changing rear number plate lights, tutorial needed

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

can some1 give me a quick tutorial on changing the rear number plate lights?

 

[Neo]

Small screwdriver in the left hand side of the cover, and prise it out like this:





then you can get the bulb out, remember when fitting them that if you are putting LED`s in they only work one way!

I found this way better than removing the whole light holder... less chance of scratching your paint.

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

big help mate, thank you very much for the fast reply!!!!

 

[Neo]

No worries!
One more thing... when you put the clear covers back on, push up firmly on the left side until you hear the click, or it may fall off at some point!

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

yup got it up to the click, silly company whose name begins i h and ends in s put blue LED's in a packet marked rainbow so they'll need changed again soon

but yet again thanks for the help!

 

[mazzerati]

Your putting rainbow leds in? Thought they flashed?

 

[Dom1988]

Neil your a legend.

 

[Neo]

yup got it up to the click, silly company whose name begins i h and ends in s put blue LED's in a packet marked rainbow so they'll need changed again soon

Who... Hellfrauds? surely not?

Neil your a legend.

Take it you got the PM then Dom? sweeet.

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

Your putting rainbow leds in? Thought they flashed?

do they? lol

 

[mazzerati]

I'm fairly sure they do yer my mate got rainbow bulbs for his sidelights fr a show and try flashed lol all different colours lol hence rainbow

 

[lawrieIbizaMk4]

i'll stick with the blue 1s then lol, for the time being neway, think they look a bit tacky now they're on, plus theyre just begging to get me pulled over by the popo

 

[mazzerati]

Why not order them White led ones off eBay?
Think the bulb length is 42mm but you will know as you have already
bought some number plates bulbs lol

 

[slipery samon]

hey mate have you got a link for the white led bulbs for the number plate???cheers

 

[tomhowroyd]

Weirdly good timed thread, one of my bulbs went today. Was interested in putting white LEDs in. Any advice on which ones would be great so that they look OEM and won't get pulled over all of the time....

 

[Jordanwaterhous]

Weirdly good timed thread, one of my bulbs went today. Was interested in putting white LEDs in. Any advice on which ones would be great so that they look OEM and won't get pulled over all of the time....

As long as they're white or standard you wont get pulled, BMW's come with LED number plate lights as standard.

Just get some 41mm festoon with 6 or 8 LED's win them.

 

[Lambro6]

These are the ones I put in. Pretty good IMO.


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[Martin_FR]

these are the ones i put in. Pretty good imo.


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£92, wtf

 

[Lambro6]

Lol! They were £2.35 when I bought them, and it was the same link.
Seller must of put the price up for some reason.


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[Martin_FR]

Lol! They were £2.35 when I bought them, and it was the same link.
Seller must of put the price up for some reason.


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Just remembered Iv heard of people doing this, its when they have no stock and so they dont have to cancel the auction I think (if its one that runs all the time) so they put the price up hoping no one buys it

 

[.Phase]

Led < smd