Mark Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Ok, it's not the most extreme mod in the world, but several people have commented, so I thought I would post something up about my Map light... It's in the Int forum, cos the same fixture could be used on a defender or a rangie, but its in a disco for me... Here it is: For those not aquainted with aeroplane fittings, I aquired a Grimes cockpit light from a specialst breakers and thought it would make an excellent map reading light. It was origianlly 24 or 28 Volt but I just added a 12V bulb, and all is happy. It swivels 360 degrees but is also removable from the base. It has a built in dimmer (although it isn't much use on 12V) as well as an push to make switch to turn it on. The cord is attahced to the vehicle to it can safely dangle on it's own wire - which is simply tapped into the courtesy light feed. Mounted up high it points on the navigators map very well, but doesn't blind the driver, and you can drive with it on without any problems. It also has a red filter if you want that under cover commando feel to your navigating! It proved it's worth on the recent treasure hunt! Apparently they appear on eBay occasionally, but other than that I wouldn't know where to get one. This one came from a fokker f27... Anyway, thought some might be itnerested, so there you are. Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Those light's are pretty good. I wish I had thought of acquiring one when I stopped fixing aeroplanes. They are also fitted to Boeings such as the 727 and 737 which might help people search on fleabay. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Nice job, Mark, looks good. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 i wish my headlining was that clean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 i wish my headlining was that clean... It's just the flash of the camera!! It really isn't that clean!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 ahh but i have mud splashes across the interior light so i KNOW mine is dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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