Light upgrade for T-Top G-Bodys

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T-TOP TONY

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For those of you with T-Tops you know the light in our cars isnt that great. Heres an upgrade. Using a dome light from a third gen camaro, I believe other GM vehicles have these, just have to look. Heres my write up. Thanks to Phoenix for telling me how to do this, just want to share it with everyone.

Things you need:

Dome light assembly
1/8 or 1/16 rubber sheeting
2) 8-32 hex nuts
2) 8-32 x 3/4 screws
knife & scissors
pen & marker
2) tap splice connectors
drill bit
dremol tool

Heres what you want to start with.
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Place the dome light on top of the rubber sheeting and trace it with a pen.
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This is what you want to end with once you cut everything.
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Place dome light on top of t-top plastic and mark the holes and square to cut out with a marker.
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Mark the holes and square space so that the bulb prongs can fit thru just like this. Drill and use dremol tool to do this. ( I used just the drill bit cause my dremol is broken)
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once thats done put everything together and screw in everything together so youll end up like this.
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and the finished product
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3XBrownCutty

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good info!

Another possibility is you could even put a little LED board in there and it would make a huge difference. My dad just did that to the dome lights in his FJ, they are awesome!
 

454muscle

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Very NICE! Love it! Awesome mod bro.

In my case I have a rear view mirror with lights on the bottom, it's not as nice as this idea, but it works. After seeing this though, it's something I will do in the future as well.
 

T-TOP TONY

Master Mechanic
Jun 13, 2008
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3XBrownCutty said:
good info!

Another possibility is you could even put a little LED board in there and it would make a huge difference. My dad just did that to the dome lights in his FJ, they are awesome!

yeah i ordered my LED light bulb replacement from www.superbrightleds.com
 

T-TOP TONY

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i have an extra setup if anyone is interested for 25 bucks shipped to the lower 45
 

PRETTY BOI D

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Can i jus buy a different bulb and put that in instead....if so i was thinking bout a light bulb thats bright white
 

T-TOP TONY

Master Mechanic
Jun 13, 2008
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san bernardino, ca
Cutty1 said:
where are you gonna hook up power from?good idea

from the existing cables that run to the back lights next to the 1/4 glass. All T-Top cars have these dome lights on the side so im just going to splice into the existing white and orange wire
 

T-TOP TONY

Master Mechanic
Jun 13, 2008
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san bernardino, ca
PRETTY BOI D said:
Can i jus buy a different bulb and put that in instead....if so i was thinking bout a light bulb thats bright white

yes u can. I ordered some LED replactement bulbs from this site www.superbrightleds.com the bulb replacement number is 4410
 
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