it's a very small turn to get it to lock in. I thought the same thing when I first changed mine.

 

what a pain in the !!! I installed the super white 194's in this afternoon, I wanted to do leds but I didn't wanna have to go through this process again in 3 months. Looks much better that the factory lights.

Thanks for the DIY!

 

Installed mine this Saturday, at 10pm in the street, no less. You guys weren't joking about how hard it is to install the bulbs.. I did mine without removing the ECU cover or wires for the passenger side (I didn't even have a wrench to use, ha!).. The flashlight helped a ton. It was probably 30 minutes of agony (my fingers were still hurting a day after)... but well worth it!!

I did Polarg B1 Hybrid hyper whites (M4).. these aren't the LED type as I didn't want the too-blue look those gave off and I've used them before in my previous car.. great bulbs that really last. Polarg is Koito's aftermarket brand, BTW.. so it's made by the same company as the OEM wedge bulbs (didn't know orig. bulbs were Koito 'til I pulled them out). I ordered these from: http://www.automotivelightingusa.com...oducts_id=1030 .. got them in 3 days.. would definitely buy from them again. I will also put one in the rear license plate but didn't get around that yet b/c I didn't have a flat-tipped screwdriver at the moment.

 

Dang it! I just my 6leds in from vled and installed the driver's side. Was having trouble with the passenger's side so I came back here and saw your post.

Those look so much better than leds! You can't see the individual lights. I might have to order those

 

Would these work/fit in the parking lights of our 8? ...

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WLED-WHP LED Wedge Base Bulbs
High Power - Pure White 194/168 wedge base bulb
This bulb has 1 High Power LED which is about as bright as the 6-LED bulb seen above
At 4500K, the Color Temperature is between Warm White and Cool White

 

bump...just added some Amber ones to mine.




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this DIY was ok it helped me to find were the lights were but thats it. there was nothing about needing to have little jap hands to fit in there. also the ecu cove was way to hard to get off. in the end it could have been done better. i would have done it but its way to cold for all that right now

 

I'm thinking of replacing the stock lights with RED ones. Anyone know if they are legal? I'm in Indiana.

 

I doubt they are because here they are illegal because of the colors being used in Emergency Vehicles.

 

pretty much everywhere blue and red lights are illegal as are strobes if on in motion. you can even be ticketed while just parked with blue and red lights flashing, even though it is unlikely.

 

They won't be flashing. They'll just be turned on, as positioning/daylight running lights.

 

ive had white on my side markers and the cops seem to leave me alone. and yes i do know that its illegal.

 

white side marks are not illegal, at least not here in GA.

They don't have to be flashing. Red or blue lights are illegal period, flashing or not. Certain light colors are designated for only emergency vehicles.

if the lights are on and the car is in motion it is illegal and you can be ticketed. If you are stationary it depends on whether or not the Officer wants to be a dick about it.

 

in il it is

 

scraped off a thick layer of skin installing the passenger side led.. ouch!

 

how did you do THAT???

 

Just thought I would share my lights after reading the DIY (great write up by the way!) Honestly only took me 10 minutes to do both sides. The passenger side was not too hard to get to at all They are not as blue as they are in these pictures im too lazy to fix my camera up to make them look right.

 

This mod is not ******* worth it. I spent a half hour trying to get the damn ecu box off and when I finally got the passenger socket back in the ******* bulb fell out into the headlight housing ****

 

coat hanger and some tape will get that blub out

 

Well got it out but now that i finally got everything all back together I realized half the leds are out on it.

 

lol epic fail

i had no problems at all

 

Now autoillumination is telling me I have to waste my time and go drive to a post office and pay for shipping to send back their faulty product before they'll send me a new one.

 

the leds will fit two ways and only work one.. did you try them plugged in both ways?

 

You think those Polarg bulbs would match my 6000K headlights I just installed today? I did the conversion kit from therpmstore and went to test my lights and my driver side clear corner led went out. I planned on changing out my parking lights, and figured i might as well get the side markers replaced too.

 

just did this install... thanks for the helpful tips.

I installed LED's into both parking lights and LED's into the Clear Corners. Took a little less than an hour for everything...