D.I.Y. - BRZ courtesy door light bulb change

[Los]

@joergasm Thanks for the DIY so those door lights are actually functional haha. Also changed out my dome, vanity, trunk, and license plate lights to LED as well. Looks a lot better now.

@kakarot1657 Glad it's not just me on the positioning of those lights. Thought that was quite weird.

[jbsali]

followed your DIY and didn't blow the $400 fuse! thanks @joergasm

[Trap63]

Originally Posted by joergasm

*will edit and make cleaner after, at work and bored so made this quick*

I figure I'd go into detail ......

Can you tell me the part no. of your clear lens? In Europe we have mandatory red lens over clear bulbs and without a Canadian or Japanese VIN Number it's difficult to find right parts number. Thanks!

[joergasm]

Originally Posted by DrDuquette

I went and took off the red covers. Buy the way, put the screwdriver on the hinged side of the light to pop off the cover on the left side of the car worked perfect. Sure enough, no light or wires that I could see. Means we will have to get power. Now finding power for when the doors open might be fun to find.

Aww man that is so weird :S Not sure what to say about that, Haven't been on here in a while!

Originally Posted by Trap63

Can you tell me the part no. of your clear lens? In Europe we have mandatory red lens over clear bulbs and without a Canadian or Japanese VIN Number it's difficult to find right parts number. Thanks!

I wish I knew, the other guy I multi-quoted also has the red one's. Not sure if he ended up swapping it out!

Haven't been on here in forever, didn't think this would help many people but glad it did/shed some light!

[inertia]

Have any of you encountered an issue with the courtesy light stop working after installing a LED bulb? Even though you put the original bulb back in, it still does not work. How do I reset this?

[mikepaul21]

I did the same thing and I love it... It's the little things you do to your car that make it "yours". I was a little worried that it would be too bright because I got the brightest ones I could get through Diode Dynamics but I'm glad I went with these. I had to take the 3m tape off the back so it would fit in there though.

[Hachi-Roku BRZ]

Thanks for the nice tutorial! Got my LEDs today and didn't know if there was an alternate method to just prying it open, but i can see that the clip is shaped in a way this wont be an issue.

[Chad86]

Anyone know if the wiring harness is available from Subaru to add these lights into the housing on the FR-S?

[COBlue]

With the 2017 BRZ model changes, just thought I'd confirm for everyone this is all the same for 2017,just did mine.

[713_GT86]

Originally Posted by DrDuquette

I went and took off the red covers. Buy the way, put the screwdriver on the hinged side of the light to pop off the cover on the left side of the car worked perfect. Sure enough, no light or wires that I could see. Means we will have to get power. Now finding power for when the doors open might be fun to find.

Where can I pick up a set of these EU style covers?
I want to add/upgrade mine to these red lenses/covers as well as my dome light.

[_kongzilla_]

I used these for my frs
https://www.86speed.com/led-door-cou...86-subaru-brz/
Yes they are direct replacements for the BRZ, but i also order these pigtails.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pc...3da24c4d8dNhEh
They sorta make in seem oem lol.
For the passenger side i ran one wire to the battery and the other to the pink wire in the domelight.
For the driver side i ran it to the dome and further down to passenger side.
from there i tapped the driver side into the passenger side wires.

I did this way because i also had side mirror lights.