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2010 Honda CR-V License Plate Light Replacement (LED Upgrade DIY)

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This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to replace a broken or dim license plate light on a 2010 Honda CRV with a new, brighter LED bulb, using the existing light fixture and wiring. The process involves safely detaching the light fixture, swapping the bulb, and reattaching the fixture.

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If you get up right here, there's a little tab right there. You push that tab and this whole little thing is going to pull 2010 CRV plumbing poop brown. All right, it's the name of it. Go right here. License plate light. Okay, it's right behind the emblem on the back door and underneath it right here. Okay. What you want to do, you want to grab this kind of two fingers, pull to one side. You're going to hear a little click. Then you want to pop out the other side and then get this whole thing out. So now it will pull down out of there and sit right like this. And that is dirty, man. Covering up my license plate. But guess what? That rag works pretty good for just cleaning that up as well. I bought this little LED pack right here off of Amazon. A little two pack for this. Pop one of these in there and then put the other one in the glove box or maybe see if my wife's car needs one and if it'll work. But should be very simple after this. Okay, we're rolling here. Get up in this space and make sure we're recording. If you get up right here, there's a little tab right there. You push that tab and this whole little thing is going to pull. I mean, it's going to pull down and pull off, actually. And there we go. Now, we've got that exposed. Okay. I mean, this is very easy. This is stuff you don't want to These are little things you don't want to pay somebody else to do, right? You do not want to pay somebody else to do this. I mean, this is just a bad bulb. At least that's my thought is it's just a bad bulb. I thought it just pulled down. Maybe not. Uh I feel like it just pulls out. Of course it doesn't. All right. little pull push tab right here as well. So now I got this whole thing off. Guess as long as it doesn't fall back inside there, we'll be good. This really Oh, shouldn't be a thing. Is a lot easier once I actually had a hold of this this way. Just be able to pop that right out. I was take that, pop it right in place. securely. We will take this and that right back on there like so. Where's my Where's my other holder at here? Where'd my freaking cover go? Grab our cover right here. This side with the deflector there is going to go down. And this is just going to pop right back on in place here. Clip that on. It's just going to snap. You'll hear it snap in place. And now just get that back up in there. You're going to have to mess with it. You'll finangle with this. You'll mess with this thing a little bit. This is uh tight quarters for sure. Okay. That back up in there. You get one side started and just kind of you get one side started, kind of pull it a little bit to the right and then push down and it will the whole thing will click in place and now it's not going to move. That's all new lights. Oh, look at that. Yeah. Yeah. That's that's rolling real nice. I like it. It's light. You're gonna be able to see it. Totally good. It's another little quick vid that I really hope helps. Like these little things can add up really quickly. But the reality is for a couple bucks and a little bit of time, you can do them yourself. If I can do this, you can do this. I've never done this before, but I got it hooked up. I really hope you folks are enjoying the videos. You can please subscribe, click the like button. We'd love to have you keep coming back. Thank you very much and we'll see you again real

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