MG HS interior lighting

[benrb7]

Coming from a Mercedes with some nice LED lighting, I thought I’d give it a go myself. I managed to pick up an LED kit from AliExpress for about £30, and the boot liner cost another tenner.

It took around two hours this afternoon to get everything fitted. Once installed, you can connect to the LEDs via Bluetooth on your phone to adjust brightness and other settings. It also includes individual footwell lighting for both the front and rear seats.

I used the long strip at the top and two side doors and cut them down so they met in the middle above the central vents.

If you really wanted to, you could remove the door liners and fit the strips into the doors, since the LEDs can be cut to length—but I decided not to mess around with that.

I was also busy this morning installing front and rear dash cams and hard-wiring them, along with the TomTom. I used a USB-C to dual USB-A splitter, removed the 12-volt panel, tucked everything behind it, and routed the cables behind the passenger and driver footwells and up along the side trim.

OCD is happy now with no wires showing.
Also for £40 brightens the car up a bit

NB. Had to set to 15% brightness so it's not too bright when dark.

The bits I ordered.

https://amzn.eu/d/074Dbb9P

Kofferraum-Lichtleiste, automatischer Sensor, LED-Streifen für Kofferraumbeleuchtung, wasserdicht, dekorative Beleuchtung, Autozubehör, Innenraum - AliExpress 34

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Select 140cm length one

Vgetting Für Tesla Modell 3 Y S X Auto Umgebungs Lichter 10 in 1 Fußraum Universal RGB Atmosphäre Lampen USB APP Fernbedienung Zigarre leichter - AliExpress 34

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[salty]

WOW! Excellent job.

 

[pdm1]

Sounds/looks great, but a lot of work.

 

[benrb7]

As I say about 2 hours for the LEDs, got the car for 4 years so worth it for me.
Nothing I've put in can't be easily taken out without knowing it's been there.
It's plugged into the rear the usb c port using an adaptor.

 

[benrb7]

The rear dashcam wiring was interfering with the nearby DAB antenna, so I moved it and added ferrite cores at both ends to improve weak reception. It was a tight fit through the left duct, but I pulled it through using a tent peg and tape. I've now fixed it to the plastic housing rather than the window.