DIY: Tail light bulb changing

[MarkP]

So - I got them in! They took a little twisting force, and one side was harder to put in than the other, but they're in now.

I put them in the brake lights, then out of curiosity put them in the turn signal, fully expecting hyperflash, but no! The philips lights work brilliantly as turn signal bulbs without any resistors. Donno if the bulbs are built-in with them or if the flasher for the Touring is different to accomodate for all the other LED turn signals, but they work pretty damn good.

Gonna order another pair for the brake lights, and try and find a single bulb for the 3rd brake light.

How's the Philips Red Vision LED working for the brake lights? No issues so far? Do you have a video to share showing the brake lights?

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[inv4zn]

How's the Philips Red Vision LED working for the brake lights? No issues so far? Do you have a video to share showing the brake lights?

No issues. Videos are not useful because of the way different cameras will expose light.

They're perfectly find even in direct sunlight. No issues.

 

[NiGHTS4EVA]

No issues. Videos are not useful because of the way different cameras will expose light.

They're perfectly find even in direct sunlight. No issues.

I have those on my break lights and even my mother who needs glasses was able to see them just fine mid afternoon

 

[CivicLX2016]

Green harness - turn signal
Blue- Reverse lights
Black -tails

I just swapped out my reverse/backup lights.

Am I crazy or is the blue harness not the reverse??

I found that the grey harness was for the backup/reverse lights.

Weird DIY guide that doesn't even mention the grey harness. Oy.

 

[CivicLX2016]

Black harness is the LED tail.
Blue is brake light
Grey is reverse
Green is turn (I think) - but it's really easy to tell by looking in from the outside.

Now the above is 100 percent correct, can the OP be updated to include this?

 

[chubbz05]

Not to bring up an old thread but has anyone with a Hatch removed the tail lights yet? Assuming they will come out the same (2 screws and pull) but don't want to break anything

 

[2slo4u]

Not to bring up an old thread but has anyone with a Hatch removed the tail lights yet? Assuming they will come out the same (2 screws and pull) but don't want to break anything

Confirm that the interior of the tail lights are not accessible. If not, then it should only be screwed in from the outside like the pictures in this thread. It will take a little force though.

 

[RBorden629]

So - I got them in! They took a little twisting force, and one side was harder to put in than the other, but they're in now.

I put them in the brake lights, then out of curiosity put them in the turn signal, fully expecting hyperflash, but no! The philips lights work brilliantly as turn signal bulbs without any resistors. Donno if the bulbs are built-in with them or if the flasher for the Touring is different to accomodate for all the other LED turn signals, but they work pretty damn good.

Gonna order another pair for the brake lights, and try and find a single bulb for the 3rd brake light.

What leds did you get? thanks !

 

[inv4zn]

What leds did you get? thanks !

The Phillips Red 7443 bulbs. Best!

Edit* - the post you quoted was wrong. When I put both bulbs in they hyperflashed, so I got load resistors.

 

[RBorden629]

The Phillips Red 7443 bulbs. Best!

Edit* - the post you quoted was wrong. When I put both bulbs in they hyperflashed, so I got load resistors.

They will work for a 2017 civic hatchback Sport Touring?

 

[GC2tone32]

The Phillips Red 7443 bulbs. Best!

Edit* - the post you quoted was wrong. When I put both bulbs in they hyperflashed, so I got load resistors.

Is the bulb we need a 7440 or 7443 for the brake light?

 

[RBorden629]

Is the bulb we need a 7440 or 7443 for the brake light?

I got the following:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LATB2IE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I do not get hyper flash. They work great!.

 

[fjrman]

Is it obvious how water flows around and down behind the taillight assemblies? Can't have water lingering back there promoting rust. Would expect quite a bit of water flowing down the channel along the trunk lid.

 

[RBorden629]

Is the bulb we need a 7440 or 7443 for the brake light?

How did you Install the rear 3rd brake light?

 

[GC2tone32]

I got the following:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LATB2IE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I do not get hyper flash. They work great!.

Thanks for the info. I was considering the Philips vision LED. What would you guys think would be better or have more light. I don't want to put any resistors and pretty much want plug & play

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