D3 brakes lights

I can accept that one can switch the tail light and brake light globes with LED units, but I would doubt that would be so with the signal lights, at least without installing resistors. Would I be correct?

And yes, I would agree it is possible to have both brake light filaments burned at approximately the same time. One goes, you do not notice it, and then the second goes and that you also do not notice. Then one day you back up to a reflective window, check your brake lights and find you have none, or that the high one is all you have.

In the same time frame, the tail light filaments have done the same.

I recall a few years back, my wife's Honda Accord lacked headlights, (or more correctly, daytime running lights as it was summer time), and neither side would illuminate. That had me real puzzled until it occurred that perhaps both were burned out - as was the case - one one day I suppose and the second the next day. It was summer and the sun kind of does not set here in the summer, was daylight use only so to speak, so one does not readily notice.

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Originally Posted by willem

Thanks, alpick, for the suggestion. What's involved in changing to LED?

Willem

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You could always change the whole assembly to D4 rears. :angel:

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Blown globes?

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It was the globes. Replaced with standard globes. Ran out of time to chase up LEDs.


Willem

Would someone be kind enough to briefly describe the process for changing the globes, whilst it sounds easy, I am sitting at work and not able to have a play about so thought I would get someone to describe the process before I go looking around.

I.E. is it done from the inside, reaching in behind the panels in the rear cargo area or does it involve removing the external "perspex" covers or something like that ?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

George

Open the tailgate and you'll see two screws on either side that hold the light clusters in. Undo these and give the units a pull straight backwards and they're out, they are held in by 2 pegs into a rubber grommet so it feels like you're going to break something but they do come out eventually.

Twist out the relevent globe plug from the housing to replace.

The jpg is the backside of a D3 tail light.

On the left are the two screw holes referenced in the previous post; also the tits that hold the outside to the body and self release when pulled directly rearward after the two Phillips (I think) screws, have been removed.

The bulbs are accessed in the usual way as referenced in the previous post.

If there is any trick, it is not to drop the assembly once the single cable connector has been unplugged, but that is not necessary.