Interior Lights

[edridh]

Possibly a topic already on this but the search just isn't working whatsoever for me today so sorry if it has already been covered.

Anyway, the interior lights (the ones by the rear view mirror) in the car are really pathetic and I was wondering if it's possible to replace them and if so what bulb type they are. The amount of light they're giving off at the moment is ridiculous.

 

[elgrego]

i would like to know too. my old megane was like a light show compared to the candle power of my clio. I've heard you can replace the bulb with an led cluster, but i don't know where from.

 

[edridh]

Got the Haynes manual out. The lights are a 5v bayonet light and a 7v festoon light, no idea what to replace them with though or what would be decent.

 

[Dink]

i got these in my interior light

there very good give off a white/blue light

 

[BrianR]

You can replace the 5w bayonet ones with EB433 which is a 20w halogen bulb, very bright but watch the heat.
They are used in the map reading lights in both my cars.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTOLAMPS-HAL...ryZ72233QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

The festoon lamp can be replaced with a LED bar you can find them on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-18LED-Int...2QQihZ013QQcategoryZ72237QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Dink]

the problem is that my interior lights are both 5w 501 wedge type lamps (2002 dynamique) so the haynes manual might be wrong

 

[edridh]

Oops, meant 5w and 7w above. I'll go and check them first before doing anything anyway. Would a 10w bulb be a good compromise between light and heat or would the light it gives off not be too awesome?

Also, would that festoon lamp fit or would you need a smaller model? I'll go and measure tomorrow when I check it all if you don't know.

 

[Dink]

does your light look like this?

cos that is mine and i'm sure both lights use a 5w wedge lamp

 

[D"w!Z]

jus get a 10w bulb ther far brighter and suitalble for such a small car, instead of wasting money on that led malarky

 

[Dink]

jus get a 10w bulb ther far brighter and suitalble for such a small car, instead of wasting money on that led malarky

yeah but i'd rather a 1w led over a 10w tungsten filament lamp any day

due to heat and effiency

 

[edridh]

Had a look in the car today. Both were labelled w5w despite the manual and the haynes guide saying otherwise. No idea if they're the same bulb because the main left one was closed off but both were labelled w5w nevertheless.

 

[Dink]

yeah there the same as mine a 5w capless wedge lamp

so those LED ones i posted above will work and give a good light output