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LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

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LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by Ant » Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:19 pm

Anyone replaced their interior bulbs for LED ones

Is it better to buy the bulbs seperately or is the following a good purchase, finance wise ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/21-led-smd-interior-light-bulb-kit-footwell-door-puddle-light-mirrors-boot-e53-/281120034359?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123&clk_rvr_id=506947718503

Thank you
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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by james8whippy » Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:26 pm

Ant,

I can't recommend these enough!

A few guys on here can vouch for me too :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200763230237?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648&clk_rvr_id=505321840627

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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by Ant » Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:23 pm

What are the ones with the big long wires coming out of them ??  :o
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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by james8whippy » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:40 am

They are for the main dome lights. They have a double sided back so stick in rather than press in like the rest.
Due to having so many SMD LED chips on that light it has to be a rectangle shape. It's very bright though you won't be disappointed :)

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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by Rob5 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:35 pm

Thanks james8whippy, just ordered these now.  :)

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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by Raward » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:34 am

I would consider the swap but how easy is it to remove the covers etc.
If its too fiddly then is it worth the hassle?
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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by james8whippy » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:36 am

It's so easy all you need is a flat screw driver and there are slots for it to fit in to on the lights lens. Just prize it out gently.

To get to the dome lights you need to prize the whole unit off (Including map lights) disconnect the plug and then there are two torx screws inside which then allows the lens to come apart from it.

My instructions probably made it sound a lot more confusing than it actually is.

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Re: LED replacement interior bulbs, individual purchases or bulk

Post by Mick.H » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:08 pm

This is on my to do list

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