I'll probably be giving this a shot Friday night then! I'll post back here how it goes
Replacing Lights with LED's
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
Might end up having to get that done myself... The loops are really small on my bulb... Got a brand new housing coming in though because I broke one of the plastic mountings like you successfully avoided lol Hopefully it will be easier to get it on with the housing outside of the car, and hopefully it's not too difficult to uninstall the old housing and install the new one...
Racer
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 259
Likes: 3
From: San Diego CA
Barry
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
Very easy to remove the housing...pull all the large plastic "rivets" that retain the hood heat shield (pry off with a wide flat blade screwdriver or preferably a trim pulling tool) on the right side, exposing the light housing mounting bracket (mine was pop riveted in) and follow the harness down and unplug.
Barry
Barry
Racer
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 259
Likes: 3
From: San Diego CA
Barry
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
That doesn't sounds too bad. Do I need any special tools to get the heatshield back on?
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 20,179
Likes: 673
From: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
St. Jude '03 thru '24
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
Very easy to remove the housing...pull all the large plastic "rivets" that retain the hood heat shield (pry off with a wide flat blade screwdriver or preferably a trim pulling tool) on the right side, exposing the light housing mounting bracket (mine was pop riveted in) and follow the harness down and unplug.
Barry
Barry
Only remaining issue is the bulb isn't quite as bright as it should be, the guy who did the install for me suggested replacing the fuse that controls that light and that should fix that issue. Any one know what fuse it is?
Racer
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 259
Likes: 3
From: San Diego CA
You weren't ********ting me, it was easy to remove those pop-in "rivets" on the underhood heat shield. That came right off. The light housing itself, however, was really riveted into the hood. Pried it off with a flat blade screw driver ......
Only remaining issue is the bulb isn't quite as bright as it should be, the guy who did the install for me suggested replacing the fuse that controls that light and that should fix that issue. Any one know what fuse it is?
Only remaining issue is the bulb isn't quite as bright as it should be, the guy who did the install for me suggested replacing the fuse that controls that light and that should fix that issue. Any one know what fuse it is?
Unless the fuse panel/fuse is corroded or dirty (causing a loss of voltage and/or current), changing the fuse won't affect the brightness of the LED's at all...assuming good clean contacts with fuse's legs, and the wiring harness is sound, a fuse will either melt (if too small) or pass current. It can't/wont have any effect on LED brightness!
If it's too dim, the light assembly is probably not enough wattage, or not enough LED's, for the application. Compare what you bought to the versions sold by the vendors here.
Barry
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 197
Likes: 6
Much easier to drill out the light housing rivets than prying it off, but as long as you're happy with the result, all is good!
Unless the fuse panel/fuse is corroded or dirty (causing a loss of voltage and/or current), changing the fuse won't affect the brightness of the LED's at all...assuming good clean contacts with fuse's legs, and the wiring harness is sound, a fuse will either melt (if too small) or pass current. It can't/wont have any effect on LED brightness!
If it's too dim, the light assembly is probably not enough wattage, or not enough LED's, for the application. Compare what you bought to the versions sold by the vendors here.
Barry
Unless the fuse panel/fuse is corroded or dirty (causing a loss of voltage and/or current), changing the fuse won't affect the brightness of the LED's at all...assuming good clean contacts with fuse's legs, and the wiring harness is sound, a fuse will either melt (if too small) or pass current. It can't/wont have any effect on LED brightness!
If it's too dim, the light assembly is probably not enough wattage, or not enough LED's, for the application. Compare what you bought to the versions sold by the vendors here.
Barry
The fuse was definitely blown! I replaced it and it did actually increase the brightness of the LED's when the key is on or the engine is started. If the car's not on, for whatever reason, the glovebox LED and underhood LED are really, really dim. Not a huge deal, but if any one knows of a fix for that, feel free to share!
Took a few before and after pics with my cell phone, here they are;
