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Old 05-06-2015, 12:29 PM
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I have always changed my plate lights to a bright white an any interior lights on all of my cars.anyone have pics or vendor suggestions,i found one but they had tons of styles an i dont want to choose the wrong setup.
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I have always changed my plate lights to a bright white an any interior lights on all of my cars.anyone have pics or vendor suggestions,i found one but they had tons of styles an i dont want to choose the wrong setup.
I Installed these on both my 2014 Stingray and 2015 Z06. They seem to work well. Very white and last so far. I tried another set (from another vendor) on my 2014 and they started to strobe only a couple months after installation. So I went with these instead.

http://www.corvettemods.com/C7-Corve...et_p_9353.html
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I got these: http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/p-1...yword=25130125
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Amazon has packs of 10 for like $10 - - Type 194 bulbs
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How do you get them out?
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I did my license plate bulbs and the bulbs inside the hatch with DiodeDynamics.com
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This is my car - stock light on left - LED on right
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Originally Posted by hootowlc7
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The license plate light lens slides, to the side and drops down. You pull the bulb out and slide the LED bulb in. Test it first before clipping the lens back into the bumper. If the bulb does not light up. Pull the bulb out and turn it around and put it back in.
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This is my car - stock light on left - LED on right
Looks much better
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can prob use some led bulbs i have sitting around from my pinball machines, same style bulb and are like .60 cents a piece same output too i am guessing
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Originally Posted by hootowlc7
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Just swapped my bulbs today. Used a flat blade screwdriver (you could probably use your finger tip) and gently pushed against the right edge of the lens. The plastic lens has a integral "spring" that is easily compressed. Basically, push to the right and then pull the lens down and out from bumper cover. Unclip the harness from the bulb holder and the change the bulb...took me two minutes to do both lenses.
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Originally Posted by M3C7
Just swapped my bulbs today. Used a flat blade screwdriver (you could probably use your finger tip) and gently pushed against the right edge of the lens. The plastic lens has a integral "spring" that is easily compressed. Basically, push to the right and then pull the lens down and out from bumper cover. Unclip the harness from the bulb holder and the change the bulb...took me two minutes to do both lenses.
Sweet,mine will be here in the morning for the plate an interior lights from westcoastcorvette.

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Originally Posted by M3C7
Just swapped my bulbs today. Used a flat blade screwdriver (you could probably use your finger tip) and gently pushed against the right edge of the lens. The plastic lens has a integral "spring" that is easily compressed. Basically, push to the right and then pull the lens down and out from bumper cover. Unclip the harness from the bulb holder and the change the bulb...took me two minutes to do both lenses.
For the interior cargo area lights you have to be careful. After getting the lenses assembly out you will notice that the contacts are not insulated at all. The bulb just pushes into the contacts. Also if the OEM bulbs are on they will be HOT. I recommend waiting the 15 minutes for the system to shut down and the bulbs go off so they will cool down and power will be away from the assembly. Do not use a flat head screwdriver or anything metal to push out the bulb when they are on because of possibly shorting out the assembly. I actually used a small piece of Lite Ply and pushed out the bulbs when they were on by placing the Lite ply between the contacts and pushing the bulb straight out. The Lite plywood worked because it is non conductive. I tried pulling them out but it is such a tight fit I couldn't get a grip on the bulbs.
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