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5th gen boot light wanted.

Post by honda-hardy » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:24 pm

in my wife's 4th gen the boot light is very poor. it uses a 28mm old style festoon bulb. so i would like to change it with a holder from the 5th gen. it uses the same size holder with the same connector as the 4th but has better bulb options.

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new from a 5th gen.

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as this is what i want to achieve with the 4th gen as in the 5th gen.

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Post by cebul » Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:44 pm

Send me your shipping details, i will post that on Friday for free for you ;)
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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:00 pm

You can get LED festoon bulbs. Have you tried one of those in the existing holder?

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Post by indigolemon » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:43 pm

wurlycorner wrote:You can get LED festoon bulbs. Have you tried one of those in the existing holder?
Exactly what I did. Something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-White-31m ... 2ecbccd86d

Just check it's the right length!
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Post by taz8520 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:15 pm

5gens have boot lights :shock: , I have been using a torch for the last 2 years :o
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:29 pm

indigolemon wrote:
wurlycorner wrote:You can get LED festoon bulbs. Have you tried one of those in the existing holder?
Exactly what I did. Something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-White-31m ... 2ecbccd86d

Just check it's the right length!
I did this too. I measured the length and girth ( ;) ) of the wanky old yellow bulb in the boot of my Accord. Then I bought a 16 SMD festoon bulb from china which cost bugger all. Works great, the boot is mega bright now 8-)

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Post by LewisH » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:29 pm

taz8520 wrote:5gens have boot lights :shock: , I have been using a torch for the last 2 years :o
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Post by honda-hardy » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:52 pm

cebul wrote:Send me your shipping details, i will post that on Friday for free for you ;)
thanks very much @cebul. it arrived in the post today. still waiting for the led 501 bulb to turn up from ebay.

again, thanks to you.

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