Cockpit Night-Lites?
 

I saw these in the Mazda Accessory booklet and was wondering if anyone had them yet?

If so, what are your opinions?

Is it a waste of $$ ?

They sure look cool.....

I have and installed them myself. Your mileage will vary but I can live without them.
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MARY JANE

I have them and installed them myself didnt take long at all, they are pretty cool and add a nice touch to the car but not really needed, and you could probably make something similar a lot cheaper from parts at RadioShack,

Trussville has the kit for $78 + shipping

-Chris

I added two 10 inch red lights and a switch for them.

You could tap into the lines that see the door is open and they can be triggered by that, then get a simple timer and get the same functionality as the mazda kit + lot better light coverage. The mazda kit only includes 2 small bulbs with a reflector so it spreads the beam

-Chris

OK, I guess I'll wait for a while.... Thx for the input!

Are these what they call the courtesy lights?

I'm talking about footwell lights
I have a switch next to the speedo dimmer to turn mine on or off

Mikeb,

Is this the the Mazda kit? Or another after-market kit? If Mazda, WOW thats great that you can dim/turn on/off the lights. I thought they came on and stayed on when the driving lites were on.....

MikeB, I can't remember if you posted a review/how-to. Where did you tap in for power? Do you just get some cold-cathode tubes that run on 12V?

tapped in from dome light
I had a stereo shop install both lights and swith for 100

How do the Mazda ones work? Only when you open the doors?

Anyone got the instructions to scan and post? I wanna see how hard it is to install before I buy.. lazy.. haha

I really like them i have them installed on my 8. I ended up paying like 170 after install and had them installed b4 i took delivery of my 8. They really do add a nice touch at night, especially with the red and black interior.

BTW yes they only come on when u open your doors. There is no switch for them.

Can someone post a pic of the Mazda interior lights or a link?

japanparts.com

This is all I can find. It's from the Accessory Brochure. Bottom right. :cool:

http://www.wavidart.com/2004_RX8_AccessoryBrochure8.jpg

How about the instructions for the install? I'd buy them but only if the install is easy..

Yeah! What he said!! :D

No one.... anyone??

Anyone install these that could post up the instructions?

Here are pics of the instruction book, some pages not scanned but the instruction booklet comes with the footwell lites

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