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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Didn't want to hijack famouslex's thread, so I thought I would post some pics of my interior lights here. I am not sure if I am 100% sold on the blue ALL of the time, but it does look pretty cool and I'll live with it for now.

Here are the bulbs I used:

3 168/194 blue refractors for front dome

2 festoon 6-LED blue bulbs for rear dome (super tight fit, but they DO fit and SUPER bright)

2 168/194 blue flank bulbs for front doors (look great with the door sills)

2 168/194 white refractors for the vanity lights

Got them from VLEDS

Front shot of the outside of the car:


Inside front passenger:


Backseat from the right inside:


Inside right from the back looking front:


Front dome (they look more aqua in this pic, but they are bluer in person. The refractors fill out the dome housing a lot better):


Front vanity in white:


Rear dome with 2 6-LED festoons (super bright!!!!):


I am pondering the thought of changing the blues to a white...

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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 12:51 AM
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A very cool look. I'm not sure how blue would be in person but I find that white LEDs actually hurt my eyes when they're on so I've switched back to normal bulbs :P
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 04:00 AM
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Blue interior lights scares me =P
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by FinanceGuy
I am pondering the thought of changing the blues to a white...
It is a very very blue, and it does look cool.

It's a bit too much for me, but if you like the look, that's fine.

Perhaps you can do one-blue-one-white for the dome and rear passenger lights. It will make it more subtle, but you'll still get your blue mood lighting...
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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I wonder how terrible green LEDs would look in a TP car. Hmm.

Very nice BTW!
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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very nice very nice... now try finding something you dropped in that light.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Batmobile
very nice very nice... now try finding something you dropped in that light.
Exactly -- form over function. In the fovea, the part of the eye that sees detail and is responsible for our central (not peripheral) vision, 64% of the cones are red sensitive, 32% are green sensitive, and 2% are blue sensitive.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Looks sick, in a bad way.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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I have the exact same thing done to my car.. and its actually brighter then you would think.... i love the blue
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Now imagine yourself driving the car with 3 passengers. Everyone is wearing white and you turn all the blue lights on. Hmm....
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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finance guy. love the blue, thats what i'm doing to my car after its back from the dealership.soon to have pictures also.
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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doesn't look that bad.. i was hoping to match the white LEDs.. i never knew why the IS doesn't have matching white LEDs like the ES350 has in it when i drove the loaner
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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Looks sick but very hard to see if you drop something.
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