DIY: Interior / Trunk Light bulb change/upgrade

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I seriously struggled with the trunk one. So much so that I gave up. I just couldn't figure out how.
Holy F, you aren't kidding. Trying to get this trunk piece of plastic cover off without knowing the limits of breaking it is tough to judge. I seriously want to rip it out, but I know I'd be frustrated afterwards. All the others came out pretty easy...
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Holy F, you aren't kidding. Trying to get this trunk piece of plastic cover off without knowing the limits of breaking it is tough to judge. I seriously want to rip it out, but I know I'd be frustrated afterwards. All the others came out pretty easy...
It's really easy. Just insert your finger on the hole left of the trunk light. Feel for the light tab. Push on the bottom corner with slight pressure down and it snaps off. It takes me a couple of seconds each time I did it just now. I tried a few times.
 
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It's really easy. Just insert your finger on the hole left of the trunk light. Feel for the light tab. Push on the bottom corner with slight pressure down and it snaps off. It takes me a couple of seconds each time I did it just now. I tried a few times.
Praise the Lord I got it! I want beer now. :beer:
 


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I got the JDM ASTAR 5630's to replace the interior and trunk lights. Brighter than the stock bulbs, but presumably not as luminous as the custom ones on Ebay being recommended on this thread. But I now have plenty of spare ones, and can use a few from this stock on my CRV as well. Just need to get used to white light in the car :)

https://www.amazon.com/JDM-ASTAR-10pcs-Bright-market/dp/B00OH0S5Y2
 

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I have purchased the interior light package from the following link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321919761944
These are very good bright white lights. These are not like cheap bluish dull/dim white lights
I am happy with these and when I opened the package, I have found all the lights in multiple anti-static packaging and most of the items were labelled to show which light is meant for which place.
I would recommend these lights to anyone who wants to upgrade. These are really good white bright lights.
Also, I changed the fog lights with standard H8 LED lamps, purchased from local car accessories installer.
I am attaching few pictures for your reference. I hope you guys will like it.
FRONT WHITE LED LIGHTS.jpg
INTERIOR WHITE LED LIGHTS 1.jpg
INTERIOR WHITE LED LIGHTS.jpg
REAR WHITE LED LIGHTS.jpg
REVERSE BACKUP  WHITE LED LIGHTS.jpg
TRUNK WHITE LED LIGHT 2.jpg
TRUNK WHITE LED LIGHT 3 AND REVERSE BACKUP WHITE LED LIGHT.jpg
TRUNK WHITE LED LIGHT 4.jpg
TRUNK WHITE LED LIGHT.jpg
WHITE H8 LED BULBS FOR FOG LIGHTS 1.jpg
WHITE H8 LED BULBS FOR FOG LIGHTS 2.jpg
Hi, nice pics! I bought the same kit of lights and they all look great, thanks for the info! Except the trunk light does not seem as bright as yours, I wonder if my plastic cover seems more grated and not distributing the light as well? Or in person does it not seem to light up the trunk as well?
 

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Hi, nice pics! I bought the same kit of lights and they all look great, thanks for the info! Except the trunk light does not seem as bright as yours, I wonder if my plastic cover seems more grated and not distributing the light as well? Or in person does it not seem to light up the trunk as well?
Make sure you've oriented the light in the correct direction. I thought the same thing, too, until I went back in and flipped it 180°. Now it's brighter than I could have ever expected, which I love!
 


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I swapped out the interior lights for led's last night. Thank you @2slo4u for showing where to pry the lenses, it made things a lot easier. It's a big improvement especially in the trunk.

Honda Civic 10th gen DIY: Interior / Trunk Light bulb change/upgrade 1
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So my exLED order came in today. I ordered the Civic Kit and the vanity bulbs (that don't fit the CivicX I later found out, I tried canceling that item but their customer service is "quirky".).

My order appears to be missing the trunk panel, but includes two bulbs that I am unsure of. The vanity bulbs were 'X'ed out on the form, and these look like nothing like the photo of them on the site, so I'm not sure if they're those. I also believe the vanity bulbs to be T5 bulbs and these appear (to my untrained eye) to be T10s.

Are these for the trunk by any chance? If not I'll have to contact them to get my trunk panel.

Any help appreciated. I have contacted exLED but have not heard back.

Honda Civic 10th gen DIY: Interior / Trunk Light bulb change/upgrade IMG_20160709_152924
 

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So my exLED order came in today. I ordered the Civic Kit and the vanity bulbs (that don't fit the CivicX I later found out, I tried canceling that item but their customer service is "quirky".).

My order appears to be missing the trunk panel, but includes two bulbs that I am unsure of. The vanity bulbs were 'X'ed out on the form, and these look like nothing like the photo of them on the site, so I'm not sure if they're those. I also believe the vanity bulbs to be T5 bulbs and these appear (to my untrained eye) to be T10s.

Are these for the trunk by any chance? If not I'll have to contact them to get my trunk panel.

Any help appreciated. I have contacted exLED but have not heard back.

IMG_20160709_152924.jpg
I had this same issue, and I contacted them. I believe the pictured bulbs are for the rear dome and trunk light. The other 4 are 2 for the front dome lights and 2 for the reverse lights. I think that's how it was explained to me. I didn't use the reverse lights so I can't verify that part, but the others all seem to be working well, just remember to orient the trunk lamp the correct way (was counterintuitive for me) otherwise it looks as though it's not bright enough. Hope this helps, if not, let me know and I'll go and verify which bulbs I have where.
 

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I had this same issue, and I contacted them. I believe the pictured bulbs are for the rear dome and trunk light. The other 4 are 2 for the front dome lights and 2 for the reverse lights. I think that's how it was explained to me. I didn't use the reverse lights so I can't verify that part, but the others all seem to be working well, just remember to orient the trunk lamp the correct way (was counterintuitive for me) otherwise it looks as though it's not bright enough. Hope this helps, if not, let me know and I'll go and verify which bulbs I have where.
Well it's a T10 style, so it did fit in the trunk, and works, and while it is brighter than the stock bulb, I don't think it has the surface area of the kit trunk light panel. I wonder if they're substituting this for it for some reason or if it just a series of flubs in the shipping department.

I'd be interested to hear what response you get. I'll do the same when I get one.
 

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Well it's a T10 style, so it did fit in the trunk, and works, and while it is brighter than the stock bulb, I don't think it has the surface area of the kit trunk light panel. I wonder if they're substituting this for it for some reason or if it just a series of flubs in the shipping department.

I'd be interested to hear what response you get. I'll do the same when I get one.
I'm sorry, I thought we got the same kit. Mine came in a black box from ebay and it said 2016 Honda Civic LED light kit or something like that. This was the link I got them from, maybe different from yours?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=321919761944&view=all&tid=1615766477011
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