Retro fitting cabin lights with LED's

On my 420 I did alittle of both, i changed bulbs in the interior through superbright.com and then on the deck and hardtop i changed them over to lumitec multicolor and love them!

 

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Kevin,

If you have G4 Halogen bulbs, these are the LEDs that I bought to replace them:

https://www.amazon.com/12V-24V-Lume...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01HRL1QWU

 

I didn't need to change fixtures, everyone accepted LED lights. Whichever way you go, you're on the right track.

 

I didn't change any fixtures either, just bulbs. I can't remember exact link for cabin and cockpit lights (Amazon) but for the navigation lights I used superbright.com. The lower cockpit lights I got green to match my underwater lights and left the arch lights white. It was definitely worth it.

 

No need to change fixtures. I changed out the bulbs to LED in my old boat about 4 or 5 years before I sold it, and then last summer in my current boat with no problems.
I got the bulbs for both boats from Amazon.

 

I tried these as well for my G4 fixtures and they were just a bit too long. I have installed 24 of these and they are perfect!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EL57QYC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bennett

 

I had the same issue so I used a pair of wire cutters and shortened the pins. Worked fine....

 

Great idea!

Bennett

 

If you want to try to get as close to the color and glow of the original bulbs be sure to look for “warm white”. It will still be slightly brighter than the originals but will have the same color as opposed to the stark white or blue white of other LED bulbs.

 

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Look for lights with 2700-3200K. that is "warm white" like discussed above. 6000K will be the "cool white" or blue white light...

 

Here's a decent chart on color temps for LED lights. I went with 6000K as I like the bright white vs. warmer yellow color of the original bulbs. Hope this helps a bit!

https://cdn.ledcorporations.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/led-color-temperature.jpg

 

Good chart MJ - thanks.

 

I went with warm white bulbs from MarineBeam.Com. Very pleased with the results.

 

Hi Kevin,

I concur with others on this thread. You don’t need to replace the fittings just change out the bulbs. I replaced all of mine in cabin including the bilge lights to LEDs, so much brighter. Also changed out all the cockpit lights to lights to Lumitec dual colour with built in bezel dimmers, they are awesome.

I bought my bulbs from amazon/super bright and Lumitec from Amazon. Easy to install. Also changed out cabin courtesy lights to stainless steel with blue lights, again from Amazon.

Bilge LEDs x 4 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XHCS3CR/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Gu4 bulbs for all lights in cabin - they fit all lights, a little hard to fit in some fittings due to space but all ok
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HA130R6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Courtesy lights in cabin
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BKZPL7K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Lumitec blue/white dimmable cockpit lights x 5
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AWPXTKQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1



Hope that helps,

All the best,

Simon