Does anyone have a light in their glove compartment cus i dont which i find a bit strange as i have one in the ashtray.

It's a 98 zxi v6.....

encourage smoking ??:?

My car is a '98 ZXi too, and also has an ash tray light. Doesn't seem to be mentioned in the owner's manual though (eg changing bulbs etc). No glove box light either.

Mine has a glove box light - open glove box, turn on side/head lights, hey presto illuminated glove box

Mark

same here,no glovebox light im afraid seems a bit odd but nevermind not the end of the world is it

Strange all these different specs....

mine has a light... has a push switch on the upper rim which closes when the glove box is closed.

Can you buy a kit

Went on the motorway last week (the M5 at night) and wanted something out of the glove compartment, could'nt see a damn thing

Cheap remedy for glove box with no light -

Buy a torch
Dont use glove box at night
use your lighter to shed some light
buy a stick on push operated light
Park under a light and open sunroof

any of the above will do tho I think you can buy an enclosed light and adapt a push switch so it lights up on openening so long as you wire it in correctly .

[quote="Tiswas"]Can you buy a kit

Went on the motorway last week (the M5 at night) and wanted something out of the glove compartment, could'nt see a damn thing [/quote]

You shouldn't be looking there in the first place! Especially at those speeds!

....said Mr Plod....

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It was the wife not me, and you know what these women are like if they can't find something.... LOL....

@ tucker

ok people. i have discovered this to be a problem for myself also. i no this post goes back a long way but...i find it annoying when i'm lookin (for the torch ) in the glove box at night and i cba to turn the interior light on.
this is what i propose to do about it: -
1) go to the scrappies and get one of the 'door open' sensors. (even better, just found a sensor online at a shop not too far from me)
2) buy some LED's or light unit. (just found the ones i want at the same shop)
3) hook them up in the glove box to work like the doors do to turn on the interior lights, eg. when glove box opens, light comes on.

i have reasonable knowledge of electronics (studied A/S at college), however i no nothing about car electrics, what wires run where etc.

any advice/blatent problems/assistance would be much appreciated

a bit more info, i am planning on using 8mm 12v LED's, are these ok?
also, this is where my lack of knowledge of car electrics comes in, where is it safe to hook them upto behind the dash?

Good idea i to have done an electronics couse (city & guilds) but dont know about car electrics, are the LED's the resistor free type?

my type R does, when ever the head lights are on and u open the box it lights up. hard to find out if u only drive during the day

Hello there, sounds like they have a integral current limiting resistor, which means no external current limiter is required with a 12V supply. You can you pretty much any cable as the current is going to be very small. I'd then just take it from the cigarrette lighter

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easy

[quote="tucker101uk"]....said Mr Plod....

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Hi Friar Tuck !!! Welcome back - where have you been ???

Yeah, Mate, Its like you're first post in what- nearly 3 Months

He hasnt come back ..... that post was from 2004

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:12 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah



:lol:

Does anyone know where he went then? He's still got moderator privelages...

Nope

[quote="Ronin (Adam)"]Does anyone know where he went then? He's still got moderator privelages...[/quote]

Spoke to Tom on MSN a few days ago, Says he's just busy.............

yeah he is about!! last i hear new Job new New house, even a company car .
think he's just giving us a chance to catch up on the number of posts!!

well thats one more on your tally Dai

make that 2!! :P your not doing so bad yourself chief

[quote="maylander739"]Hello there, sounds like they have a integral current limiting resistor, which means no external current limiter is required with a 12V supply. You can you pretty much any cable as the current is going to be very small. I'd then just take it from the cigarrette lighter

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easy[/quote]

thanks, i had a bit more/extension of the brainwave.
i think i may find it useful to light the door compartments too.
while i could use a door seonsor on the glove box, this may prove more difficult on the door compartments, so i was thinkin of adding a switch (all on one switch) onto the window controls as i appear to have a couple of blanking plates on there anyway. (these may be srew points but i can always drill)
at this point, i am close to the fusebox, would it be feasible to wire into the interior light fuse? alternatively, would it be better to use one of the spare fuse slots (a/c fuse for example), put in a smaller fuse and wire up independantly?

Hey – just fitted a light inside mine…..

Pretty straight forward too. Firstly remove the glove box. You need to remove the side panel, similar to the one when removing your dash but on the passenger side and remove the two screws. Open the glove box and remove the two at the top, last one is hid at the bottom right hand corner, managed to get a Phillips screwdriver on it = Glove box removed.

Mazda have kindly left two apertures, 1 for the push switch (old bonnet alarm one) and 1 for the bulb, this is a similar shape to a 501 bulb housing and can be easily modded to accept the holder.

So, fix the push switch and bulb with holder, wire it to an earth and the other end to – easiest point for light illumination I found was = a piggy back to the stereo lighting wire and JOB DONE. I even had a spare blue 501 to match my interior lights.