I have been toying with finding a way to add door lights to my rear doors. So far my idea was to use a set of lights out of the front doors of a donor sport, but the other day I had a better idea!

My idea was to use the ashtrays in the rear doors and make them into lights. I will just flip them over and they will point down and then I just have to figure out a good way to mount the light bulbs into the ashtrays. Which is where I get stuck...any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Some LED bulbs may be choice for this. Otherwise, Standard Electronics, Belkin, Grote (auto store brands), and similar list replacement bulb holders for common bulbs like 194, 1156, etc.

I know Big Blue installed a really really bright light on a door switch in his 87 Montero SS. He pulled a door switch from the front door of a junk yard 88 SWB. He installed that switch in the Montero's rear door jamb. Then he placed a couple of aftermarket lights with extra bright bulbs in the above the cargo area.

Every time he opened the door the light would come on. It was a nice system and a small detail that other vehicles have that our older rigs don't. At some point, I plan on performing this upgrade at some point and writing up a nice little forum post and procedure.