(HELP) Changing license plate lights
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(HELP) Changing license plate lights
Hi everyone! i have been dying to get rid of those god awful yellow bulbs that come stock with the panamera. I have read http://www.porscheownersmanuals.com/...er-plate-light
and still cannot get it out. I have used enough force to break the damn plastic. Have any of you replaced it and how do i take it out? and which bulbs did you use? Hopefully this question is not silly...
and still cannot get it out. I have used enough force to break the damn plastic. Have any of you replaced it and how do i take it out? and which bulbs did you use? Hopefully this question is not silly...
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I had the same issue on my 2013 when I changed the bulbs out to the coded LED ones I bought through Suncoast Porsche. If I recall once I finally got the fixtures out there was a plastic clip that extended from the slot where you can insert the screwdriver under the sheetmetal of the car. I inserted the screw driver and slid the entire light fixture to the right with some force and then the clip released allowing the fixtures to be removed. Hope this helps.
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Do not pry at the location shown in the owner's Manuel, you can never get it out that way. Instead you use a flat blade screw diver and pry at the outer edge of the light housing, put a piece of cloth in between so you don't scratch anything.
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I had the same issue on my 2013 when I changed the bulbs out to the coded LED ones I bought through Suncoast Porsche. If I recall once I finally got the fixtures out there was a plastic clip that extended from the slot where you can insert the screwdriver under the sheetmetal of the car. I inserted the screw driver and slid the entire light fixture to the right with some force and then the clip released allowing the fixtures to be removed. Hope this helps.
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let me know if you get a bulb out warning on the dash when you use the led license plate bulbs from suncoast porsche.
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I changed my license plate bulb lights and my car gave me a “light out warning” how can I get LED bulbs that won’t do that? And does the suncoast ones compatible...Porsche has told me all aftermarket ones will say that
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CANBUS bulbs. Mine don't throw error messages.
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Mine were spares from several Audi's I had done that are also CANBUS compatible. The brand I used is Ziza and I got them from ECS tuning:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ziza-par...003083ziz01kt/
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ziza-par...003083ziz01kt/
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Chances are it's a cheap SMD chip/cheap bulb. I had a batch of 10 bulbs from China that all starting flickering after a few months. Dumped them for much improved bulbs that are actually a bit whiter and ZERO flicker.
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What set did you find that don't flicker? The set I got work in all other functions (no code, no flicker) ie lock/unlock, trunk open etc but only found out they flicker while driving, because a friend told me when he followed me. I don't get it.
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