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I bought a new hood liner with the factory cutout and installed both. It has been somewhat of a p.i.t.a as I
have to be careful and not park at a severe angle. ROFL
That is true. In case anyone is wondering how that could happen, the underhood light uses a mercury switch to turn on the light. The switch is activated when the hood is raised and the mercury drifts down to close the circuit and turn on the light. GM found that during transport, some cars would be riding at a severe angle, similar to having the hood open, and the light would come on and cause an unintended battery drain.
so, keeping the light installed but disconnected during shipping was not a viable option...
Mine does, too, but let's get real, it doesn't do much. Weak sauce.
It burned out somewhere between 10 and 5 years ago, but, to be honest, I didn't actually notice when. Shows how effective it was.
I have the same light in my 2000 Deville, not in my Corvette. It's all in the bulb. I put a 5050 led bulb in my Caddy and it is nice and bright. I assume they use the same type bulb as it looks like the same light. The light can be very effective with a simple switch to a led bulb.
I have the same light in my 2000 Deville, not in my Corvette. It's all in the bulb. I put a 5050 led bulb in my Caddy and it is nice and bright. I assume they use the same type bulb as it looks like the same light. The light can be very effective with a simple switch to a led bulb.
I put an LED bulb in my Vette, made a big difference.
AFAIK the factory installed light was discontinued after 2006 MY. I don't think they ever got rid of the connector though. Some have installed them on later years, usually along with the crossed flags hood liner. That said, the light is mostly useless and you're better off with a flashlight.
Especially since in most cases's the only time the light is gonna be used is in the case of an emergency which is in the complete dark. Then while of course the light is better than nothing..... a simple good flashlight will work much better.
04-10-2019, 07:31 PM
Especially since in most cases's the only time the light is gonna be used is in the case of an emergency which is in the complete dark. Then while of course the light is better than nothing..... a simple good flashlight will work much better.
