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You can replace it with a T10 wedge LED, that's the easy part. The hard part is figuring out how to take the mirror apart without breaking it. Let us know if you figure out. I would love to do mine too.
It's pretty easy, there are a few threads on here showing how. Basically you pry the mirror away from four plastic clips, unscrew the mirror casing and swap the bulb. It takes a lot of force to pry the mirror away. A short T10 bulb will work but make sure it fires sideways for more even lighting.
To answer your first question the factory mirror bulbs are #168 wedge base, same as all the other interior bulbs. I also used the short T-10 LEDs to replace them. There are several you-tube videos showing how to do these mirror light upgrades.
They are too dim to be useful. So I changed mine to LED.
So I just ordered some T10 led bulbs from Amazon. They should be here for the weekend and I will get them installed since I have no plans for the 3 day weekend coming up. I wanted buy some led bulbs from ijdmtoy like many have done on the forum, but I thought I give a no name a try since it was only 10 bucks shipped.
No name ones are OK, just make sure they're short so they fit in the light housing. LEDs really transform the look of the car. I also swapped the reverse bulbs with some monster T10 LEDs, so big they barely fit, and they light up the rear a lot better in the reverse camera.
No name ones are OK, just make sure they're short so they fit in the light housing. LEDs really transform the look of the car. I also swapped the reverse bulbs with some monster T10 LEDs, so big they barely fit, and they light up the rear a lot better in the reverse camera.
These are the ones I got.... Hope they are big enough.
The les bulbs were put in last night. Overall I think it's worth it if you get the right led bulbs. The ones I got weren't as bright as I expected them to be.... Perhaps I was expecting too much.
I ended up swapping out the reverse lights too while I am at it and I ended up liking them as a result more than swapping out the welcome lights under the mirrors.
Anyways I also found out that my mirrors adjust if I put in reverse, which wasn't happening all this time. It started to move and adjust when in reverse after taking out the mirror and swapping the bulb. Guess I got something extra.
Well done, it's a quick mod that looks good. The mirror bulbs don't have a diffused beam like the door bulbs so they don't really light up the ground. I think they're more for show.
The reverse bulbs look nice and bright too. The right side mirror should dip with the mirror selector set to left or right; nothing happens when it's in the center position.
Well done, it's a quick mod that looks good. The mirror bulbs don't have a diffused beam like the door bulbs so they don't really light up the ground. I think they're more for show.
The reverse bulbs look nice and bright too. The right side mirror should dip with the mirror selector set to left or right; nothing happens when it's in the center position.
Currently the mirror is set in center position and they both seem to dip when in reverse. Before taking the mirrors off and messing with it none of them moved when in reverse. In both situations the switch was on center since I have a habit of leaving it in the center.
It was a mystery to me that they started to move and dip since I was under the impression that I didn't have the feature on the car so far
That's weird. Does your car have memory seats? The reverse mirror dip feature is supposed to work only with cars having driver's side seat memory. Maybe the dipped and normal settings were the same last time.
I dont want to break a 100+ mirror for a 3$ bulb. Do you pry the mirror from the top? Any tips would be appreciated. Anyone have a link to remove the mirror for the 2016 models?
05-16-16, 07:13 PM
Light bulb under the side mirrors
