Caravelle head liner light removal

moodsterT6

moodsterT6

T6 Caravelle - Day Van - Occasional Camper
T6 Pro
Hi, I’d like to fit some LED lights into the factory light fittings on my T6 Caravelle. I just want to add some additional bulbs into the diffusers then run a cable down the B Pillar to my Leisure battery under the seat. The original bulbs will stay in place so the lights work with car doors etc.

I’m hoping I can fish a cable over without needing to drop the headliner much but can’t work out if the light section can be dropped without removing the entire unit?
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I’ve tried lever it gently with a trim tool but it doesn’t seem to want to budge, any ideas?

cheers,

Nick
 
Was able to remove the 4 light fittings, they were a right pain and you have to be super careful of the metal clips that hold the units in.

Anyway, all done.





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This is really neat. I've just bought a shuttle and looking to do something similar. Can I ask where you got the led lights and dimmer from?
 
Scut said:
This is really neat. I've just bought a shuttle and looking to do something similar. Can I ask where you got the led lights and dimmer from?
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www.classiccarleds.co.uk

VW Caravelle T6 Ultra Bright Interior Lighting 29 LED Upgrade Kit

VW Caravelle T6 Bulb / Globe upgrade LED Panel daylight bright white panel C5W 42mm Festoon 286 T5 T10 501 CE ROHS 12 volt negative earth commercial vehicle
www.classiccarleds.co.uk

camperinteriors.co.uk

12V/24V LED Lighting Dimmer Switch

12v 24v LED lighting dimmer switch-12V/24V LED Lighting Dimmer Switch-Camper Interiors
camperinteriors.co.uk camperinteriors.co.uk
 
Hi, just about to do the same with my Shuttle, is the dimmer from the leisure battery giving separate switching to the overhead lights? I'd like separate control over these for camper use.
Thanks
 
Liamcheeze said:
Hi, just about to do the same with my Shuttle, is the dimmer from the leisure battery giving separate switching to the overhead lights? I'd like separate control over these for camper use.
Thanks
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Hi, I gave up trying to use the factory lights for camping as the switching is complex and used a mixture of timed circuits which switch on the negative (ground) line. What I’ve done is run a new live from my leisure battery to the dimmer which supplies to some new LED lights fitted in addition to the factory lights. This way the factory lights still work as intended with the door switches and timed circuit Etc.

from the pictures higher up on this thread you can see how I mounted the new LED’s fed from the Leisure battery.

hope this helps.
 
moodsterT6 said:
Hi, I gave up trying to use the factory lights for camping as the switching is complex and used a mixture of timed circuits which switch on the negative (ground) line. What I’ve done is run a new live from my leisure battery to the dimmer which supplies to some new LED lights fitted in addition to the factory lights. This way the factory lights still work as intended with the door switches and timed circuit Etc.

from the pictures higher up on this thread you can see how I mounted the new LED’s fed from the Leisure battery.

hope this helps.
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Ah I see, you mounted the new lights in old mountings on a seperate new switch so no rear lights from door switches and bulkhead controls. Is that right, probably best to keep it separate
 
moodsterT6 said:
Hi, I’d like to fit some LED lights into the factory light fittings on my T6 Caravelle. I just want to add some additional bulbs into the diffusers then run a cable down the B Pillar to my Leisure battery under the seat. The original bulbs will stay in place so the lights work with car doors etc.

I’m hoping I can fish a cable over without needing to drop the headliner much but can’t work out if the light section can be dropped without removing the entire unit?
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I’ve tried lever it gently with a trim tool but it doesn’t seem to want to budge, any ideas?

cheers,

Nick
moodsterT6 said:
Hi, I’d like to fit some LED lights into the factory light fittings on my T6 Caravelle. I just want to add some additional bulbs into the diffusers then run a cable down the B Pillar to my Leisure battery under the seat. The original bulbs will stay in place so the lights work with car doors etc.

I’m hoping I can fish a cable over without needing to drop the headliner much but can’t work out if the light section can be dropped without removing the entire unit?
View attachment 101256
I’ve tried lever it gently with a trim tool but it doesn’t seem to want to budge, any ideas?

cheers,

Nick
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Hi Nick, I’ve just found this thread by searching … please could you elaborate on how you go the light and vent units out of the headlining. I’be tried pulling them out, but worried I might snap them. Do you recall where the ‘clips’ are that I need to focus on? Thanks, Steve
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Hi Steve, from memory I think the spring clip is on the right hand side of the light unit (when facing the windscreen). Use a trim tool and just keep pulling down on one side, you’ll feel it start to release.

Be careful not to weaken the spring clips too much, I’ve had one of the light units come out a few months later (just a little) and I needed to remove it and bend the spring clip a bit to make it a tighter fit.

They are real pain to remove and refit properly but worth it if you want lights inside the factory light fittings.

Good luck!

Cheers, Nick
 
ZimaSpartan said:
hi.
Do you have any pictures of the original light connectors? Planing to do something similar... I am planing to use the first row of lights with leisure battery and leave the second one operated with door. thx
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Hi, sorry I don’t have any pics - something to consider is how VW wired the lights with regards to the timed circuits and use of ground wires. Was far too complex for me so opted to fit new LEDs into the clusters and leave the originals untouched. Good luck though. Cheers.
 
moodsterT6 said:
Hi, sorry I don’t have any pics - something to consider is how VW wired the lights with regards to the timed circuits and use of ground wires. Was far too complex for me so opted to fit new LEDs into the clusters and leave the originals untouched. Good luck though. Cheers.
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Thx. Do you remember is it the wider one or the narrow one like the one for foot lights on back of front seats?
My plan is to drive another power line directly from distribution point over dimer switch to original light. My leisure battery is independent from car sistem. Original cable will be disconnected and stuck somewhere.
Thx for your help. I will post the results.
 
It's a 3 pin connector as it has the BCM timed +12v feed a permanent ground for always on and a switched ground through the door switches for courtesy lights.

I actually have a spare set for the Caravelle that I have plans to convert, can maybe get a picture of the back of the light fitting at some point.
 
ZimaSpartan said:
Thx. Do you remember is it the wider one or the narrow one like the one for foot lights on back of front seats?
My plan is to drive another power line directly from distribution point over dimer switch to original light. My leisure battery is independent from car sistem. Original cable will be disconnected and stuck somewhere.
Thx for your help. I will post the results.
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Did you ever do this job Zima ? Did you manage to power the leds from your leisure battery ?
 
I replaced the bulbs in original fittings with leds then put two touch inset lights at the back and in the tail gate and two reading lights on rear c pillars
 
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