💡MG5 REAR INTERIOR LIGHT 💡

[Justin H]

It was the fear of blasting out my son's eyes that made me position my light in line with his shoulders on the back seat. He is autistic so you never know if he will accept a change or not. I wanted to recess a light but with the shallow depth above the headlining I changed to a low profile surface fitting. It cannot be seen directly through the rear view mirror and gives plenty of light.

 

[Bodger]

Hi all, I solved the problem of the back seat lighting by buying two of these LED lamps for £4:00p each from Halfords, easy USB charging and elasticated strap with hook for fixing to rear grab rails, problem solved.

 

[Edoc16]

Hi all, I solved the problem of the back seat lighting by buying two of these LED lamps for £4:00p each from Halfords, easy USB charging and elasticated strap with hook for fixing to rear grab rails, problem solved.

Going to have a wee grump...why don't MG just fit rear lights and add a few quid to the price of the car ? if were pay up to 30odd K for the car another few quid wouldn't put anyone off !!!

 

[smokie]

Yeah but with all the other suggestions we've seen it's gonna e more than a few quid!!!

Who has back seat passengers anyway? And if they have to be a little in the dark, so what??

 

[Lovemyev]

The rear interior light should also be there as a safety feature to other drivers in my mind.
If somebody was sitting in the back seat and went to open one of the rear doors, then as other drivers approaching from behind, they would see the inside of the cabin light up and know somebody was opening one of the rear doors !.
Apart from the fact it is difficult to load small children into car seats, without the aid of any internal light in the rear of course.
Okay, in the summer of course, but a real pain in the winter months.
Adding the interior lights units themselves, would have been easy enough fix on the ZS EV face lift.
But remember the original model did NOT have any rear interior light also, therefore it would have been necessary to upgrade / replace the wiring loom to accommodate the face lift model.
Also, both rear doors would have needed interior light switches adding to the rear doors also.
They where unlikely to upgrade / replace the loom etc just to provide one extra rear interior light.
It will be included on the next model I suspect.

 

[pjmuk]

Hi all, I solved the problem of the back seat lighting by buying two of these LED lamps for £4:00p each from Halfords, easy USB charging and elasticated strap with hook for fixing to rear grab rails, problem solved.

Do you have to faff around to get to just on and off as opposed to the flashing mode?

 

[biffo]

The rear interior light should also be there as a safety feature to other drivers in my mind.
If somebody was sitting in the back seat and went to open one of the rear doors, then as other drivers approaching from behind, they would see the inside of the cabin light up and know somebody was opening one of the rear doors !.
Apart from the fact it is difficult to load small children into car seats, without the aid of any internal light in the rear of course.
Okay, in the summer of course, but a real pain in the winter months.
Adding the interior lights units themselves, would have been easy enough fix on the ZS EV face lift.
But remember the original model did NOT have any rear interior light also, therefore it would have been necessary to upgrade / replace the wiring loom to accommodate the face lift model.
Also, both rear doors would have needed interior light switches adding to the rear doors also.
They where unlikely to upgrade / replace the loom etc just to provide one extra rear interior light.
It will be included on the next model I suspect.

Pretty sure opening a rear door puts the light on - so there must be sensors on each door. Same one used to display when a door is opened etc.

 

[geobanc7]

The rear interior light should also be there as a safety feature to other drivers in my mind.
If somebody was sitting in the back seat and went to open one of the rear doors, then as other drivers approaching from behind, they would see the inside of the cabin light up and know somebody was opening one of the rear doors !.
Apart from the fact it is difficult to load small children into car seats, without the aid of any internal light in the rear of course.
Okay, in the summer of course, but a real pain in the winter months.
Adding the interior lights units themselves, would have been easy enough fix on the ZS EV face lift.
But remember the original model did NOT have any rear interior light also, therefore it would have been necessary to upgrade / replace the wiring loom to accommodate the face lift model.
Also, both rear doors would have needed interior light switches adding to the rear doors also.
They where unlikely to upgrade / replace the loom etc just to provide one extra rear interior light.
It will be included on the next model I suspect.

My MG5 interior light comes on when rear passenger doors open .

 

[Lovemyev]

An additional rear light would require a switch feed and a ground wire running to the rear light(s).
This could be stolen from the front interior light, both front & rear lights would work together then.

