automationLED: DIY LED interior + license plate conversion
 

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For the dome light on the car, it's very simple, you have 2 notches on the plastic cover where you would insert a flat head screw driver and lightly pry out the cover. It'll pop off and you will see the DE3175 bulb exposed. Be careful as the bulb might be a little warm to handle, so let it cool down for about 5 minutes. After it has cooled down, remove the bulb from the housing assembly and set it aside. Take the new LED bulb and insert it into the housing, if it does not light up the first time, remove it and turn it 180* and re-insert. The LED bulbs have a POS and NEG end, unlike the factory incandescent bulbs.
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Package 1 dome light (similar brightness to OEM, bright white color)
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Package 2 dome light (3x brighter than OEM)
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All done :)
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The trunk light is very simple, you just pop open the trunk and you'll see a small white cover. Remove that and place aside (or you can leave it off, for a brighter glow). Remove the wedge bulb and insert the new one.

For the license plate light, you'll access them from the inside of the trunk lid. You'll see the 2 light sockets on the inside, just twist and remove these lights, pull the wedge light and replace them with the new ones. Again, if they do not turn on the first time, remove them, flip it 180*, and re-insert.
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For the reverse lights, you might want to do these last. Since you'll access the light sockets from underneath the bumper, it is very close to the muffler and you don't want to touch that when it's hot. After it has cooled down, reach from exhaust tip side of the lower valence, and feel for the light socket. Twist that one and remove the bulb, and insert the new LED.
*NOTE*
The CREE LED's might not seem that bright compared to the OEM light because of the way the light bulb is positioned. It points upwards towards the center of the car, and with LED's being a directional light, it will rely on reflecting on the inside housing to be bright. During the day time, it might not seem as bright, but at night time, it is a very nice bright white.
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It would be great if you could also do a courtesy light diy on the door of the FR - S. Thanks for the write up! :thumbsup:

As soon as I have some time to play with a FR-S and possibly a BRZ courtesy light, I might be able to do a DIY on how to retrofit it in.

The brz is easy. Just use a screw driver on the side of the door light and pry it open. Disconnect the light housing from the wire. Then you need to open the light housing by pressing on a clip to separate the two halves. Then pull out thw bulb and replace. Reverse the directions to put back in. The bulbs are the same as the licenseplate lights and trunk light

Order is placed

Thanks a lot for the instructions! Going out today to put them on. Shipping and packaging was great.

thank you! please post a couple pics if you have some time, i appreciate it!

I'm in for a full order once you get the white turn signal package as well.

Added to the DIY Directory:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7365

DIY for BRZ in-door courtesy lights
 

Thought I'd throw up the pictures from installing LED door courtesy lights here after someone asked about it. The pieces seemed somewhat fragile. I did it this afternoon. (pictures link to larger version)

I had some pry tools lying around from work on small electronics and iPods. They look like this:

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I used a couple of them to get in between the door and the lens. The lens will pop out from the right side (the lights are identical on each side) I managed to bust one of the pry tools while doing this, so don't pry too hard on the wrong side:

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After it popped out, I pulled the light away from the door and pushed in on the gray tab in the center of the connector. Then you can disconnect the power and let the bulb cool.

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Once you've removed the light assembly from the door, squeeze the plastic part where my thumb is in the picture and gently rotate up. The part below has a little notch that has to be disengaged. After it's released, do the same for the small tab on the other side (gently!). Then pull the whole bulb cover off:

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Once that's off, stick a screwdriver behind the bulb to pop it out. Careful, it will go flying (location shown after LED was installed):

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Replace the bulb with the LED, but make sure the LED wires touch the contacts. Now is a good time to plug it in again to make sure the polarity on the LED is correct.

Replace the plastic bulb cover. It will be snug now:

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Then reverse the installation in the door (pop the right side in last):

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That's it! Squeezing that plastic piece was a little nerve-wracking, but it's tough!

And the results, using jjdrivesajazz's instructions for the rest.
All the lights are far brighter than stock, with the door lights especially providing more usable light:

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Ignore the yellowish garage light:

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+1 on this!