Changing rear bulb V8 vantage

[Gassey]

Nearside rear light and brake light are not working, removed the rear cluster but looks a sealed unit, so how do you change the bulb?

[rick-derby-]

Bad news I'm afraid it's an led cluster so complete unit only

[Gassey]

Even on MY2006 cars?

[rick-derby-]

yes all vantages are led rear lights

[Gassey]

Only picked the car up at 1! Call to the dealers in morning me thinks

[Gassey]

What do they cost out of interest?

[dafydd2008]

Gassey said:

What do they cost out of interest?

From memory £450 from Aston however i have had 2 in a year from ebay at a cost of £120 per.
The current one seems to be working well with no internal condensation to date.....

[djakarta]

Good time to put the clear lights

[sjr-997]

can the new clear lights be easily fitted to a vantage ? how are they (ish)

[blackice1]

sjr-997 said:

can the new clear lights be easily fitted to a vantage ? how are they (ish)

Yes they are , but if your car is pre 08MY you will need a software upgrade from the dealer as well.

[sjr-997]

any idea of the cost (roughly)

[rick-derby-]

the clear rear lights kit is £956.49 including vat, they are not particularly difficult to fit some care has to be taken when removing the centre coloured piece from the original lamps before refitting to the new ones, also locating them so that fit perfectly can be a bit of a fiddle, the lights will fit the earlier cars and work all ok, the reason for the flash is so that in the event of a lamp failure there is a warning on the dash which is current legislation for led lamps, it does not affect the operation of the lamp itself, As blackice said for the reflash dealer equipment is required so this would be a dealer or specialist,