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488 Replacement LED dome, licence pate, side indicator bulbs

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  1. ohared

    ohared Formula Junior

    Apr 14, 2009
    325
    His anyone done any research on suitable replacement LED dome, licence pate, side indicator bulbs.
    The front trunk is already LED. The overhead dome light (2 x 5W and 1 8W), under door (x 2), glove box, licence plate (5W), side indicator bulbs (T4W).


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  2. ShadowLAP

    ShadowLAP Formula Junior

    May 15, 2017
    583
    SW Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Full Name:
    Lawrence P.
    I recently swapped all of my 458 Spider bulbs with LED's. Below is what I successfully installed.

    All interior and door Puddle lights: Sylvania 168/194/ 2825 Cool White. Seems all of those bulb numbers are for the same type of LED.
    Rear License Plate: Sylvania 168/194/ 2825 Cool White, same as above. Note that my 458 displays an error message in the right TFT regarding the license plate bulb as the LED does not put out the wattage that the system is looking for. So it looks like the voltange is too low. If you can put up with the orange rectangular square warning message the LED license plate brightness looks great.
    The Frunk on my 458 Spider had an incandescent bulb and I replaced it with a Sylvania 6411 Cool White.

    The differences with these LED's are amazing plus less electrical draw.
     
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  3. ShadowLAP

    ShadowLAP Formula Junior

    May 15, 2017
    583
    SW Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Full Name:
    Lawrence P.
     
  4. Bandit23

    Bandit23 Formula Junior
    Rossa Subscribed

    May 28, 2016
    251
    Miami
    thanks for that do you have pictures, I am interested in doing this, I might not bother with license plate as the orange error would irritate me lol

    well done, ✅ probably freshens up the car alot
     
  5. ShadowLAP

    ShadowLAP Formula Junior

    May 15, 2017
    583
    SW Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Full Name:
    Lawrence P.
    I will post photos shortly and the difference is a big improvement IMO
     
  6. ShadowLAP

    ShadowLAP Formula Junior

    May 15, 2017
    583
    SW Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Full Name:
    Lawrence P.
    Attached are photos of LED's installed in my 458 Spider Dome, Puddle, and Frunk. I did not take a photo of the License plate light since it looks like all other Cool White (6500k) LED plate lights as seen on late model BMW, etc sedans. My dealer tech tried to clear the license plate error message but it came back. I can live with it as other error messages would over ride the license plate warning. It actually takes 5 minutes to put the bulbs back in. Personal choice. I highly recommend this change, especially in the Frunk.
     

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  7. Bandit23

    Bandit23 Formula Junior
    Rossa Subscribed

    May 28, 2016
    251
    Miami
    thank you for the pictures that looks fabulous! well done ...
    makes a huge change from the yellow lights to the white
    I might order the globes and do it too ..thank you for all the intel ...big help
     
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  8. ohared

    ohared Formula Junior

    Apr 14, 2009
    325
    My research suggests that you cannot switch out either the rear licence plate or side indicators for LEDs without triggering a Canbus error. Although you can buy Canbus error free LEDs on eBay etc... they will not work. They provide insufficient load on those circuits. I think the front trunk, glove box and overhead spots should be OK to replace with LEDs.
     
  9. ShadowLAP

    ShadowLAP Formula Junior

    May 15, 2017
    583
    SW Suburbs of Chicago, IL
    Full Name:
    Lawrence P.
    This matches my experience.
     

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