Jared@Lethal
12-30-09, 02:36 PM
A customer of ours recently asked me if we had a LED replacement bulb for the 2010 Mustang reverse lights. I was initially under the impression that the entire 2010 tail light assemblies used LED's. However after looking into it a little further it turns out that the 2010 still uses conventional bulbs for the reverse lights. 4 of them total to be exact. I found the proper bulb and went to town on our 2010 GT500. The installation is very simple. It can be done within 10 minutes. The results are even better than what we saw on the earlier models as the new LED look matches the rest of the 2010 tail light assembly. Best of all it seems that since there's already LED bulbs used on the 2010 there's already a resistor installed so the bulbs will not glow at all like previous models without resistors. Simply install the new bulbs and be done.
Below is a step by step installation I did this afternoon. I'll take a few more pics of the car once it gets dark but in person the new bulbs look awesome.
You can purchase these bulbs directly from our website through the link below. You need (2) packs which is (4) bulbs total.
http://www.lethalperformance.com/2010-shelby-gt500-lighting-led-replacement-bulbs-c-5711_6057_6062/recon-2010-mustang-white-led-reverse-lights-set-of-2-p-30729
http://www.lethalperformance.com/bmz_cache/a/a5269c050d37246114f405f67e51c8a9.image.530x455.jpg
Please feel free to give us a call if you have any other questions.
Open the trunk of your vehicle and remove the plastic push pins that hold plastic trunk liner to the sheet metal.
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Unclip the connector to the light assembly. This will allow you to move the plastic trunk liner away from the wall and give you more space to work with.
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Using an 11mm wrench remove the (3) 11mm nuts from the studs that hold the light assembly to the vehicle.
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Pull the light assembly away from the vehicle. You'll see (2) white connectors on each side of the vehicle. Those are the connectors that for reverse bulbs. Turn the connector counter clockwise and remove it from the housing.
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Pull the conventional bulb out of the socket.
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Install the LED bulb in the same fashion that you removed the stock bulb in.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/LethalPics030.jpg
Do this for the (2) white connectors on the drivers side and the (2) white connectors on the passenger side. Now that all of the LED's are installed in place of the stock bulb you're going to want to test them before reinstalling the light housing assembly back to the vehicle. Because LED's are polarity sensitive they must be installed the correct way in order for them to work.
With the key in the ignition turn the key to the on position but do not start the vehicle. Push in the clutch and put the car in reverse. Get out of the vehicle and go to the back of the car to see that all bulbs are working. If one bulb isn't lightning up remove it from the connector, rotate it and then put it back into the connector. The bulb should then light up. After checking that the (4) LED reverse bulbs are lit you can now start reinstalling the light assemblies back onto the vehicle in the same fashion you removed them.
LED (left) vs. Stock (right)
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Stock
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image004.jpg
LED
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image005.jpg
You're done!
Below is a step by step installation I did this afternoon. I'll take a few more pics of the car once it gets dark but in person the new bulbs look awesome.
You can purchase these bulbs directly from our website through the link below. You need (2) packs which is (4) bulbs total.
http://www.lethalperformance.com/2010-shelby-gt500-lighting-led-replacement-bulbs-c-5711_6057_6062/recon-2010-mustang-white-led-reverse-lights-set-of-2-p-30729
http://www.lethalperformance.com/bmz_cache/a/a5269c050d37246114f405f67e51c8a9.image.530x455.jpg
Please feel free to give us a call if you have any other questions.
Open the trunk of your vehicle and remove the plastic push pins that hold plastic trunk liner to the sheet metal.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image008.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image007.jpg
Unclip the connector to the light assembly. This will allow you to move the plastic trunk liner away from the wall and give you more space to work with.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image009.jpg
Using an 11mm wrench remove the (3) 11mm nuts from the studs that hold the light assembly to the vehicle.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/LethalPics031.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image010.jpg
Pull the light assembly away from the vehicle. You'll see (2) white connectors on each side of the vehicle. Those are the connectors that for reverse bulbs. Turn the connector counter clockwise and remove it from the housing.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image012.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image013.jpg
Pull the conventional bulb out of the socket.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image014.jpg
Install the LED bulb in the same fashion that you removed the stock bulb in.
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/LethalPics030.jpg
Do this for the (2) white connectors on the drivers side and the (2) white connectors on the passenger side. Now that all of the LED's are installed in place of the stock bulb you're going to want to test them before reinstalling the light housing assembly back to the vehicle. Because LED's are polarity sensitive they must be installed the correct way in order for them to work.
With the key in the ignition turn the key to the on position but do not start the vehicle. Push in the clutch and put the car in reverse. Get out of the vehicle and go to the back of the car to see that all bulbs are working. If one bulb isn't lightning up remove it from the connector, rotate it and then put it back into the connector. The bulb should then light up. After checking that the (4) LED reverse bulbs are lit you can now start reinstalling the light assemblies back onto the vehicle in the same fashion you removed them.
LED (left) vs. Stock (right)
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image003.jpg
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image006.jpg
Stock
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image004.jpg
LED
http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss88/LethalPerf/image005.jpg
You're done!