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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by JB84
I replaced my city lights with the " xenon white " led from ijdmtoy and it doesn't match my 6k HIDs from them, the leds are more blue compared to the HIDs. I was wondering if anybody knew if the 5k city lights from vleds will match it better or is there something out there that will? Thanks.[/url]
My 6000K V-LED parking/city lights match my 6000K Garax HID low beams almost perfectly. Remember, just because an LED/HID is rated a certain temperature, doesn't mean it will necessarily be a perfect match. It's a bit of a crapshoot, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by dvo
For those of you who bought the trunk LED (http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/C...81144-1-3.html), could you tell me how much you paid? The site says $13.99 and for the 31 MM it's an additional 79 cents.
However when I bought it, they charged me 0.79 plus $5 for shipping...so my total was around $6. Is it me or did I just get lucky?
You sure you didn't accidentally order the adapter by itself and not the LED?

Originally Posted by Lexs350
I have purchased and received new bulbs from V-LED for my 08 is350. I purchased the flank bulbs in blue for the PUDDLE LIGHTS and DOOR COURTESY light. They are to long. Was unable to secure the clear plastic cover over the bulb for the courtedy light. Has for the PUDDLE...IT ended up gauging, scratching, damaging the lens housing (puddle) mirror finish and bulb did not work. Worked fine when I removed it from the housing...so it was not a bad bulb. I have requested a full refund via email and have not heard back from V-LED as of yet. Wishing you all better luck.
Did your flank bulbs have large metal heat sinks on the back?
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by brociouz
You sure you didn't accidentally order the adapter by itself and not the LED?
You're right. The LED was sold out so I only got the adapter
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 09:31 AM
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I ordered these leds for the rear dome because they were sold out of the ones in the guide. Can someone confirm I ordered the right ones?

http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED-B...75517-1-2.html
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by maximL
I ordered these leds for the rear dome because they were sold out of the ones in the guide. Can someone confirm I ordered the right ones?

http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED-B...75517-1-2.html
This one would be a better fit (31mm instead of the 29mm you linked to): http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED-B...54412-1-2.html

There's a new design that should also work and would be brighter, but I haven't personally tested it out yet: http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED-B...19296-1-2.html
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For the dome, I used this.

http://www.jlclightings.com/6-SMD-64...-p/sku_042.htm
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Did the bulbs come close to touching? Since the two festoon slots are fairly close together:

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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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Did the bulbs come close to touching? Since the two festoon slots are fairly close together:

With the 2 x 6-SMD, there was some room left and will be fine.
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LED Reverse in.

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Got JLC's 9-SMD T10 installed for the rerverse lights. Lighting definately improved compared to when the 5-SMD of the T10 was there.

Sorry, pics could be better but I left my camera back in Canada, so I'm using my video cam's picture mode to take them until I go back.

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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 12:15 AM
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The new "improved" V-LED flank bulbs no longer fit the puddle/mirror light anymore. The version that was on sale from the first post is now off the market according to an email i got from V-LEDs.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...le-lights.html
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Best thread ever
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Originally Posted by KillaIS250
The new "improved" V-LED flank bulbs no longer fit the puddle/mirror light anymore. The version that was on sale from the first post is now off the market according to an email i got from V-LEDs.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...le-lights.html
Thanks, made a note in the first post until this gets resolved.

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Why not recommend an alternative and go JLC and put it also in the first post?
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Originally Posted by Sango
Why not recommend an alternative and go JLC and put it also in the first post?
Because I haven't tried their stuff yet and I don't want to recommend something I haven't personally used. I'll try to get around to it at some point, or find someone in NorCal to do a direct comparison with.
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Interesting note that when I was installing the LED Lighting Kit from Sewell that for front dome lights that there were only 2 blubs to replace rather then 3 on the 2011 IS Model.
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Originally Posted by dragnz
Interesting note that when I was installing the LED Lighting Kit from Sewell that for front dome lights that there were only 2 blubs to replace rather then 3 on the 2011 IS Model.
It depends which car it is for. If it is a car without Safety Connect, it will be three map lights.

- Lexus Canada 2012 IS350 F-Sport (Canada does not have Safety Connect, 3 map lights)


- My Lexus US 2011 IS250 F-Sport (Safety Connect , 2 map lights)

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