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    Adding a third dome light on sunroof-equipped Evo X/Lancer

    I've been meaning to post this for a while now. My daily has the sunroof option, which probably not a lot of Evo X's have (unless you got that option).

    Anyway, it bugged me to no end that Mitsubishi did not add a dome light over the rear seats if you had the sunroof option. Even after adding bright LEDs in the front map/domes, there is just no light reaching the rear seats, especially the floor area.

    So what I did was add an LED board over the rear floor area. I patched it with the passenger map/dome light so that I can manually turn the lights on the passenger side and the rear seats by using the stock switch. And it also comes on and turns off along with the stock lights whenever you open/close any of the doors.

    Below is the rather simple patchwork I did for the passenger dome. The entire process is completely reversible as well.



    A - junction where the additional LED light and the LED installed in the passenger dome are patched together.


    B - LED adapter that connects to the stock bulb socket


    C - wire that belongs to the LED that resides in the passenger dome location


    D - wire that is run inside the headliner and around the sunroof trim

    After you patch the wires, you run enough wire to go through the headliner, and stuff it inside and around the sunroof trim (you just pull off bit by bit and run the wire inside). yo do this until you get it where you want. in my case, in the middle above the center console:






    When finished, the rear and passenger domes sync when you turn on the passenger dome.



    And all 3 work when you open/close any door in the car.




    Thanks for looking.

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    That's pretty cool Macky! Now you can have a EDM party in your back seat!

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    thanks guys!

    what i dont understand is that other manufacturers have sunroofs on their small sedans and still have a rear dome light. but mitsubishi somehow cant figure it out to engineer it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvoMr420 View Post
    That's sick, fuckin Macky your a genius. Nice work
    lol that's not how we do it.

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    Well does look nice but u should have put it further back and maybe found a evo 9 center housing cut it in and used some angle clips and it would ha e looked factory but just depends on how clean u want it... but good job just to get some light

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    Quote Originally Posted by gencos21 View Post
    Well does look nice but u should have put it further back and maybe found a evo 9 center housing cut it in and used some angle clips and it would ha e looked factory but just depends on how clean u want it... but good job just to get some light
    yeah I thought about it, but it wasnt worth the extra trouble. I just needed the light, plus im not really sure if there is enough clearance between the headliner and the sunroof when it moves in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macky View Post
    I've been meaning to post this for a while now. My daily has the sunroof option, which probably not a lot of Evo X's have (unless you got that option).

    Anyway, it bugged me to no end that Mitsubishi did not add a dome light over the rear seats if you had the sunroof option. Even after adding bright LEDs in the front map/domes, there is just no light reaching the rear seats, especially the floor area.

    So what I did was add an LED board over the rear floor area. I patched it with the passenger map/dome light so that I can manually turn the lights on the passenger side and the rear seats by using the stock switch. And it also comes on and turns off along with the stock lights whenever you open/close any of the doors.

    Below is the rather simple patchwork I did for the passenger dome. The entire process is completely reversible as well.



    A - junction where the additional LED light and the LED installed in the passenger dome are patched together.


    B - LED adapter that connects to the stock bulb socket


    C - wire that belongs to the LED that resides in the passenger dome location


    D - wire that is run inside the headliner and around the sunroof trim

    After you patch the wires, you run enough wire to go through the headliner, and stuff it inside and around the sunroof trim (you just pull off bit by bit and run the wire inside). yo do this until you get it where you want. in my case, in the middle above the center console:






    When finished, the rear and passenger domes sync when you turn on the passenger dome.



    And all 3 work when you open/close any door in the car.




    Thanks for looking.
    Is someone able to repost the images? I can’t see them anymore. Thanks!

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    I tried to log back in to photobucket but it seems its eternally lagging and wont get me the pictures. I no longer have them on my hard drive. Maybe I can answer any questions you might have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macky View Post
    I tried to log back in to photobucket but it seems its eternally lagging and wont get me the pictures. I no longer have them on my hard drive. Maybe I can answer any questions you might have.
    Thanks for trying! I just wanted to see how they look like. Are you able to send any pictures of how it looks? Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maue88 View Post
    Thanks for trying! I just wanted to see how they look like. Are you able to send any pictures of how it looks? Thanks!
    yeah Ill take pics later and attach them here.

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    Thanks! I appreciate it!

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    Hi Macky, just wondering if you had the chance to take some pics of your setup yet =) thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macky View Post
    yeah Ill take pics later and attach them here.
    Hi Macky, just wondering if you had the chance to take some pics of your setup yet =) thanks!

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    Hi sorry yeah I havent had a chance recently. Kinda busy with the baby but for sure I'll take a pic of it tomorrow.

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