What did you use (tools and technique) to pop out the various housings? Have you observed the flashing of the door panel lights?

I have the full order in hand but haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I was thinking of using plastic spudgers like one would use for electronics work to help avoid scratches etc. I'll try to take good pics of the operation and post them here for future ref.

 

Not sure where people were having issues, I just used my fingers to pull the housings out, pulled the bulbs out of the housings with my fingers (they all popped out simply with little force), put new bulbs in and put them back in the housings, popped the housings back in. It's extremely simple and no tools are required if you've ever changed a light bulb before haha!

 

i swapped out all of my interior lights and license plate light with leds.
went with red on the plate. like it a bit.
i liked the interior lights too but didn't like the bright map lights. i don't read maps in my car at night anymore.
so what i did was insert red gels into the map lights. love the red hue now. warm and sexy to me. like a hip basement nyc lounge.
then to stop the glare i got, i cut a thin piece of black vinyl to shape and glued it to the back of my rear view mirror just protruding far enough out to block the glare.
it looks good, clean and does the job.
now i can drive around at night with the map lights on to create ambience.
thanks for all of your posts too because it was helpful and inspiring.

 

does anybody know how to turn the instrument cluster lights off?
thanks, matt

 

That sounds cool. Do you have a tripod? Can you take any long exposure shots with no flash to show the effect (door open and door closed)?

 

Can't you just turn the dimmer way down? I believe it goes down far enough to effectively turn them off.

 

my instrument panel dims but doesn't actually cross the finish line. they still remain on. i'd like to get them to go off completely. any help?

 

Hmmm, on second thought that's probably a safety feature.

 

Took pics. Can't upload for some reason. I'll try another time soon

 

Thanks to everyone who contributed in this thread. I changed out the map lights (HUGE diff), footwell lights (matches the map lights), and the license plate lights (still working on the driver side, its really stuck in there)...

At night the when approaching the car, the interior really looks much nicer..

 

I have had the same issue using 3710-CWHP6 for the doors...blinks every 5 seconds or so with the doors closed. Did anyone figure this out? Original bulbs work fine.

All the other were easy to change. A tip to avoid shorts is to use a plastic tool (I used a picnic knife to pop out stubborn bulbs while on and it worked fine. All the lenses pop out without too much trouble without having to dismantle anything (trunk, foot, map, door).

 

This is great info. The change in appearance looks super. My "yellow" bulbs have gotta go. Thanks for all the post.... specific task from ordering numbers to install.

 

I have now also tried the 3610 LED CAN Bus bulb in the doors...same flashing every 5 seconds. I'm going to send those back true and keep looking for something that will work.

 

I have a new interior.....thanks again to all the contributors on this simple and inexpensive modification. Trunk done as well. The "cool" LED do wonders. I too am thinking about the door lights. The flashing issue is causing me pause. May do the plate as well. Appreciate the thread!!

 

I did the plate...pretty easy once you've got the plastic covers off (which requires a concerning amount of force to remove). As pervious posters have said, one side is easier than the other for some strange reason. The tool Aston recommend for this, by the way, looks like a kinda hooked flat-head screwdriver. Take a breath, be brave

I've not given up on the doors...I'm goning to try yet another light (3rd times a charm)...I'll report back what happens.