 

[biffo]

View attachment 6179View attachment 6180Hi all
Just fitted a rear interior lightto my Mg5
Thought I’d just share a few photos
Cheers
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I can see those lights on eBay - tempted to buy one for when I get around to doing it. Also like the look of the Kia Ceed rear light too - might buy one to compare the profile, etc

 

[Kithmo]

Now, how about footwell lights ?

 

[Les burrows]

But remember the original model did NOT have any rear interior light also, therefore it would have been necessary to upgrade / replace the wiring loom to accommodate the face lift model.
Also, both rear doors would have needed interior light switches adding to the rear doors also.
They where unlikely to upgrade / replace the loom etc just to provide one extra rear interior light.
It will be included on the next model I suspect.

Hi again Geoff I’m not sure on this, at lease not with the MG5 anyhow, because when you open a rear door the interior light in the front comes on.
Also if the car is plugged in charging or not, just plugged in, and is left in an unlocked state, with all doors closed, when you open just a rear door only, the front interior lights come on and the screen also lights up to show the state of charge.
The state of charge screen also happens if you just open the boot, while the car is plugged in, now this fact about opening the boot to see the state of charge has been commented on several times before in other threads, but you can get the state of charge screen up (if the cars plugged in does not need to be charging ) and interior light on by opening any door front or rear.

So all that being the case the wiring must be in the car somewhere I would think for any of this to happening.
Now I am only writing about what happens on the MG5 SR, the ZS May be different I don’t know, so MG Motors if your reading these posts please put a light in the rear of your vehicles can’t be that difficult or add that much to the vehicle cost surely.
Les

 

[PremierscfcEV]

My solution rechargable lights hung on 3D printed hangers.Just hung from headlining.Ive since pushed them back a bit so no one catches them self .It has bonus of lighting up the boot too.
I did it this way as it's only a loan car

Great idea, I might have a go at that before my car arrives, what thickness did make the piece you pushed into the lining and did have to use petg?

 

[Sark21]

Great idea, I might have a go at that before my car arrives, what thickness did make the piece you pushed into the lining and did have to use petg?

Hi Thank you.I will check tomorrow ,I think I made it about 2mm and used petg filament.They still hanging

 

[Sark21]

Do you have to faff around to get to just on and off as opposed to the flashing mode?

Sorry for late reply.No faffing about with the ones I got.just a touch switch for on and off with a couple of brightness levels

 

[Sark21]

The rechargable lights that I bought

Dimmable Touch Light | WILLED Buit-in 1000mAh Large Battery Rechargeable LED Tap Lights | Magnet Stick on Closet Light | Portable LED Puck Night Lights for Cabinet Wardrobe Counter Kitchen Bedroom Amazon product ASIN B07PVYDMKF

 

[CuriousIslander]

It was the fear of blasting out my son's eyes that made me position my light in line with his shoulders on the back seat. He is autistic so you never know if he will accept a change or not. I wanted to recess a light but with the shallow depth above the headlining I changed to a low profile surface fitting. It cannot be seen directly through the rear view mirror and gives plenty of light.

My £10 Halfords solution is here.....

MG5 mods and updates

I was wondering what mods and updates have you made to your MG5 I will start firstly a spare wheel kit because you do need one and i have used it £130 Ebay then a 12v battery monitor £18 just for peace of mind then got the back windows tinted to make it better for the grandkids and the dog £180...

www.mgevs.com

 

[ASRtichy]

I found this clip on YouTube of an Roewe Ei5 with both a rear light and sunroof.

 

[biffo]

I found this clip on YouTube of an Roewe Ei5 with both a rear light and sunroof.
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I have a feeling that the headlining might be deeper at this point than the UK model due to the sunroof - but would be interesting to get this light and compare to those that others have used and seem to work. But from a positioning perspective, this gives a good indication of where they intended a light to be.

 

[Valiant5]

My £10 Halfords solution is here.....

MG5 mods and updates

I was wondering what mods and updates have you made to your MG5 I will start firstly a spare wheel kit because you do need one and i have used it £130 Ebay then a 12v battery monitor £18 just for peace of mind then got the back windows tinted to make it better for the grandkids and the dog £180...

www.mgevs.com

That's such a great idea!