world's easiest upgrade - dome light

[Gigem]

my truck didn't have one, so I added this

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Why not one of those lights of the tv?

Any pics at night?
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[Gigem]

Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS '86

Why not one of those lights of the tv?

Any pics at night?
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You mean the Instabulb? That's too redneck even for me!

It makes good light at night - I should take a picture...

[Redcap]

Originally Posted by Gigem

You mean the Instabulb? That's too redneck even for me!

It makes good light at night - I should take a picture...

I need the Instabulb...would go great in my K20!

[Billy81]

I just did the same thing but i used THIS I had a coupon so it was only $2 just be careful not to look directly into it because it will blind you..lol

[cory d]

i pulled the cover off of mine. more light instantly

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Gigem

my truck didn't have one, so I added this

wow,all the squares i've owned had dome lite. judging by the responses there must be a few of them out there. is this factory?

[Gigem]

My truck came from the factory with nothing - not even a cigarette lighter...

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, mine's a custom deluxe, i thought it was bare bones, but i do have a lite!

[flashed]

I need one of those for my 74 ,so what section of Home Depot would I go to ?

[tucsonjwt]

Negative on that Harbor Freight light. I bought two and the magnetic disc on the back fell off the light and stuck to the metal surface the first time I used them. Now I have two more nice flashlights.

[cory d]

looks cool without one. i may delete mine. just for fun

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

Originally Posted by Billy81

I just did the same thing but i used THIS I had a coupon so it was only $2 just be careful not to look directly into it because it will blind you..lol

I did that one time, and I glued magnets to the back so it would stay put.

Kind cheap, but worked damn well for the $5 I had into it.

[ElGracho]

Originally Posted by cory d

looks cool without one. i may delete mine. just for fun

It may look cool, but it sucks.

I have two of these "Custom Deluxe" trucks now. There is nothing custom or deluxe about them.

One of them is manual steering, manual brakes, 250 six and 3 on the tree. Rubber floor, no AC, no sway bar, and no tilt (did any 3 on the tree trucks have tilt columns? Probably not.) It originally had an AM radio but nothing when I got it. The rust free short bed body was nice with no dents in the back of the cab, a straight-ish box and the price was right. It's easy enough to add options so I'd probably pick up another if it came along...

You can lose your wallet sitting on the seat next to you without the dome light at night. I'll be cutting holes when I get to that stage on my 84 C10 and 85...

It's only a two wire hookup because the switch and the wires exist for the floor light next to the ash tray. The hardest part will be cutting the hole in the inner roof panel correctly and fishing the wire from just above where a factory driver's rear speaker would be in between the inner and outer roof.

[ray_mcavoy]

Originally Posted by ElGracho

It's only a two wire hookup because the switch and the wires exist for the floor light next to the ash tray. The hardest part will be cutting the hole in the inner roof panel correctly and fishing the wire from just above where a factory driver's rear speaker would be in between the inner and outer roof.

I'm surprised yours even has that floor light. My 77 GMC Siera plow truck has absolutely nothing for interior dome or under-dash courtesy lights. It doesn't look like it ever had any either because there are no holes in the door jambs (just dimples where they'd go) for the pin switches

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by ElGracho

It may look cool, but it sucks.

x2.

It's pretty annoying not being able to see anything in your truck at night. Funny thing, after driving the truck for over a year, I was under the dash and noticed a bulb near the ashtray so I replaced it. Turns out I had a "courtesy light" all along. Lights up the floor nicely, but still would be nice to have a dome light.