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Should be as easy as poping them out with a butter knife, screw driver might leave a mark so go easy on it. I got all mine changed out with LED super bright love them.mcxstar01 wrote:I have a 2005, has anyone tried swapping out the bulbs in there dome lights and the nav lights up by the driver and passenger seats?
If you have, is it hard to get in there?
I've come close to ordering these in the past, but always forgot about them. How many total interior lights are there? 6 or so? I will force myself to order them this time.goblue90 wrote:It's not hard at all. I replaced my map lights, dome lights, and cargo light with white LEDs from superbrightLEDs.com:
Product: 3022-x9 LED Festoon- White 3022-W9
There are 5... two for the map lights, two for the dome, and one in the cargo area. They throw off a nice white glow... not sure if they're necessarily brighter... definitely more pleasing than the yellow stock lights.NVSteve wrote: I've come close to ordering these in the past, but always forgot about them. How many total interior lights are there? 6 or so? I will force myself to order them this time.
Compared to stock, are these brighter?
Looks like mine! It's so much more pleasant, right? There was no need to pull out the consoles... all you needed was a small blade flat screwdriver to slip between the lens covers and the middle portions of the consoles to pry the covers off!NVSteve wrote:Since I have a number of LED flashlights & headlamps that I constantly use, I opted for a bit more power. I ordered 2 of these:
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/Dome ... 8-1-2.html
Not cheap by any means, but neither are any of the other LED devices I have (quality over price). Anyway, I installed them yesterday afternoon. Took me about 20 minutes to pull out the center dome light assembly. It took a substantial amount of force to get that thing out, and I was sure that I'd break it at some point. I ended up using a trim panel tool combined with my hand to yank it out. I'd love to beat the designer of the console over the head with a phonebook. I was cussing left and right.
goblue90 wrote:Looks like mine! It's so much more pleasant, right? There was no need to pull out the consoles... all you needed was a small blade flat screwdriver to slip between the lens covers and the middle portions of the consoles to pry the covers off!NVSteve wrote:Since I have a number of LED flashlights & headlamps that I constantly use, I opted for a bit more power. I ordered 2 of these:
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/Dome ... 8-1-2.html
Not cheap by any means, but neither are any of the other LED devices I have (quality over price). Anyway, I installed them yesterday afternoon. Took me about 20 minutes to pull out the center dome light assembly. It took a substantial amount of force to get that thing out, and I was sure that I'd break it at some point. I ended up using a trim panel tool combined with my hand to yank it out. I'd love to beat the designer of the console over the head with a phonebook. I was cussing left and right.
If memory serves, pull from the windshield side as that is where the 2 clips are. Mine was exactly the same way, meaning that I thought I would certainly destroy something if I used any more force. I gave up using trim tools and just popped it off with my fingers/hands.jspitz wrote:Is there anything else really holding it in? I tried pulling it out, and it felt really tight. Should I pull primarily from the windshield side? Any tricks?
Since your original post in 09 when you changed to the LED bulbs, how have they held up? Still biright? Have you had to change them again? Anything you would have done different?NVSteve wrote:If memory serves, pull from the windshield side as that is where the 2 clips are. Mine was exactly the same way, meaning that I thought I would certainly destroy something if I used any more force. I gave up using trim tools and just popped it off with my fingers/hands.jspitz wrote:Is there anything else really holding it in? I tried pulling it out, and it felt really tight. Should I pull primarily from the windshield side? Any tricks?
Still obnoxiously bright (a good thing) & haven't replaced any of them yet. No regrets, no complaints. If anything, I'll probably be ordering up a set for the Xterra since they work so well.volvite wrote: Since your original post in 09 when you changed to the LED bulbs, how have they held up? Still biright? Have you had to change them again? Anything you would have done different?