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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 11:36 PM
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I want to change my front map lights from the ugly yellow bulb. How do I get to the screws underneath the SOS button? I have an 2010 without the SOS feature and the screws are exposed so it's easy to gain access to the bulbs. Thanks for your help.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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I want to change my front map lights from the ugly yellow bulb. How do I get to the screws underneath the SOS button? I have an 2010 without the SOS feature and the screws are exposed so it's easy to gain access to the bulbs. Thanks for your help.
Nobody has any ideas?
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 08:43 AM
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Interesting.

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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 08:56 AM
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The lens should just pry of with a pry tool or heavy plastic card (gift card). There a two screws under there if you want to remove the whole thing.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 02:26 PM
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My map lights are white LED. I changed all the other bulbs to LED to match them and like it much better. The cover on the big one comes off by pulling a bit on it downward closest to the windshield.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 03:16 PM
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It's easy to change the dome lights but I left the map lights alone because they're not easily accessible and look fine next to LED dome lights. Like MEP mentioned, use a pliable plastic card to undo the tabs that are around the cover. Here's some pics before I changed out the dome lights.
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