LED interior "ambient Lighting

[ChubRock]

for the others,, just get a flathead screwdriver to pop off the lenses of the puddle lights- theres a little indent for a screwdriver.

 

and yeah, for the license plate lights, tkae off the trunk liner.. reach your hand in there and feel around for them.. its not hard..

 

 

Super late on this but I had to replace the License plate lights as one burned out and as I got my hand up there, pulled the wire down, I am pulling the bulb out and as i do it it pops out of my hands and up...but it never falls down.

 

I shrug, go about my business, continue to the swap, put in the new bright LEDs and wrap up. Job well done. Except for when I go to close the trunk. I hear a little *tink* *tin* *tink*

 

The damn bulb popped up and into the trunk panel...its in there somwhere rattling around between the trunk body, forever laughing at me being clumsy.

[06leg315]

Adding another super late post to this... Anyone do a center console illumination? Like an ambient light that dimly lights up the center console like the newer Subaru's have..Led in the map light housing (separate operation than map lights) just wondering if anyone has done this to theirs.. I'm thinking of exploring that path myself.

[compsurge]

Eventually... I think a small 0.5W red LED with a dome lens would work. Maybe one of the 12V LEDs already wired on eBay could be a good option. Just wire it into the existing circuit for the mirror.

[06leg315]

Why mirror? So it comes on with auto dim?

[compsurge]

If you're putting a light up there for the map light, the lights that are there or the mirror will have power already run. If you want it to auto dim, you'd hook it up with the dome light circuit.