Interior Tweaks
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Interior Tweaks
I have the performance seats, interior black pack, extended leather pack and red stitching. I wanted to break up the all black of the center console. So I ordered the original "Ignis Orange" engine stop/start button that came on earlier F-TYPEs. Cost of the button was about $28 picked up from my local retailer
Installation is straight forward. You really need a trim panel removal tool to remove the center console trim as its fitted on very tight. Afterwards everything just snaps back together.
I also wanted a more uniformity with the interior lighting. The footwell lights use a traditional 194 filament bulb. The output is very yellow. Kind of mismatched looking considering that the overhead map lights are white LEDs. I ordered 4500K/85lumen LEDs. 4500K is white enough to match the overhead map lights and 85 lumens is just bright enough where its not too obnoxious or look aftermarket. I ordered the LED's from SuperBrightLEDs. Knowing how electrically sensitive these cars were, I went with a CANBUS compatible setup to avoid any error codes or issues.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ofit-car/1127/
Replacing the footwell lights was a bit of a pain. The bulbs are tucked away to point where you need stick your head in the footwell to see what you are doing.
Before:
Everything is all black. Nothing wrong with that. Just a bit boring.
After:
Just enough color to break up all the black:
LED in the footwell before/after. Note that the light output is very similar but much whiter.
Installation is straight forward. You really need a trim panel removal tool to remove the center console trim as its fitted on very tight. Afterwards everything just snaps back together.
I also wanted a more uniformity with the interior lighting. The footwell lights use a traditional 194 filament bulb. The output is very yellow. Kind of mismatched looking considering that the overhead map lights are white LEDs. I ordered 4500K/85lumen LEDs. 4500K is white enough to match the overhead map lights and 85 lumens is just bright enough where its not too obnoxious or look aftermarket. I ordered the LED's from SuperBrightLEDs. Knowing how electrically sensitive these cars were, I went with a CANBUS compatible setup to avoid any error codes or issues.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ofit-car/1127/
Replacing the footwell lights was a bit of a pain. The bulbs are tucked away to point where you need stick your head in the footwell to see what you are doing.
Before:
Everything is all black. Nothing wrong with that. Just a bit boring.
After:
Just enough color to break up all the black:
LED in the footwell before/after. Note that the light output is very similar but much whiter.
Last edited by WhiteTardis; 03-27-2017 at 01:52 PM.
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Otherwise would trade, sorry.
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Yep, one of the first things I did was to replace the horrible sickly yellow footwell light bulbs with bright white LEDs, I used COB versions. As you say they were a PITA to get at, in my case especially the passenger one (LHS on my car), it took a good 15 minutes of squirming around on my back with my head right up under the dash to get it done, it really is jammed into a very tight spot. I also fitted Growler/Jaguar logo projector puddle lights in the door sills, very quick and easy to do, not that expensive and adds a nice bit of bling.
It also makes me wonder why Jaguar fitted those horrible yellow bulbs in the footwell lights, when all other secondary lighting in the F-Type is white LEDs. Unlike my XFR which had a million horrible yellow bulbs and no white ones so I swapped every damn one of them out for white or blue LEDs!
It also makes me wonder why Jaguar fitted those horrible yellow bulbs in the footwell lights, when all other secondary lighting in the F-Type is white LEDs. Unlike my XFR which had a million horrible yellow bulbs and no white ones so I swapped every damn one of them out for white or blue LEDs!
Last edited by OzXFR; 03-27-2017 at 06:34 PM.
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White is the way to go. It matches the overhead lights and looks OEM. Driverside is easy to replace. Passenger side is a pain.
Last edited by WhiteTardis; 03-27-2017 at 06:39 PM.
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Love the Puddle Lights however they might be a little much with these illuminated BLUE letter plates. Comeon Jag - red car - only blue on the whole car .... oh well. That's why I thought about BLUE under dash/footwell lights so the blue wouldn't look so out of place. (Red and Black car - why Blue, oh well)
Last edited by Burt Gummer; 03-27-2017 at 06:53 PM.
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For example: 2x 12V T10 W5W 194 168 COB Ice Blue LED Canbus Car Side Wedge Light Lamp Bulbs | eBay
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BruceTheQuail (03-27-2017)
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I just tried to take some pics in my garage but no go, my camera flash just completely wiped out the logo every time.
These are the ones I bought, nearly 6 months ago and never a single hiccup: 2x Laser LED Car Door Ghost Shadow Projector Lights For Jaguar F-Type 2013-2015 | eBay
These are the ones I bought, nearly 6 months ago and never a single hiccup: 2x Laser LED Car Door Ghost Shadow Projector Lights For Jaguar F-Type 2013-2015 | eBay
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i always wanted the silver shifter base for my R, but after seeing what's involved to get it out, i kinda got over it
i used the osram 5000k footwell leds, matches oe interior lighting perfectly, and swapped out the plastic console trim for oe carbon - made a big diff
i used the osram 5000k footwell leds, matches oe interior lighting perfectly, and swapped out the plastic console trim for oe carbon - made a big diff
Last edited by domino_z; 03-27-2017 at 08:30 PM.
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FtypeRRR (04-18-2017)
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Yep, of course you can, they are the same T10 wedge W5W bulbs as elsewhere.
For example: 2x 12V T10 W5W 194 168 COB Ice Blue LED Canbus Car Side Wedge Light Lamp Bulbs | eBay
For example: 2x 12V T10 W5W 194 168 COB Ice Blue LED Canbus Car Side Wedge Light Lamp Bulbs | eBay