2010 Eddie Bauer Interior LED light replacement

[grfo]

The Eddie Bauer with a Sunroof - the forward map light/sunroof control has 4 retaining clips that hold it up in the roof.
The front's are smaller and take less force, the rears are pretty stout.
Do not bother removing the clear lens cap, not necessary and you might snap off one of the 3 retaining clips on it.
Once you have the unit loose from the roof, 2 electrical connectors and you've got it sitting in your lap.
There are 4 small Torx screws that hold in the light assembly, remove those to get access to the lights.
There are 2x578 style (dual pole/tube) lights.
It's not obvious to me which way to have the LED's pointed, so, I had them pointed at a 45 deg angle towards the center of the vehicle for the map lights.

The middle light, the clear cover just pulls down to reveal the unit in the ceiling.
There are 3 bulbs, middle is the courtesy light, the 2 others are readers.
The rear has a single bulb.

ALL (6) BULBS ARE 578 STYLE.

I tried a $10.99 set of LED's off of Amazon, bad choice.
I'm not sure what it was for but it wasn't for an EB and only had (4) of the correct bulbs.
One of them did not work.

Someone earlier made the point of using name brand LED replacements, I'm going to say going with a cheap option off Amazon is probably not a great idea based on my limited experience.

FWIW, LED's frustrate me to no end with all the obtuse/inconsistent brightness and color options.

 

[ThunderbirdSport]

I got all my LED lighting from wal mart. Most if not all of the clips that hold the "bulbs" will have to be squeezed together a wee bit, otherwise your LEDs will be loose and caused a flicker in some of mine.

I also did the puddle lamps (in the mirrors), the back up lights, and the front outer side markers. Have yet to do front/rear turns. Those will require the CANBUS units. There's a couple of threads that go into more detail.

 

[grfo]

I didn't even think of heading to Walmart, fwiw, same price as Amazon for the LED's I checked.