now its a fully glass bulb in a plastic housing I have been trying but it wont move I have an LED bulb I wanted to put in to shine on my subs. how can i loosen it up without breaking anything and it is currently not out so more of a want then a need if you guys think it wont be easy

 

Can you get to the bulb? I have wrapped duct or electrical tape around bulbs before and leave some extending past the tip and pulled the bulb free with pliers by pulling on the extended part of the tape.

 

I wouldn't worry about the value of the 194 bulb. They're super cheap. But I'd be more concerned about the broken glass and shorting out the circuit and blowing a fuse.

Try to get a strip of duct tape around it, and wiggle it out.

 

Tape is about the only way to get those lil buggers out it seems

 

There are a couple of tabs that hold the lense in place. Carefully place a small flat tip screwdriver, knife edge, etc. between the lense and body then gently pry until the tab pops free and the lense comes off. You should be able to remove the old bulb with your fingers, but if you can't slide a piece of rubber tubing over it, squeeze the tubing just below the top of the bulb (creating a vacuum in the tube) and pull. The tubing will grip the bulb and it will come out without a problem.

 

I've found that most LED replacement bulbs are disappointing. They're much more directional than a standard bulb. They're more like a spot light. I've seen people that installed LED strip lighting in their trunk on the under side of the rear shelf. Much better lighting than just a 194-style LED replacement bulb. And you can find LED strip lighting that simply taps into the 12 volt wires that feed your factory bulb. Will require you or someone to splice the wires though. But thats easy.

 

The light in my 5th gen is good, more floodish style but the 6th gen is rather spotish if i remember correctly.

 

I installed one of those LED strips in a friend's trunk. Instead of splicing the wiring I soldered a couple of 3/16" spade terminals to the wires on the strip and plugged them directly into the socket where the original bulb once was.

 

i used one of the bulbs for my rear licence plate i can get the bracket out the bulb just seems melted in will try the duct tape tho and keep you posted

 

looks better in person