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Old 01-24-2015, 11:59 AM
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As mentioned, the bulbs are different from 2011-2013. Be careful in that you get the bulb seated in there correctly.

On my 2011 I had switched out the normal bulb for an Amber LED, HUGE mistake!!!

First off the Amber LED bulbs are garbage and they don't put out anywhere near the light of the stock bulbs. Secondly getting the bulb in there are making sure that the contacts were just right was a P.I.T.A. and I'm super careful when doing things.

Long story short I was so unhappy with the Amber LED bulbs that I ended up pulling them out after two days and put the original bulbs back in.
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