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Changing the door welcome courtesy light.

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Old 02-11-15, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by bclexus
I'm told it is the same.
Ok, thanks...on your word, I'll be ordering these asap!

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Old 02-11-15, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bclexus
Sure, it will work. The Kelvin temperature relates to the color of the light. I chose cool white, which is about 3,000° Kelvin color temperature. 6,000° Kelvin temperature is too much into the blue range for me and does not look right or natural in my opinion, but that's all personal preference.

The lower the Kelvin temperature (e.g. 2,700°) the warmer or toward red the light's color is - and the higher the Kelvin temperature (e.g. 6,000°) the cooler (colder) or toward blue the light's color is.

ill take your advice, you have been credibile so far. Ill get the warm white, thanks friend
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Just received my BMWLED/supplier projector Lexus front door courtesy lamps today. I followed a couple of others suggestion and added some extra tape to protect the circuits in the event of any water finding its way down inside the door and installed them in about a minute each side. Just look at the one to go in and that will guide you which side to gently insert a screwdriver and pry out easily/gently. After the trunk led upgrade this looks awesome. Can't wait to show off to my colleagues with Lexus'
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Originally Posted by PirelliGS
ill take your advice, you have been credibile so far. Ill get the warm white, thanks friend

Fyi 3000k light temp is basically yellow.

If the bulb says cool white it is usually around the 5500k- 5000k temp. Warm white will be around 4200k-4000k (like a normal incandescent bulb colour)

As an example your interior led dome light in your car will be around 5000k- a very clean very white light.
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Originally Posted by JEFFOS69
Fyi 3000k light temp is basically yellow.

If the bulb says cool white it is usually around the 5500k- 5000k temp. Warm white will be around 4200k-4000k (like a normal incandescent bulb colour)

As an example your interior led dome light in your car will be around 5000k- a very clean very white light.
Warm White is about 3,000K
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Best $20 MOD EVER!!!
Old 02-14-15, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dajael
Best $20 MOD EVER!!!
I agree! I recommend spending another $14 on a Diode Dynamics SMD12 LED Board to replace the bulb in the trunk...
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Originally Posted by bclexus
I agree! I recommend spending another $14 on a Diode Dynamics SMD12 LED Board to replace the bulb in the trunk...
Done!
Old 02-14-15, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dajael
Done!
Smart!
Old 02-17-15, 05:18 PM
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I got mine from bmwled on ebay, the light cut off when the door open for a minute or so. Close and re-open the door or press the door jam switch turn on the light for another minute. Did I get a faulty led but I double it because both are cutting off after 50 second?
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Originally Posted by onexcite
I got mine from bmwled on ebay, the light cut off when the door open for a minute or so. Close and re-open the door or press the door jam switch turn on the light for another minute. Did I get a faulty led but I double it because both are cutting off after 50 second?
That's a timeout circuit in the LED light, which is working as designed.
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Originally Posted by bclexus
That's a timeout circuit in the LED light, which is working as designed.
Thanks! Wish them stay lid longer 3-5 minutes would be perfect.
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Got mine done last night. Looks cool. However I wasn't able to put the clip back. So pushed the projector lamp w/o the clip and seem to be staying tight and fit. Does anyone think I did it wrong? See the 3rd image. That's the clip that will not budge. It was too cold in the garage and my fingers were hurting. So gave it up and saved the clip.







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The grey snap-on cover does not fit on the aftermarket LED light. The cover is not needed because the aftermarket light is LED (not hot like incandescent) and there are no open electrical contacts. The grey snap-on cover enclosed the hot (when lit) incandescent lamp and its open electrical contacts on the OE unit. Just save the cover along with the OE lights.
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Originally Posted by bclexus
The grey snap-on cover does not fit on the aftermarket LED light. The cover is not needed because the aftermarket light is LED (not hot like incandescent) and there are no open electrical contacts. The grey snap-on cover enclosed the hot (when lit) incandescent lamp and its open electrical contacts on the OE unit. Just save the cover along with the OE lights.
Good to know that what I did was right.


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