salon lights

I sometimes use 2 butter knives to pry them down. I slide 1 on each side of the fixture and gently work it down.
Replace the bulbs with LED's. Cuts the heat down.

Mine actually has a retainer ring that needed popped out first, but I have an older boat. Definitely replace with LED's cut's down on heat and power.

They appear different than mine. Mine are held in with pressure clips that expand out from the fixture.
You should call Viking in NJ. Give them the hull ID and see what they say.
They seemed to retain a great deal of info on the boats they build

I'm glad they were able to help you

was researching solan lights on a 2001 convertible. I am trying to figure out how to get mine out without damaging anything. I want to replace them with led as they make a ton of heat, can you send some pics of the lights thanks

yes a 2001 viking convertible, I will try to find some pics of the light face, it almost looks like the glass cover has slots that will allow that to come out to change the bulb. Every time I have messed with it, it seems to take so much force and I have been worried about breaking the tab or glass (plastic) cover etc. Thanks for the reply

Had the same on mine (not a Viking) it got stuck to the leather of the headliner real good, was also afraid to use force. Used tools intended for car trim, worked a treat and didn't cost much.

Replaced the G4 halogens for LED - worked super and went from 400 Watt to 35 or so, also it cut the heat. However, be aware I had to replace the transformers and dimmers as the LED need the ballast. Otherwise the LED may blink and/or make annoying noises....

Bertram used all 24 volt "heat lamps." Found 24 v. LED's on Amazon in a couple different shades of white that simply plugged in the 2 pin sockets. Two circuits that had dimmer switches would never turn off with all LED's so I had to leave one quartz in each of them.

I am working on the same thing in a 06 Viking, hearing a lot of mixed things about what all has to be changed/replaced in order to go to all LED bulbs. Some are saying replace ballasts, others are saying to bypass ballasts as the LEDs don’t need them. If you have any input I would sure appreciate the help

Same ones I've been using on 24 v. Only one out of about 3 dozen developed a flickering so replaced it. Two of the circuits have several on dimmers and those would not 100% turn off unless I left one of the old halogen's in.