interior lights

[Panerai]

Has anyone tried replacing the interior overhead lights with LEDs?
I'm thinking of doing this and was wondering if any of you have tried this.
thanks in advance.

 

[stmcknig]

I've done this in my LR3 - pretty painless apart from the passenger footwell courtesy lamp which doesn't have much slack cable. The LED replacements do have a polarity - if they don't appear to work, rotate them 180 and try again. Took me about 20 minutes I think to go all round and cost was about $11 for eBay set.

 

[magnumforc]

The bulbs for the 3 overheads in the front and 3 in the rear use W5W or 194 wedge LED's and I used 1 watt size for better lighting. The footwells use multi-directional bulbs giving good light, or you can use LED's that are non-polarity sensitive and the rear cargo light at the center rear needs a downfacing LED for decent light. The two reading lights in the side of the cargo area use multi-directional LED's for sufficient light. All are easy to do and take no more than a small screwdriver to install. I recommend a pair of longnose pliers to remove the original bulbs with a delicate touch to avoid breaking them. They WILL be HOT even after just a few seconds on.

I can put together a kit of all the bulbs you need for an LR4 including postage to the US for $30. That may be more than mentioned above, but the all around bulbs cost more than the single LED and the 1 Watt bulbs cost more than the cheaper low power bulbs. Plus the rear cargo LED costs $5 by itself. These would all be the pure white 6000K bulbs for bright white lighting. I do have some cheaper bulbs but they are not nearly as bright, okay for mood lighting. And I have some Blue 1 watt bulbs as well should you decide to change colors. PM me if interested.

 

[Finlayforprez]

The bulbs for the 3 overheads in the front and 3 in the rear use W5W or 194 wedge LED's and I used 1 watt size for better lighting. The footwells use multi-directional bulbs giving good light, or you can use LED's that are non-polarity sensitive and the rear cargo light at the center rear needs a downfacing LED for decent light. The two reading lights in the side of the cargo area use multi-directional LED's for sufficient light. All are easy to do and take no more than a small screwdriver to install. I recommend a pair of longnose pliers to remove the original bulbs with a delicate touch to avoid breaking them. They WILL be HOT even after just a few seconds on.

I can put together a kit of all the bulbs you need for an LR4 including postage to the US for $30. That may be more than mentioned above, but the all around bulbs cost more than the single LED and the 1 Watt bulbs cost more than the cheaper low power bulbs. Plus the rear cargo LED costs $5 by itself. These would all be the pure white 6000K bulbs for bright white lighting. I do have some cheaper bulbs but they are not nearly as bright, okay for mood lighting. And I have some Blue 1 watt bulbs as well should you decide to change colors. PM me if interested.

Very cool! I will PM, as I might be interested.

 

[bushway9172]

Very easy and effective mod. I bought a set of generic LEDs on Amazon and changed out my interior bulbs as well as the license plate light bulbs. Nice clean look.

 

[magnumforc]

Big plus is if you leave your doors open, the current draw from the LED's is about 10 to 20 percent of what the original bulbs are. Not that the auto time out doesn't eliminate worry about running the battery down, but still saving the extra juice isn't a bad idea anyway. They are cooler, last many times longer, and as you note, are easy to install. The main thing is quality as I have had some burn up...literally, but because the sockets were good no damage occurred. All are Chinese manufacture but some are better than others.

 

[jwest]

Very cool! I will PM, as I might be interested.

Did you ever change over to the LED bulbs?

 

[Finlayforprez]

Did you ever change over to the LED bulbs?

Yes - all of them! I saw your PM let me get to that now.