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Update: V-LED's got back to me. The old version is off the market. They only have this new version.
Guess i have to find Flank bulbs elsewhere for the mirror!
Just dremel those tabs off! These bulbs are crazy bright In fact, you don't have to dremel them off 100% - the real goal is just to make them thinner. You can always buy the housing again from Sewell. Just a thought...
Update: V-LED's got back to me. The old version is off the market. They only have this new version.
Guess i have to find Flank bulbs elsewhere for the mirror!
Originally Posted by leek
Just dremel those tabs off! These bulbs are crazy bright In fact, you don't have to dremel them off 100% - the real goal is just to make them thinner. You can always buy the housing again from Sewell. Just a thought...
No they aren't loose, they're still turned to the point the aren't going anywhere but instead of rotating the full amount I just did enough for it to hold still. I just kept hitting g the unlock button, watching if it lit up, then twisted it a little more until it would shut off, then backed it up enough to light up again. Fits and works great with no issues.
No they aren't loose, they're still turned to the point the aren't going anywhere but instead of rotating the full amount I just did enough for it to hold still. I just kept hitting g the unlock button, watching if it lit up, then twisted it a little more until it would shut off, then backed it up enough to light up again. Fits and works great with no issues.
And they are facing downward in the housing and not upward? Because when i try mine and the lights are facing down as they should be, it only turns very slightly, if at all. Interesting though, i'll try mine again tonight i guess. If it doesn't work out, i'll just dremel the tabs and be done lol.
When installing the new V-LEDS bulb for the puddle lights, I found that the bulb fit but that I couldn't twist the socket closed because it was just slightly too long.
To make it fit, I dremeled off the little tabs (circled in red below) and everything seemed to fit nice and snug. I've had it like this for awhile now with no issues.
when u say you dremeled off the tabs a bit did you dremmel all the tabs off and which way did dremmel them? did u demmel off the tabs in such a manner that it wouldn't sit as deep into the housing. ( the side of the tab that closest to the plug and away from the end of the led strip?)
Some have mentioned a few page back that their door / courtesy light not fitting anymore due to redesign. I'm unclear if it was just the "blue" door / courtesy light or both the blue and white.
Looks like I ran into the same issue with the inside door reflector lights. I think maybe VLED's have updated the LED and they are a bit longer. I had to Dremel the clear plastic piece that goes behind the reflector to get the LED to fit.
can you explain this dremmel fix in more detail i just ordered my lights and am expecting to have to do the same
can you explain this dremmel fix in more detail i just ordered my lights and am expecting to have to do the same
Once you get the LED's and pull out the courtesy lamp, it will be become more apparent. In my photo, you can see the LED coming through the hole I Dremeled in the clear plastic backing.