LED Lights for Chevrolet Equinox

LED Lights for Chevrolet Equinox

Whether its your headlights, map lights, turn signals, or your vanity mirror lights, when you flip the switch on your vehicles lights, you expect them to work because they are important to your safety while driving. Replacing the bulbs in your vehicles lights with LED bulbs is an important milestone toward the goal of improved safety while operating your vehicle.

LED bulbs continue to make improvements in brightness and efficiency as most new vehicles come standard with LED bulbs in at least some of their fixtures. Their growing popularity is due to their advantages over other types of light bulbs, including:

• Brighter: LED bulbs are brighter than halogen bulbs and essentially equal to Xenon HID bulbs, making them a good choice not only for headlights but also for interior lights where Xenon bulbs are not practical.
• Lighter: LED bulbs give off a cool, bluish-white light at around 6000K, meaning that street signs are easily legible when illuminated by an LED bulb. This also makes reading easier using a map light or dome light.
• Longer life: LED bulbs last the longest of any type of bulb, meaning youll save time by rarely having to replace them.
• Lower energy: LED bulbs use less power to produce light, meaning if you accidentally leave a light on, its less likely youll run down your battery.
• Cooler: While the diode can run hot, the LED bulbs themselves burn cooler. This is especially important for interior courtesy lights that you have to touch to turn off and on. If the light has been on for a while, you wont have to worry about burning your finger.

LED bulbs are available for every fixture in your Chevrolet Equinox. From headlights and tail lights to map lights and footwell lights, everything that is not already equipped with an LED bulb can be replaced with one.

There are also many custom LED light strips you can place on your SUV. You can have LEDs around your license plate, underneath your Chevrolet Equinox, on the running boards, or in your glove box; nearly anywhere you can run a wire to provide power, you can add an LED light strip.

The procedures for installing an LED bulb on your Equinox will vary depending on what fixture you are installing the bulb in. One of the most common bulbs that are replaced is the headlight. Here are the steps for completing that replacement.

• First, assemble the LED headlight kit.
• Second, remove the rear headlight fixture housing cover, and disconnect and remove the current headlight fixture.
• Third, install the LED headlight fixture into the headlight housing, and connect power to all components.
• Fourth, replace the headlight fixture housing cover, and test the headlight to ensure proper operation.
• Finally, mount the controller for the LED headlight fixture and diode fan in a secure location near the headlight fixture housing.