Interior Light LED Upgrade with pictures
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This might help some people to upgrade their lights. It is very easy to do and you get a brighter white light in your car. These pictures are for Vantage MY2007.
Map reading and foot well lights are the same. These are the parts required from ArgoCity on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111333591645?_trksid=p20...
Door lights are different. These are the parts required from ArgoCity on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111404187616?_trksid=p20...
Map Reading light
This takes less than five minutes.
Here are the bulbs.
Prise out the silver light housing with a child's screw driver. Work you way around and prise the plastic a little at a time until it comes away enough for you to just hold with your fingers and remove.
Twist the bulb out of the housing.
Replace the bulb with the LED bulb. Wait until the bulb has cooled down!
Place bulb back in housing and push housing back into place. Not much force required, just slowly push it back.
Footwell Bulbs
This is tricky only because you have to get your hand around the back.
Before, with the yellow/orange light.
This is the light in place in the roof of the foot well. Do not attempt to remove the light cover or housing.
Simply place you hand around the back and twist out the bulb from the housing. Then replace the bulb and twist back in. It is fiddly and needs patience to get your fingers into the right position.
Whiter light now illuminates more of the foot well.
Door Lights
This one is as easy as the map reading lights.
Prise out the silver light housing with a child's screw driver. Work you way around and prise the plastic a little at a time until it comes away enough for you to just hold with your fingers and remove. This rights a bit more force.
Unclip the wire from the back of the housing.
Unclip the front lens to reveal the bulb.
Replace with the LED bulb making sure it is facing out.
Map reading and foot well lights are the same. These are the parts required from ArgoCity on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111333591645?_trksid=p20...
Door lights are different. These are the parts required from ArgoCity on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111404187616?_trksid=p20...
Map Reading light
This takes less than five minutes.
Here are the bulbs.
Prise out the silver light housing with a child's screw driver. Work you way around and prise the plastic a little at a time until it comes away enough for you to just hold with your fingers and remove.
Twist the bulb out of the housing.
Replace the bulb with the LED bulb. Wait until the bulb has cooled down!
Place bulb back in housing and push housing back into place. Not much force required, just slowly push it back.
Footwell Bulbs
This is tricky only because you have to get your hand around the back.
Before, with the yellow/orange light.
This is the light in place in the roof of the foot well. Do not attempt to remove the light cover or housing.
Simply place you hand around the back and twist out the bulb from the housing. Then replace the bulb and twist back in. It is fiddly and needs patience to get your fingers into the right position.
Whiter light now illuminates more of the foot well.
Door Lights
This one is as easy as the map reading lights.
Prise out the silver light housing with a child's screw driver. Work you way around and prise the plastic a little at a time until it comes away enough for you to just hold with your fingers and remove. This rights a bit more force.
Unclip the wire from the back of the housing.
Unclip the front lens to reveal the bulb.
Replace with the LED bulb making sure it is facing out.
Edited by GingerMunky on Wednesday 10th September 11:19
Jaytgee said:
As a new member to the forum I've really enjoyed reading the write ups on changing the interior bulbs for LED. I take delivery of my 2006 DB9 Volante in a few weeks and are wondering if everything you describe will be the same on my model. If so I would give it a go.
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