DIY: FD Civic rear licence plate bulb change
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Aim: To install or replace stock/blown licence plate bulbs, very easy process should take no more then 5~ minutes.
Required:
• FD civic
• Phillips head screwdriver
• T10 (Led if you wish [recommended]) bulbs x 2
• Tissue/Cloth – don’t touch the bulb with your bare hands (not sure about this one)
Steps:
1. Get all required tools together – screwdriver, t10 bulbs (x2), tissue/cloth
2. Park car so that once boot is open you have ample light to see – in my case, in the shed with all lights on
3. Locate 4 outlined screws holding the trim for the boot on.
4. Loosen the screw until you can pull at it and the screw + circular thing at its base come out. Do this to the remaining 3 screws and place them somewhere you can’t lose them
5. Peel back (down) the lining to give you access to where the licence plate bulbs sit. The connectors which hold/power the bulb are circled in red
6. Hold connector with thumb and index finger and squeeze in + pull down. The connector will come out of where its being held.
7. Silly me forget to get a picture so i’ll get one later on; to get the stock bulb out – use a tissue/cloth and grip the bulb then pull straight out. No need to wriggle around or anything it comes straight out.
8. Put in your new led – here’s a pic of my 5 led one
9. Open your drivers side door and turn the parkers on and check to see if your led is working. If it is then all good, do the other side then reverse all steps.
Here's a couple pics of the end result:
Something to take note of; because of where the connector sits - when putting the led light it doesn't aim directly out of the hole.. I've seen on 8th civic someone had a led/bulb thing that is a really strange shape which makes the light aim directly out - you'll get what you mean after this pic but yeah.. any questions / c&c let me kno.
Hope it helps ^_^
Cheers,
k.
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