Hello all, this is actually my first post so what's up? I just recently replaced my shift light because it had been burnt out for a couple of years. I replaced it with an LED one from superbrightleds.com(194 replacement or a WLED-x6 cool white). I searched around on the site and found some good instructions for the replacement, but none with pics. So I figured what's a better way to make my first post than to make an informative one. I basically used the information from ryanrules and GregF422. http://www.feoa.net/modules.php?name=Fo ... fter+light
Oh yea... excuse the mess in my car, I should have cleaned up a bit.
I'm not sure if the light is brighter than the original because I had no way to compare. My dome light, however, was replaced with an LED (RL4410-xHP9) from superbrightleds.com and it illuminates more of the car than its original for sure.
Here is my How-To on the shift light bulb replacement in a 3rd Gen
1. Set parking brake and set shifter to L
2. Slide the seats forward
3. From the rear, unscrew the screws on either side of the console
4. Pull the back of the console up and wedge it around the parking brake handle
5. Now in front of the parking brake are two screws going to the frame, unscrew both of them.
6. Pull straight up on the cup holder insert to take it out
7. On either side underneath the dash pop out the plastic retainers
8. Pull back and up on the front console
9. On the driver's side, leading up to the shifter is two wires
10. Those two wires lead up to the shift light, which at this point can be replaced with a new bulb
11. Just do the reverse to close everything up
12. Enjoy
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Oh yea... excuse the mess in my car, I should have cleaned up a bit.
I'm not sure if the light is brighter than the original because I had no way to compare. My dome light, however, was replaced with an LED (RL4410-xHP9) from superbrightleds.com and it illuminates more of the car than its original for sure.
Here is my How-To on the shift light bulb replacement in a 3rd Gen
1. Set parking brake and set shifter to L
2. Slide the seats forward
3. From the rear, unscrew the screws on either side of the console
4. Pull the back of the console up and wedge it around the parking brake handle
5. Now in front of the parking brake are two screws going to the frame, unscrew both of them.
6. Pull straight up on the cup holder insert to take it out
7. On either side underneath the dash pop out the plastic retainers
8. Pull back and up on the front console
9. On the driver's side, leading up to the shifter is two wires
10. Those two wires lead up to the shift light, which at this point can be replaced with a new bulb
11. Just do the reverse to close everything up
12. Enjoy
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