Glove box BULB

[mixmasterlove]

Has anyone changed the Glove box BULB to a LED BULB ? If so, how did u remove it AND which bulb did you install ??

[scubasteve]

Steve From Australia, Hello.

My first mod was I replaced my front door lights with LED's. looks great.
See pics :-)

[mixmasterlove]

I did all my interior lights, the glove box bulb is an 168...... you need to just pull it out (with a lil' force).

[DJPRO]

How about the license plate bulb?

[l-miwa]

I replaced the license plate bulbs (194W) with LED's as well - they look WAY better. The owner's manual tells you how to get the covers off.

[SydneyGuy]

What is the idea behind changing the lights to LEDs?

I could understand it if they were on all the time and running the battery flat was an issue but that's not the case as the glovebox and door lights are only on when they are open which is generally only a very short amount of time.

[jabba]

What is the idea behind changing the lights to LEDs?

In theory, LEDs can last well over 50,000 hours of continuous use before they start dimming down to an unnacceptable level, so that means you'd never have to replace them as long as you own the car. Then again, you probably wouldn't have to replace a regular bulb either.

In most cases though, I think they are being changed out because it's a neat new thing to do. LEDs will likely displace incandescent and fluorescent bulbs in the next decade, so why not be ahead of the curve?

[mixmasterlove]

The WHITE looks alot cleaner and clearer.

[SydneyGuy]

I might think about replacing them with LEDs if one should fail but in 27 years of driving I think I have changed 2 brake light bulbs and never changed any of the internal light bulbs in all of the cars I have owned.

Personally I think white lights look really stark. Many CFLs that people use to replace light globes in their homes are very white and I think they look terrible. I have many CFLs myself but you can buy "warm white" these days and they look more natural as they are yellower.

[jabba]

LEDs also come in warm white, but cool white (the really white ones) were the first ones to come out.

LED technology isn't quite there yet, imo. I bought a whole bunch of high brightness LEDs for this project at work, and I can see binning issues (they don't all look the same color of white). Maybe I didn't buy from the same production lot, who knows...

[l-miwa]

What is the idea behind changing the lights to LEDs?

I could understand it if they were on all the time and running the battery flat was an issue but that's not the case as the glovebox and door lights are only on when they are open which is generally only a very short amount of time.

Two reasons:

#1 - functional
I do a lot of driving at night, so the lights are on more than 50% of the time and I've already got over 20K miles on my CX-9. So I've replaced a number of exterior bulbs with LED's simply so I don't ever have to change them again. I tend to keep cars a long time (275K on our Volvo) so changing bulbs is actually and issue. And after many years, the bulb holders tend to get a little fragile and break more easily when you try to change them. I'm hoping the lifetime LED's will alleviate this problem.

#2 - appearance
I prefer the instant on / off of LED's for turn signals and I like the very white light on the license plate (I have a white CX-9). I haven't changed the interior bulbs and don't intend to.

[niacey]

Has anyone changed the Glove box BULB to a LED BULB ? If so, how did u remove it AND which bulb did you install ??

I have a 91 mazda 626 just replaced my bulbs with a BA15s base #67 Blue LED. and brake light with 1157. I belive LED are brighter and consume less energy for battery life. You may not replace bulbs with life of car but you WILL replace a battery or two....
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/

[CX9Zoom]

Does anybody know what type of the bulb is in the vanity mirrors?

[16ue]

I did all my interior lights

Where did you buy your replacement LEDs? Are they expensive? I am thinking of replacing some of them but would like to know how much it will cost.

[DocMazda]

Its easy acutally...pop out your glove box light, door or overhead lights and match em up to the picture on this site:
http://www.tunerdomes.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=23
Then just pick your favorite color. I did my whole interior in HyperWhite and it does give off a "cooler" white color like one of the other posts said.
I was thinking of doing my license plate lights too but not sure if that would actually attract attention from police or not. (not that I drive wrecklessly) Does anyone know if this violates DOT laws?