Map light removal instructions?
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Drifting
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Map light removal instructions?
For the life of me, i can't find the removal instructions for the map lights, to swap them for led's. Can anyone help me out? I'm pretty sure i swapped them out for white led's, but now want to change them to red and i can't get them off!! Thanks guys
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They already are LEDs and they aren't a standard bulb. Plus, it's a real pain in the ***. They take those tiny little bulbs, I can't even point you in the right direction to look for them.
You can pry the cover off, then the bulbs are in a fixture. To get it back on, you have to remove the cover in front of the rear view and push down on them from the top with your finger to snap the fixture back into place.
You can pry the cover off, then the bulbs are in a fixture. To get it back on, you have to remove the cover in front of the rear view and push down on them from the top with your finger to snap the fixture back into place.
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Drifting
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damn, that sucks!! i thought i changed them, but i guess i only changed the hatch bulbs...
ill check the manual, but do you know off hand if the map lights can be disabled when the doors open? I just put red led strips under the dash and ill change the hatch to red but would love to disable the map lights... thanks for the input.
ill check the manual, but do you know off hand if the map lights can be disabled when the doors open? I just put red led strips under the dash and ill change the hatch to red but would love to disable the map lights... thanks for the input.
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Drifting
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i just took the cover off to see if i could use floss to pull the bulb out, but i couldn't even get the floss around the bulb. I am afraid of breaking the bulb in the fixture then having a major headache so i just gave up. Getting the cover back on was a pain like you said. I pulled from the bottom instead of pushing from the top like you suggested, it was a pain to say the least. Ill live with it white lol thank for the input pal!!
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They already are LEDs and they aren't a standard bulb. Plus, it's a real pain in the ***. They take those tiny little bulbs, I can't even point you in the right direction to look for them.
You can pry the cover off, then the bulbs are in a fixture. To get it back on, you have to remove the cover in front of the rear view and push down on them from the top with your finger to snap the fixture back into place.
You can pry the cover off, then the bulbs are in a fixture. To get it back on, you have to remove the cover in front of the rear view and push down on them from the top with your finger to snap the fixture back into place.
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You can tint them red
damn, that sucks!! i thought i changed them, but i guess i only changed the hatch bulbs...
ill check the manual, but do you know off hand if the map lights can be disabled when the doors open? I just put red led strips under the dash and ill change the hatch to red but would love to disable the map lights... thanks for the input.
ill check the manual, but do you know off hand if the map lights can be disabled when the doors open? I just put red led strips under the dash and ill change the hatch to red but would love to disable the map lights... thanks for the input.
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C7 corvette dome/map light reinstall
I don’t want to get into why I even took the plastic cover off in the first place but I’m a certified mechanic it’s my job it’s what I do everyday. And this dome light was the worst time I’ve ever had with an interior light so I wanted to share my trick for anyone trying to put that stupid plastic cover back on. What I recommend is taking the sun visor mount off it’s just one t15 screw then use a straight pick from the sun visor mount hole to apply pressure on top of the light housing, while you mangle the plastic cover for 30 minutes. I recommend clipping the side furthest away from the button first then you have to line it up perfectly and apply pressure on the pick forcing the house downwards simultaneously pressing the cover on. Good luck everyone that took off their cover trying change their bulbs!
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I don’t want to get into why I even took the plastic cover off in the first place but I’m a certified mechanic it’s my job it’s what I do everyday. And this dome light was the worst time I’ve ever had with an interior light so I wanted to share my trick for anyone trying to put that stupid plastic cover back on. What I recommend is taking the sun visor mount off it’s just one t15 screw then use a straight pick from the sun visor mount hole to apply pressure on top of the light housing, while you mangle the plastic cover for 30 minutes. I recommend clipping the side furthest away from the button first then you have to line it up perfectly and apply pressure on the pick forcing the house downwards simultaneously pressing the cover on. Good luck everyone that took off their cover trying change their bulbs!
