Got mine from Duckworth LR. Ordered by phone, paid by credit card, arrived 48 hours later, took 10 minutes to fit.

Bill Turner. Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Will this one fit?

All I can say is that it looks exactly the same as mine. Just
be careful to note which terminal goes where.

Cheers,

Bill T. Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Thanks!
Will give it a try.

EDIT:
I've ordered and fitted it without any problems. Apparently it is a Mondeo light.
Thanks again for your help.

Hello all,

I followed this thread with interest because while waiting for my new TD4 S (Finnish equipment level, one notch above the baseline) I noticed that I would have had to opt for the SE model to get map lights (at around 4000 EUR for the upgrade, those would have been the priciest map lights in history!) and when I asked the dealer if they could retrofit them, the answer was a short "not possible".

Common sense makes me think otherwise, and this thread seems to confirm my suspicion that this is in fact quite possible. And I am used to map lights from my previous car and don't need them so much for being less distracting but for the fact that Finland is a very, very dark country for half of the year and any boost I can get to interior light levels is definitely welcome. But I am wondering:

1) Where would one go about getting the original spare part cheaply? Everything at my local dealer is ridiculously expensive and I think there is a high risk that a Ford spare part is no longer compatible. I tried to look at Duckworth LR which was suggested here but I can't seem to find the item in their web shop.

2) Since I only have the one ceiling light at the moment, does replacing the unit with one that has the map lights also involve additional wires or some other electric modifications?

3) Somewhat related to 2, is the procedure in general something that can be done by anyone who knows which end of the screwdriver goes where, or does it require some more experience? Ie. is it just a simple take-one-unit-out-put-the-other-one-in job or is there more involved?

Appreciate any further info on the subject delivery is not until end of February so I've got some time to kill between now and then (and time seems to be moving very, very slowly...)

Duckworths could the required lights, if they don't ship abroad then try Nick Lee at Yeovil Landrover who sponsors disco3 who does

I believe they are plug and play unplug the old plug in the new  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Exactly - there is no need for additional wiring. It was a 60 sec. job for me.
Below is a photo of the lamp you can see couple of posts above. Only this time it is already in my F2 (bought it as a mondeo light, on allegro which is a polish equivalent of fleabay).

This is great news. Thanks a lot for the help guys -- I only joined today and instantly got my problem resolved! So much more useful than the dealers here

I'll ask around in the places you mentioned -- any idea what price level to expect? never mind, I found the answer to this too already earlier in the thread! I bet you could add a 0 to that with the local dealer's prices...


Cheers!

Zajcol wrote:

Exactly - there is no need for additional wiring. It was a 60 sec. job for me.
Below is a photo of the lamp you can see couple of posts above. Only this time it is already in my F2 (bought it as a mondeo light, on allegro which is a polish equivalent of fleabay).

This looks very good.
When The interior lights come on do all 3 lights come on, or just the centre festoon bulb ? 

Just the centre one

npinks wrote:

Just the centre one

That's what I thought, might get one and mod it so all 3 come..

MORE LIGHT !,!,! 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/freelander-2-upg...19ccf9140f

On sale now.

Too late now ended. Faugh A Ballagh

I'm looking at this mod as well.

Price seems fair here, I think they ship abroad

http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php?xProd=151830

Regards

Dunk wrote:

I thought of utilising a few flush mount led's i've had lying around as I miss the ambient lighting i've had before, easier said than done I know, anyone else looked doing at this atall?

Hello all, first post here - lots of useful information on the forum, and it's time to give something back.
Wanted the ambient light as well, and also the map reading lights as i find the single-light lamp very annoying at night when on. Based on the info in this thread I figured out that the easiest approach would be to fit a Ford lamp that would also have ambient lights. Turns out that some Mondeo or Focus ST lamps do have the ambient lights, so went on and sourced one of these:

The ambient light is orange, which I believe it's actually good as some buttons and interior lights are orange as well. Looks very nice at night, not disturbing at all but smooth orange light inside.
How I mounted it:

1. new lamp came with alarm sensors and control unit; the control unit is easy to remove from the unit as it's not needed and I had no idea how to wire that to the car's alarm
2. removed the old lamp; it's just a matter of removing the cover plastic (pull downwards) and then release the clamp holding the lamp in place (on the windshield side of the lamp). Lamp comes out easily.

3. Casing comes out just by pulling down (hard, I must say) or by sticking a non-scratching device between the casing an the metal frame holding it. If you look up through the hole you uncovered when removing the lamp you will see two of the three pins that keep it in place. Here's how it looks once removed (and also there was one more photo around this thread from a member who removed it):

Here's how the roof looks without the case:

You can see here the three holes where the pins keeping it in place go.
4. Wiring:
I have wired the + of the LEDs at the illumination of the button for opening the sunroof. This way the LEDs will turn on only when lights are on. To do that, I have wired the + of the LEDs at the BROWN cable in the picture below. The ground of the LEDs is already plugged in (inside the lamp) at car's GND.

5. Fitted the case back
6. Fitted (plug&play) the lamp wiring for the new lamp.
7. Pushed the new lamp in its place; a word of warning, due to the angle of the power plugs (the two ground wires on the middle) the new lamp did not fit perfectly. Just some minor bending so that the plugs would fit in the case, and voila - new lamp on, with map reading lights and ambient lighting.

Hope this is helpful!

What is this ambient light for? Does it stay on all the time the headlights are on? If so, than I don't get the idea of having additional source of light inside the cabin, while driving at night.

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