship to the US than Europe !
@@L663 I can't speak to Brexit as I don't live in England, but hard to believe they'd screw up shipping to neighboring countries.
I need a bank loan to buy all the bits I want from you now. 5 days to go and it's delivery day so will see what's what.
Hi Andrew - so cool to hear you have Defender on order and are looking to add some parts... what spec did you go for ?
@@L663 I went for 110 D250 S. Added front under body protection, wheel arches, rear scuff plate, decals and Advanced off Rd package.
I will at some point get the rear recovery eyes from you and I like that rear interior light you have just shown amongst others.I need to let the new car feeling pass before doing anything. Also in removing the rear bumper are you aware if it invalidates the warranty, they can be very funny about things like that.
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Hi Mr Virdi ! Thanks for the Emojis !
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The Canadian, Shedlock2000 has a broad North Derbyshire or South Yorkshire accent, if that is who you mean. Probably is.
Here is a link to his UA-cam Chanel
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Brilliant useful application this light fitting.
Is that not a bit dangerous? With the back of the car be to light to travel at high speeds 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
The light will only come on if you open the doors !
@@L663 I know , I was trying to be funny. I’ll get my coat.