Since I bought my Z4 I always thought that the lighting in the boot is really inadequate, especially if you got some things in the front part of the boot near the opening it blocks the single original light fitted and the rest of the boot is then very dark!
So I decided to add some more light. I had some LED neon strips lying around so fitted one of them. The process is really very simple and easy which anyone can do in about 15 to 30 minutes. I opened the roof so the boot would open upright and that way you have access to the rear bulkhead panel and fitted the led strip to the top of this:
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I run the cable from the LED strip down behind the trim panel that usually hides the amp and from there below the trim on the boot floor, you can do this without actually removing any trim, just lift it little and tuck the cable in:
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From there I ran the cable alongside the car's original cables and tied it with zip ties. I connected the cable from the LED strip to the cable coming from the existing boot light using a t-splice quick connector. I used expanded fabric sleeving (can't remember the actual name for it) so to keep it looking neat and almost OE!:
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And this is the finished results, with the boot partition up and with it down. As you can see regardless of where the boot partition is it illuminates the entire boot area quite well. From normal viewing angle / height you cannot see the LED strip at all. It is only really noticeable if you crouch down on your knees and look up into the boot.
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