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I just did the footwell lights in blue to match my illuminated plate. The passenger side under the glove box is a bitch unless you have shoulders the size of Taylor Swift.
Finally got it using long nose pliers to push the vent piece back holding that in my mouth and getting my right hand in there -- of course with LEDs you MUST put it in backwards first.
I used the two spares in the door bottoms (puddle lights) until the logo ones get here. They also look much nicer - if people are not interested in the projector type lights, the LEDs are a must.
Saw that crappy one on Ebay. Looked like the finish was rubbing off a bit. Good news though - just bought three of the ignis switches online from Reno Jaguar at around $25 each. Part number for my 2015 coupe is T2R18771.
Yes - bright enough to drown out my camera when trying to take a pic. But that light it facing 'up' and opposed to the logo projector light facing down.
It appears that the one I got has a white/blue logo which will do better with the ambient lighting, sills, and footwell lights.
I figured if my button is starting to wear after a year, and they are only $25, what the heck, I'll get a couple of extras. Also, think I might have read somewhere that they aren't going to be making more of them.
By the way, do we really need canbus lights? Or is it just that you'd rather be safe than sorry (particularly given the contortions necessary to get those frickin footwell lights).
I suspect you don't need canbus globes.
On both my XFs I fitted a wide range of W5W LED globes, some SMD, some Cree, some COB, most not canbus but some that were, and the ones that were least reliable and prone to flicker were the canbus ones.
On the F-Type I've done the door sill puddle light logo projectors and the two footwell globes, all have worked perfectly from the get go, but I can't remember if any of them are canbus.
I just put blue T10 wedge lights in my footwells and doors. The doors are easy, the footwells a bit of a pain. Rubber gloves help with the globe extraction, and save singed fingers.
I just put blue T10 wedge lights in my footwells and doors. The doors are easy, the footwells a bit of a pain. Rubber gloves help with the globe extraction, and save singed fingers.
All lights functioning well, no errors coming up.
I just turned the interior lighting off by waving/touching the centre overhead panel, then waited a couple of minutes for the globes to cool down. Rubber gloves would not have worked for me as I have little enough feeling already in my fingertips as a result of a "medical condition".
You need a small/short bulb for the passenger footwell light behind the glove box because it is semi obstructed. One of the flat panel 20 or 30 leds with a lead out to a short plug in would also work if someone really wanted A LOT of light down there.
The passenger footwell light is definitely the difficult one. I almost gave up. Probably took me 20 minutes struggling to finally get it to go.
For those that want the black paddle shifters, I have an extra set of them in mint condition. You'll need a mini ratchet with a T20 torx bit to remove. Retail is $200+ for each side. I'll let them both go for $100 shipped.
04-01-2017, 03:42 AM
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