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> Variations of the VW Cabin / Dome Light
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post Feb 10 2015, 10:26 AM
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Okay, so I've been collecting interior lights for the past year and have been thinking of doing this for a while. So some of you may be irked by my next statement, but it is factual. There is truly no such thing as a Porsche 914 interior light. All of these lights carry a VW part designation and the VW light was already in mass production before the first 914 was ever built. But, I see the topic come up from time to time as to which light is for a 914? All of these lights can be used in a 914 application, some with a minor mod electrically speaking, others are plug 'n play.

The light which is branded "Hella", "VW", "Made in Germany" with a white square button and chrome edge is the one typically found on 914's imported to the US market. The Sidler light was also made in Germany and Saturnus was made in Yugoslavia. Hella later acquired Saturnus and is now known as Hella - Saturnus. All of the lights below, to my knowledge however, are authentic authorized OEM VW parts. So, if you need to be period correct, you would get a white square button, chrome edge light. If you just need to be able to see in the dark, any will do just fine.

BTW, there are other lights out there, but they are typically aftermarket, non-VW,
non-OEM reproductions.

Let the debate begin...


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tweet   Variations of the VW Cabin / Dome Light   Feb 10 2015, 10:26 AM
Jeff Bowlsby   Excellent work and documentation!   Feb 10 2015, 10:31 AM
MikeInMunich   Excellent work and documentation! :agree: ...   Feb 10 2015, 02:57 PM
barefoot   The apparently OEM one that came in my 76 (trashed...   Feb 10 2015, 10:33 AM
Mark Henry   Since these would have been whatever was on the VW...   Feb 10 2015, 11:23 AM
Racer Chris   914 Factory Parts Catalog shows the P/N as: 111.9...   Feb 10 2015, 12:18 PM
Mark Henry   You will find this on a lot of 914 parts. Door wi...   Feb 10 2015, 12:41 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   You will find this on a lot of 914 parts. Door w...   Feb 10 2015, 12:53 PM
Mark Henry   You will find this on a lot of 914 parts. Door ...   Feb 10 2015, 12:59 PM
dlkawashima   Yeah, there's very little to debate. It's...   Feb 10 2015, 01:21 PM
porsche913b_sp   Yeah, there's very little to debate. It...   Feb 17 2015, 08:43 PM
dlkawashima   I found the Spaz Stix Ultimate Mirror chrome pain...   Feb 17 2015, 10:36 PM
porsche913b_sp   [quote name='porsche913b_sp' post='2148107' date=...   Feb 17 2015, 10:51 PM
Chris Pincetich   :beer2: I don't think new ones "Made in ...   Feb 10 2015, 02:03 PM
JawjaPorsche   :beer2: I don't think new ones "Made in...   Feb 10 2015, 02:40 PM
dlkawashima   :beer2: I don't think new ones "Made i...   Feb 10 2015, 02:57 PM
mepstein   [quote name='JawjaPorsche' post='2144572' date='F...   Feb 10 2015, 10:13 PM
Tom_T   This is really good info on the dome lights! :...   Feb 10 2015, 05:12 PM
dlkawashima   Actually, the Hella made for VW-Porsche 914 squar...   Feb 10 2015, 05:45 PM
TJB/914   This is really good info on the dome lights! ...   Feb 10 2015, 09:32 PM
914Toy   [quote name='Tom_T' post='2144616' date='Feb 10 2...   Jun 3 2018, 04:18 PM
carl k   I ran across another example. Marked "EO...   Aug 11 2018, 08:22 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   This photo breaks my heart. Like seeing an abused...   Feb 10 2015, 09:54 PM
malcolm2   This photo breaks my heart. Like seeing an abuse...   Feb 11 2015, 12:28 PM
TJB/914   This photo breaks my heart. Like seeing an abus...   Feb 11 2015, 12:45 PM
SirAndy   This photo breaks my heart. Like seeing an abused...   Feb 17 2015, 10:20 PM
dlkawashima   No, it's not funny when someone buys a dome li...   Feb 10 2015, 11:06 PM
sb914   No, it's not funny when someone buys a dome l...   Feb 11 2015, 06:55 AM
porsche913b_sp   Nice write up. Thank you for the information.   Feb 10 2015, 11:56 PM
tweet   Dave (dlkawashima), You did a very nice job restor...   Feb 11 2015, 12:05 PM
914Sixer   Use the paint on some other piece of plastic and s...   Feb 17 2015, 09:22 PM
tweet   On the light you re-silvered, did you remove the o...   Feb 17 2015, 10:42 PM
dlkawashima   On the light you re-silvered, did you remove the ...   Feb 17 2015, 11:25 PM
Chris Pincetich   Hella good info in this thread, hella cool to shar...   Feb 18 2015, 02:21 PM


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