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Hey everyone. I wanted to show everyone how to replace those regular interior light bulbs for LED bulbs on 4th gen ford explorer. I’m not sure if someone has or not posted this before, but here you go. I did this on my 2007 ford explorer yesterday afternoon. This project took about 30-45 minutes to do. I am not responsible for any damage YOU do to your vehicle. Attempt this installation AT YOUR OWN RISK.

You are going to order 6 led bulbs. This is how much it needs for all interior bulbs. 3 sets of 2 bulbs per pack, hopefully I said this right with free shipping. I believe is a good deal. You are going to have some basic hand tools.

First thing is to remove screw from over head console.

Once you take remove screw, you will need to pop down front over head console, carefully.

Just wanted to show everyone what holds the front part of over head console. Then you unplug connector to the lights.

Take off the 4 screws in the circle. Sorry for the picture, I forgot to take picture of item above flip over. (The 3rd picture shows a better view of component with screws)
(at least it shows the view of the regular bulb installed.)

Picture shows the LED bulb installed. You may need to adjust (by turn them) them once you install the overhead console, at least temporary.

I plugged them up to test them out. I believe they are bright. (Turn on the LED bulbs, to see if they work. If one of them doesn’t work, you may need to flip the bulb around.)

For the reinstalling the stuff is reverse of removal.

Here is a couple of pictures already installed.

We found this useful information from explorerforum.com and to get LED bulbs, please visit us at www.LEDoption.com, the affordable car LED store.

The lights that i bought are not the same size as the halogen bulbs that come stock. The do come with connections for both the front and the back so for $25 you can do your entire interior. Not bad if you ask me. For now just to make sure i liked them i ordered one pair. $12.50 shipped.

FRONT LIGHTS

Ok, first off you need a small flat head screw driver. You will push this up by the part of the light you push to turn it on. Once you get it up pry it down. It will only come down a little, like this.

Once you get that done look up and you’ll see a piece of plastic holding it in. Take the small screw drive and push it up to the top of the plastic and push it in and pull down once you get it free. It will feel like its going to break but unless you put an astronomical amount of force on it it won’t. Couldn’t really get a picture of this.

Once you get the piece of plastic off you need to take the old bulb out and get a pair of pliers and pull the heat shields out. They’re a bit of a pain and i really just clamped down and jerked it. Once you get them out it should look like this.

After that take your light and put it in the clamps. Before you put the double sided tape down MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS WORK! If they don’t work at first try flipping it around in the clamp connections. I turned the lights completely off when i was swapping it around. Didn’t want to take the risk of getting shocked or screwing something up. Once you see that they are working Peel off the double sided tape and push it up there where it fits. I found it fits nicely and looks good right here.

Check to make sure all is still working.

Now tuck the wires up in the light cavity making sure they don’t block the lights.

Now to put the piece of plastic back on you work backwards. Start with the back and clip it in.

Then push the front in. You might have to push the piece in a little. then boom you’re set! (the right one wasn’t stuck up hard enough so it is resting on the plastic and looks a little funny)

We found this useful information from chargerforums.com and to get LED lights, please visit us at www.LEDoption.com, the affordable auto LED store.