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Kove
19-04-2015, 11:42 AM
It may have been asked here before, but how do you replace the map light globes in a 2007 380 GT?

vlad
20-04-2015, 09:40 AM
Use a flat head screw driver and a piece of cloth like those used to clean glasses or tape it up with electrical tape and carefully lever out the clear plastic lens. Once that is done, remove the festoon bulbs and replace with nice LED ones. If replacing with LED ones, make sure they are the SMD 5630 or SMD 5730 and not the old SMD 5050 or heaven forbid the SMD 3028 etc.

These are the ones I used to replace all my interior lights:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121585533721

TreeAdeyMan
20-04-2015, 10:57 AM
Vlad, you've done it again!
He's talking about a 380 not a Magna.
On a 380 you don't remove the lens covers, you pull the whole console down then replace the globes from the rear.
It's been a few years since I did it, but IIRC you grab the console each side with you fingers (you can just slip them between the roof lining and the edge of the console) then pull down with a hard sharp tug. Four clips hold it in but they can be pretty tight, don't be afraid to pull really hard.

vlad
20-04-2015, 11:06 AM
LOL. Yeah, in that case, it is just like the roof console in my Paj which just wedges out using a flat head screw driver.