Sivitaliy

I was wondering has anyone change the bulbs on the license plate on 2010-2011 mdx? I was reading the manual and it states- consult your dealer to change the bulbs. Haven't looked in the car yet, but i can't imagine it being difficult. Anyway, I allready ordered the lights on ebay, if anyone could shine in, if they had any problems changing the bulbs it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

TokyoWasabi

I will be replacing the old license plate lights with LEDs this weekend. I will let you know how it goes.

2010blackonblack

It's easy and takes no more than 5 minutes. Unscrew the black cover....about 6-8 screws. Pull the clear plastic lense housing out, pull bulbs, replace bulbs, reattach everything.

calcal

it was not as easy ... it is very easy on the left hand side (driver side), but on the right hand side, it is quite hard to pull out the light cover due to the rear view camera, even with the cover removed, because the camera module is still attached to the car ...

I had to be very careful and hope not to scratch anything in doing so, took me 30 min =(

acurahondaoemsj

Same issue here, took me almost 25 mins

TokyoWasabi

Thanks for letting us know

TokyoWasabi

just finished installing. took 25mins as well. Same issues others have. Took a few pictures. If anyone wants to see the photos, let me know.

Sivitaliy

I also did it last night. Definatly had to use a little force force. 25 minutes sounds about right. Mdx should of made these light stock instead of those yellowish disgusting 1950's bulbs.

ZCL

What bulbs did you guys go with and please post the pics for the install! Thanks!

free598

i would like to see the pic thanks....im havin a problem removin the bulb on the right

Sivitaliy

I also changed the fog lights to hyper yellow bulbs (Ii think it looks amazing ) I tried to take some pics, however, it doesn't really come out

free598

it looks good..better than the stock 1s

TokyoWasabi

Did you manage to complete your install?
Taking out the right bulb enclosure is the same as taking out the left one.


The steps are these
1. Remove all the screws
2. If you have a rear-view camera there, then you need to remove the 1 screen holding the camera case. Then push in on each sides of the case to unhook it from the frame. now, you should have an exposed camera.
3. remove the 2 screens under there camera
4. use some force to pull near the camera. There are 2 clips holding it in.
I tried using a flat-head but stop after thinking it may scratch the paint.
5. Remove the left and right lights
6. Push in from the bottom left as there s a spring clip on the left
7. replace old bulbs with LED
8. Put everything back together.

I think those are the steps.

free598

i did the install thanks

TLtrigirl

iTrader: (1)

thread revival...is there a trick to the clips near the camara? other than pulling and hoping you dont' scratch the car and break the clip?? i cussed my way through this followed with $#*@ honda/acura. to no avail. i put everything back together without finishing the install for fear of the above. i will wimper back to the car if there is a better way to do this without any fear of things breaking and scratching. thanks.

Woody33

I am also having some difficulty removing the black strip in the area of the back-up camera. I have removed all screws, replaced the driver's side bulb & removed the outer case over the camera. The camera is exposed and the black strip loose everywhere except in the immediate vicinity of the camera. What Kim of clips are holding that in? Is the camera unit connected to the black strip- so when I pull it down the camera will be hanging by a wire?? OR will the black strip come down around the camera, leaving the camera in place? I just don't want to break the camera to put in some cheap, albeit good looking, light bulbs... THANKS!!

TLtrigirl

iTrader: (1)

it's plastic. take a flat head screw driver (nicely padded of course so as not to scratch the paint) and pry at the clip to get it to release. the black trim will release and hang from the wire connected to the back up camara. this will give you suffiecient space to get the cover off the light housing to swap the bulb.

it feels like you're about to break something...its just a bad angle when you start removing the black trim piece. the other way to do it is get a plastic trim removal kit...some of those tools in that kit look like they would make life a bit easier since you can get the clip to come straight out rather than at an angle. total PITA, but my tags look good! putting it back together is WAY easier than taking it apart.

Mr.Skytech

iTrader: (13)

I changed mine out too but it doesn't look as good as yours does. Did you change the direction of where they are pointing?
What LED bulbs did you use?