Type 44 style interior light in a Type 85

[Brendan]

You are my new favorite person.
I still would like find something for the middle spot...But, this will make
life MUCH easier...I wonder if I could run a wire for the passenger side
AND for the middle spot. I have an extra sunroof switch cover just waiting
to be experimented with...Anyone have any other good ideas?

I wish every question was this easy to get answered.

Brendan

>Brendan is
>   "Looking to augment my non-existant interior lighting in the 4kq."
>
>Brendan,
>Interior light in the 4kq is so bad I think it would rival the lousy type
>44 turbo headlights.  I was able to make a vast improvement using the light
>from the sunroof switch panel of the type 44.  This was a standard light
>installed in the pre-1989 type 44.  1989 and onward this light was still
>made, but in cars with electric sunroof it was combined with the sunroof
>switch into a single unit which would not fit the 4kq.  These lights are
>Audi p/n 443 947 105C - "Reading Light".  The "c" denotes color black.
>Other colors may be available.  These lights fit perfectly in the same
>recess the 4kq lights are installed in and they produce a >lot< more light.
>  Plus, under the headliner on the passenger side there is a hidden cutout
>where a second light could be installed.  A picture of one of these lights
>installed on the passenger side of my 4kq can be seen at
>http://www.geocities.com/audiohio/InteriorDetail.jpg
>
>While the cutout is already there, the wiring isn't.  You'll need to figure
>out the best way to run the wire.  What I did is run it up the A-pillar...
>pop the plastic pillar
>cover off first, then under the headliner and behind the door gasket as
>neatly as possible.  There may be an easier path that someone else could
>suggest.  I don't remember where I tied the wire into the circuit.
>
>Here in the U.S. nearly all type 44's came fully equipped with all sorts of
>interior lighting, including these "reading lights", so these lights are
>readily available from old parts cars.  Installation may be easier if you
>get the wiring connectors and a few inches of wire along with the light.
>They use a 10W bulb.  I suppose these could also be bought from the Audi
>dealer.
>
>I suspect this lighting upgrade would also work on an Urq or Coupe.
>
>Warning ... that freebie web site has a limit of 2Mb data transfer per hour
>and the picture is about 100kb, so after 20 people look at it inside of an
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>Dave C.