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Hi guys

Just had my 2000km service and took a 370 for the day

Very impressed with the interior lighting at night, and appears it has the euro style interior led downlighting onto the centre console

The map light/interior light switch in the 370 looks to be identical to the GTR, even down to the tiny oval hole where the led emits the light

But on my GTR it doesnt illuminate. Now is it just my car, or is the GTR supposed to have the red downlighting as well? It seems strange theyd put an led in the 370 but not the GTR

If this is so, i might look into buying the map light piece out of the 370 and doing some retro wire taping

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I have a similar yellow LED in the 06 accord I had, actually is quite useful and not annoying. Shouldn't be that hard to retrofit it'd just be the issue of getting constant power there.

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my m3 has the soft red downlighting as well, and illuminating onto white leather it looks great at night

would look really good in the GTR with red light illuminating the flat silver console

just strange that nissan put the same map light centre piece in the 370 as the GTR but pull the led out :P

ill go past jaycar and buy a few different angle 3mm red leds and see what works, otherwise i might see if buying the 370 map light isnt too expensive at the dealer

oh, and another thing i need to do is footwell lighting, yet another euro feature ive taken for granted

edit - this is where the led emits light from on the 370. You'll notice its identical to the GTR's - id imagine they'd use a 360degree led

check out this thread where they open it up, this is going to be easy

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-do-your...html#post519440

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Im a huge fan of interior lighting when its done correct, i was in a Current S class the other night and it is stunning, 3 different color choices really classy in my honest opinion

i couldnt find any photos of the Zed but here is the S class in the "warm" mode

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agree, the s-class (and the new e-class) under dash lighting looks amazing at night

the euro's have definitely moved on from putting leds under rear view mirrors and inside door handles

even our exterior needs attention, i put leds in the numberplate and parkers, and fixed the rear tail lights to illuminate all 4 stove burners

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my m3 has the soft red downlighting as well, and illuminating onto white leather it looks great at night

would look really good in the GTR with red light illuminating the flat silver console

just strange that nissan put the same map light centre piece in the 370 as the GTR but pull the led out :)

ill go past jaycar and buy a few different angle 3mm red leds and see what works, otherwise i might see if buying the 370 map light isnt too expensive at the dealer

oh, and another thing i need to do is footwell lighting, yet another euro feature ive taken for granted

edit - this is where the led emits light from on the 370. You'll notice its identical to the GTR's - id imagine they'd use a 360degree led

check out this thread where they open it up, this is going to be easy

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-do-your...html#post519440

And I always thought thats where the bluetooth microphone was! :)

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And I always thought thats where the bluetooth microphone was! :D

the bluetooth mic is behind the vent/slats to the right of the OFF switch position

pulled the map light piece out today, its identical to the 370, even has the groves to slot the oem 370 led module into it

i shown a small led torch through the hole and think i know why they didnt put a led in

the light is dispersed back near the handbrake lever rather than over the gear trim surround. However this can be fixed by using a 180 degree led and playing around with the positioning to push the light forward, not too hard

ill get started next weekend, too bust trying out a new wax today

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