How to Remove Light Panel
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You need a store card or similar to slide into the edge of the fitting to push in some clips in the middle and right handside of the whole unit - the whole thing comes out, not just the clear plastic. Took me ages to figure it out, just takes a bit of fiddling. Don't use a screw driver or you'll mark the plastic and/or break something. Will post a pic for you so you can see where the clips are 
As promised - the whole unit comes out, you can see the three twist holders for the bulbs :
The clips you need to push in by sliding the store / credit card into the trim gap can be seen in the one below - my thumb is next to one of them. There are four but you only need to get two to be honest, so use the long edge of the card, wiggle in and lever out at the same time, easiest to do on the side of the unit furthest from the mirror I reckon. There is a sort of hinge clip on the left hand short edge of the unit (you can see in the pic above) that you need to put back in place first when you re-fit it. Hope this very bad explanation helps you figure it out
The clips you need to push in by sliding the store / credit card into the trim gap can be seen in the one below - my thumb is next to one of them. There are four but you only need to get two to be honest, so use the long edge of the card, wiggle in and lever out at the same time, easiest to do on the side of the unit furthest from the mirror I reckon. There is a sort of hinge clip on the left hand short edge of the unit (you can see in the pic above) that you need to put back in place first when you re-fit it. Hope this very bad explanation helps you figure it out
Just had a look at min, its slightly different (dont know if this is because my is post facelift) but the cover is held on with two screws to allow access to the festoon bulbs, not this is after you have followed the instructions above.
took some pictures on my phone but they have failed to load with a catastrophic error,,,,, the pc's words not mine
took some pictures on my phone but they have failed to load with a catastrophic error,,,,, the pc's words not mine
I changed mine too... one thing to be careful with ebay bulbs is that they are no too tall for the center bulb... and that they disperse the light sideways to light the reflector... lots of LED's are directional forwards, so the center bulbs looks crap... like a spot light.
The replacement (error free) fastoon bulbs arrived on saturday and have just gone out and fitted them....
this was the light before
this is the led fitted alongside the original bulb.
and this is the final result.
should look better at nightime when i will be able to see the improvement better, but in the daylight you can see the differance.
this was the light before
this is the led fitted alongside the original bulb.
and this is the final result.
should look better at nightime when i will be able to see the improvement better, but in the daylight you can see the differance.