Double light in trunk

[Rollback50k]

This was “a thing” when I had my mk5 and figured it would be doable in the mk7 also. I’m not great at making DIYs so bare with my sloppy attempt (lol). Feel free to use this guide but do it at your own risk as I am not going to be held responsible for anything resulting from it.

I already had a Ziza LED from ecstuning on the passenger side but sometimes a little extra light couldn’t hurt.

The LED bulb/housing I’m using was given to me. It fits and works on the passenger side so I guess you could just get one off AliExpress like this one:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOSCLcp

Instead of splicing into the existing trunk light harness for power and ground I ordered aharness which is intended/sold for adding rear footwell lights which is a plug and play solution making it simpler.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPthgUH

If you want to go one step further and get the “OEM finish look”. Get one of these pieces which is normally fitted in the existing passenger side (unfortunately I don’t think Vw sells this piece by itself, so you’ll have to get it from a wrecked car or something)...thought I’d mention it for the neat freaks out there lol.

First thing I did was I clipped off some of the plastics.

Before:

After:

 

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Tried to use some strong plastic bonding Gorilla glue. Gave it a little more than 24hrs to fully cure. I think it worked out okay, not fully satisfied but it might just work good enough.

After glue had fully hardened:

Mocking the light in place (ignore how not so straight it appears as it isn’t finished with it):

 

[Rollback50k]

Update
Got the harness today. Quality doesn’t seem bad for ~$7 shipped. It’s long enough and makes it all plug and play!

Female connector goes to original male connector on passenger side of the car harness, shorter male connector goes to passenger light, other male connector goes to new driver side light fixture:

mocked up the lights to make sure it worked as described in the AliExpress description:

Ran the harness across the top through the headliner. just remove the plastic panel that runs horizontally across the headliner under the 2 accordion rubber boots that you see beaten hatch door and hatch car frame. Once removed just find the safest way to run the new harness across.
Picture of what you’ll see when you pop the plastic panel off:

Connect and enjoy (lol)

Also, I ended adding a small ziptie to hold the bulb/housing in place. Will revisit this in the future:

 

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Before

After

Unfortunately the cheaper AliExpress LED puts out an off white color compared to the Ziza light (hard to tell unless you are myself or if it’s pointed out)

 

[bagged_hag]

This is great! Thanks for the leg work! Makes a huge difference

 

[Rollback50k]

This is great! Thanks for the leg work! Makes a huge difference

I agree it made a big difference. Now it gives me a reason to go grocery shopping at night lol. Post up if or when you do it

 

[Fraysa]

What a difference! Thanks for the write-up. Looks OEM!

 

[Keehs360]

Wow

car should’ve been like this from the factory. Gjob!

 

[Rollback50k]

What a difference! Thanks for the write-up. Looks OEM!

Wow

car should’ve been like this from the factory. Gjob!

No problem! I just wish I was better at making write-ups lol. I may go back and type it over

Feel free to post up pictures when/if you do it.

 

[Javwohl]

Looks awesome I might goes this route instead of just putting in led light strip. Thanks for the info.

 

[Keehs360]

Looks awesome I might goes this route instead of just putting in led light strip. Thanks for the info.

It’s either this or I get a big Jesus candle in the hatch area.

 

[kep]

Great write up! I just did this little mod today and loved the results. When cutting out the spot for the new light, if you start the cut on an intersection of the plastic vent things, the new light will be able to solidly pop right in place with no zip tie needed (hopefully that makes sense).

 

[ITGUY]

Do you have any pictures of what you cut?

 

[kep]

I made a little diagram here where double lines indicate where you need to cut. The cuts on the right of the image should be approximately flush with the the intersecting slats. When you insert the new light, rotate it such that the metal retaining clip faces the rear of the car.

To make the routing the wire easier during the install, you can partially pop out the C pillar plastic covers by just pulling them out.

 

[ITGUY]

I made a little diagram here where double lines indicate where you need to cut. The cuts on the right of the image should be approximately flush with the the intersecting slats. When you insert the new light, rotate it such that the metal retaining clip faces the rear of the car.

To make the routing the wire easier during the install, you can partially pop out the C pillar plastic covers by just pulling them out.

Awesome this helps a lot Thank you!! Which LED light did you use? it looks a bit bigger than a footwell one.