2013 LR4 LED/Halogen/Xenon Light Bulb Refresh DIY

[pantalones]

Decided to replace all the interior light bulbs with LEDs recently and ended up just replacing all the lights bulbs on my LR4. Took a while to figure out what type and number of bulbs I would need, along with what could be upgraded to LED. So, I decided to share this info with anyone else who may be interested.

Overall, this is an easy DIY, took a couple of hours, but I think it was worth it in the end. I went with LEDs wherever possible for color, consistency and longevity. For the bulbs that could not be switched to LED, I just replaced with an upgraded version of the original standard bulb. For all the W5W/T10 bulbs, I think any brand would work, but I went with Philips since they had good reviews and bulbs for almost all the replacement, plus I didn’t want some cheap LED burning out and starting a fire in my dome lights. Also, the Philips bulbs are bright enough without being blinding like some other brands.


Types

W5W/T10/12961/194 – Side Corners Front/Rear, Side Repeaters, License, Puddle, All Interior
D3S - Xenon Headlight - High/Low Beam
H11 - Halogen Fog
H7 - Halogen Headlight - High Beam
P21W/1156 – Reverse and Rear Fog
T5/74 - Vanity Mirrors
HP24WA - Front Turn Signals

Quantities

W5W/T10/12961/194 - 18 White (interior, license plate, front corners, rear corners)
W5W/T10/12961/194 - 4 White (door puddle)
W5W/T10/12961/194 - 2 Amber (side repeaters)
D3S - 2
H11 - 2
H7 - 2
P21W/1156 - 4
T5/74 - 4
HP24WA - 2


Brands

W5W/T10/12961/194 - Philips 194 Ultinon LED Bulb (White) [Amazon]
W5W/T10/12961/194 – LASFIT 194 (White) Can-Bus Error Free (Door puddle/courtesy lights) [Amazon]
W5W/T10/12961/194 - Philips 194 Ultinon LED Bulb (Amber) [Amazon]
D3S - Philips D3S X-tremeVision Gen2 42403XV2C1 [Amazon]
H11 - Philips H11 CrystalVision Halogen / Philips 12794UNIX2 X-tremeUltinon LED [Amazon]
H7 - Philips H7 CrystalVision [Amazon]
P21W/1156 - Philips 1156 Ultinon LED Bulb [Amazon]
T5/74 - YITAMOTOR T5 Hat 5050 Tri-Cell 1-SMD LED Dashboard Gauge Instrument Panel White Light Bulb Lamp 37 58 70 73 74 12V [Amazon]
HP24WA – Land Rover LR014111, Renault 262610001R, Valeo HP24WA


Locations Used

Headlights
(2) D3S Xenon, high/low beams
(2) W5W White, corner lamps
(2) H7, high beams

Side Repeaters
(2) W5W Amber

Rear Lights
(2) W5W White, rear corner lamps
(4) P21W/1156, reverse and rear fogs

License Plate
(2) W5W White

Interior
(2) W5W White, footwells
(1) W5W White, glove box
(6) W5W White, front and 2nd row map/courtesy/dome
(2) W5W White, 3rd row courtesy
(1) W5W White, rear load space/tailgate
(4) W5W White or LED Fixture, door puddle/courtesy


Install Notes

• PrecisionLED has a great YouTube walkthrough of the interior, license, and rear light LED installations
• For polarized LEDs, e.g. Philips, you may need to reverse the connection if they don’t come on initially
• The glove box bulb is a pain, but not impossible, I just used a tiny flat blade screwdriver to pop it out.
• Front turn signal bulbs are odd, uncommon and expensive, so I didn’t bother replacing them
• Vanity mirror LEDs are thicker and longer than the standard bulbs, so they require a bit of light force to install.
• Front door puddle/courtesy LEDs are the only ones that did not work with the Philips 194LED bulbs. The rear doors worked fine with the Philips bulbs, but I replaced all four for consistency. The fronts are hit-or-miss, I would recommend CANBUS Error Free bulbs or LED fixtures by PowerfulUK or PMLIT [eBay]. When you replace the bulb, regardless of halogen or led, you’ll need to close and open the door before it will work again.
• If the interior lights, such as the vanity or dome stop working, then you probably blew fuse #57. Just replace it with a 10A mini fuse and you should be back in business or better yet, just remove it until all interior lights have been replaced. I ended up replacing it 3 times, twice just for the vanity mirrors.
• Front fog light LEDs are expensive, and I rarely use them, so I just upgraded the existing halogens​
• Replaced beat up front fog light fixtures, Valeo part #88899 [Amazon]​

 

[LR4USN]

Great write up and detail.

I'm curious, I had a '13 Lux and the headlights and high beams were excellent. Why did you change?
Thanks!

 

[ryanjl]

Xenon bulbs slowly degrade over time. My '12 came with halogen headlights and I eventually bought xenon housings. Before I installed them, though, I put in new xenon bulbs. The Phillips xenon bulbs are supposed to be a touch brighter than the OEM ones, too.

 

[LR4USN]

Gotcha

How have the replacement fogs worked out? Have a pic of day/night shot? thank you

 

[pantalones]

Some of the bulbs I was replacing with LEDs were in the same housing as other non-LED bulbs, so I decided just to replace them all at once. I assume they were all original and they were all working fine, mainly just wanted to replace the interior with LEDs to get rid of the dim incandescents.

 

[LR4USN]

Thank you!

 

[pantalones]

Gotcha

How have the replacement fogs worked out? Have a pic of day/night shot? thank you

My original fog housings were fairly scratched up and a little foggy, so I just replaced the bulbs when I replaced the housings. They new bulbs are brighter, but probably not that much different from the originals.

 

[eli4x4]

Steve
This is how many fuses I had to change to replace the bloody annoying Vanity mirror lights !!! Man ... could LR make them any smaller and trickier???
Good Times!

 

[pantalones]

Wow, I forgot about that pain, I must have blocked it out! I think I went through half as many, but I remember a small spark occurring while changing the vanity mirror, which gave me a bit of pause, luckily it just required changing the fuse(s) to restore functionality.

For anyone considering upgrading the vanity lights, I would recommend skipping them if they are not important to you or if you rarely use them. The bulbs I recommended/used are slightly larger than the OEMs and besides the glove box light, they were the hardest to replace. I find the vanity mirrors in this vehicle too small to be really useful.

 

[Troy A]

Thank you for this post! Great stuff!


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