How do I replace the switch panel lights in my doors?
Thread Starter
9 Second Club
iTrader: (21)
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 616
Likes: 0
From: League City, Texas
How do I replace the switch panel lights in my doors? I was reading this section a few days ago, and noticed a thread asking about the switch panels lighting up. Well, I've had my car for 2 years, and never noticed, but the lights in the handles don't light up. I took it apart and got the light.
Sure enough, it was burned out. I got to looking at it, and couldn't figure out how to replace it. Does the bulb itself come out, or is it the entire little assembly to the wires?
Sure enough, it was burned out. I got to looking at it, and couldn't figure out how to replace it. Does the bulb itself come out, or is it the entire little assembly to the wires?
its a twist lock set up. but it usually melts the plastic around the bulb 
On my 94 and on my 2002 passenger side, I ended up twisting/braking the bulb, cleaning the pieces out with a jewelers screw driver and just putting the new one in as it should go in.
On my 94 and on my 2002 passenger side, I ended up twisting/braking the bulb, cleaning the pieces out with a jewelers screw driver and just putting the new one in as it should go in.
Thread Starter
9 Second Club
iTrader: (21)
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 616
Likes: 0
From: League City, Texas
You're fu***** kidding me... Damn... They just COULDN'T make it easy, could they?...
it is pretty easy. Its just in the 4 doors I have ever messed with, I broke 3 bulbs to get them out due to melting. Funny thing is after doing that, I never had them stick again. I've had to take the door panels off several times and they come off easy afterward.
Thread Starter
9 Second Club
iTrader: (21)
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 616
Likes: 0
From: League City, Texas
Hmm... You might not be understanding me. I got the bulb out of the DOOR, but i can't get the ACTUAL bulb out. I took a picture with my phone, maybe this will help. 
(Sorry for the dirty fingers. I just got done working with some bondo, lol.)
(Sorry for the dirty fingers. I just got done working with some bondo, lol.)
Trending Topics
Yeah pull it out with pliers. You can wrap some tape around it if you want.
if it breaks take the pieces out with a pic or little screw driver. you should be able to put the new one in real easy.
if it breaks take the pieces out with a pic or little screw driver. you should be able to put the new one in real easy.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
you can actually do an LED mod for that light and the lights are actually useful at night! I did it a couple years ago and my red LED is still burning strong and 10x's brighter than the standard bulb.
Sorry I'm in late on the thread but a good alternative to the pliers method to getting the bulb out is the tape tab method. You can take a strip of duct tape and fold it over with the ends sticking to the bulb. That gives you a tape tab to pull on. (I've used pliers before and half of the time, I end up shattering the bulb.)
Its nice having those little lights shine on the switches at night, isnt it
Sorry I'm in late on the thread but a good alternative to the pliers method to getting the bulb out is the tape tab method. You can take a strip of duct tape and fold it over with the ends sticking to the bulb. That gives you a tape tab to pull on. (I've used pliers before and half of the time, I end up shattering the bulb.)
Kind of reminds me of the way to take out a broken light bulb out of a drop cord or house fixture, remove the power source (turn off the switch or unplug it) and jab a carrot into the broken glass and simply twist the carrot.
