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Posted by: IronHillRestorations Dec 29 2021, 08:39 AM

Are there any good replacement or reproduction interior lights out there? I know NOS Hellas are impossible to find and pricey.

Posted by: BillJ Dec 29 2021, 08:53 AM

It would seem that nobody reproduces the version with the silver border, only the plain style.

Posted by: Mike Fitton Dec 29 2021, 08:57 AM

PM sent on this.

Posted by: 914Sixer Dec 29 2021, 10:19 AM

Lots of reproductions, All with black switch and no chrome edge. Most around $20-$30.

Posted by: 914_teener Dec 29 2021, 11:11 AM

There is an LED replacement that acutually lights up the cabin instead of a nice glow. As far as the diffuser cover...think Hella still makes it.

Posted by: Mike Fitton Dec 29 2021, 06:00 PM

I've got this one. Some of the silver edge is starting to peel but no cracks or missing pieces. $65 shipped in the USA.

Posted by: Gatornapper Jan 1 2022, 07:36 AM

$12.


http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Interior-Light-1952-78-Type-1-and-3-111-947-111E-p/111-947-111e.htm

Posted by: IronHillRestorations Jan 1 2022, 08:03 AM

Thanks @MikeFitton and everyone that replied. I found a serviceable part in the owners boxes of misc parts.

Posted by: fixer34 Jan 1 2022, 09:23 AM

Well, if there is another one in those boxes, I'm interested...

Or if someone wants the white switch version
https://www.ebay.com/itm/274923434102

Posted by: wonkipop Jan 1 2022, 07:04 PM

it comes out of a beetle.
from early 70s. got to be a beetle. think thats the only other vw model used them.
these are the later ones with the three position flush white switch.
(though picture above is early 914 version?, also same as earlier late 60s beetle version)

beetle = alternative source for finding one. maybe plenty still about second hand?
i pulled a couple of spare ones out of junkyard beetles here in aus 20 years back.

i'm sure they are still out there to find.

Posted by: DC_neun_vierzehn Jan 2 2022, 06:55 PM

Has anybody ever installed a 911 interior light as a replacement?

The on/off function is a little different obv (instead of a slide switch it's a tap function).

Looks a bit more elegant IMO. I imagine the hole in the back pad would need to be slightly enlarged, but otherwise should be plug and play, correct?

Posted by: rhodyguy Jan 2 2022, 07:27 PM

You have to alter the back pad to use the 911 toggle.