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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Default Luxer interior LED lighting? yay/nay?

I'm bored and want to do something to change up the interior lighting. Has anyone used/installed/seen the Luxer LED kits from Carson? Anyone? Post up!

http://www.l-tunedparts.com/product/?id=2952
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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they look good!
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GS430V8
they look good!
Yes they do! And I have a feeling I'm going to be the guinea pig on this one

...unless someone who has the kit chimes in
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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save yourself a ton of money, and buy the individual LED bulbs from ebay member warden_jp2002. you can probably get every bulb for your interior for no more than a few dollars per area. i definitely would not pay 40 dollars for them. You can get a dome for 4 bucks, front and rear courtesy's for 2 or 3 dollars per pair, front and rear maps for 2-3 per pair, so instead of buying that 40 dollar kit you can pay between 10-20 for the exact same, if not better stuff.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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i have those. i am using those for the maps and the door lamp. total of 3. they were about $10.00 each from ebay. and yes, i got them from warden_jp2002
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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I've bought many LED's from wardenjp2002 in millenia past, I just happened to see this kit and thought someone may have had it and thought it was worth getting. I should stop being lazy and just search for all the individual interior LED bulb sizes and go the fleabay route, lol

Plus that board looks interesting, I haven't checked to see if warden has those.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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I did this and I'm very happy with the end look
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Maybe its just me, but the 4 White 194 LEDs I bought off warden JP have burnt out already... only after 5 months. (Sidemarkers and the one inside the DRL)
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 06:24 AM
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i've used the luxer as a dome light. no problems, looks good. only drawback is price, esp. when i compared it to a chinese ebay copy which works just as well.
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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do u know if warden has a complete interior kit?
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
do u know if warden has a complete interior kit?
i dont believe so but in the past when i changed out every bulb on my maxima to LED's i think he gave me a high quantity discount or something to that effect...

and to the guy whose bulbs burnt out in 5 weeks or months or whatever, i had warden's bulbs on my old maxima through a year and a half and 20k miles of good and bad new england weather, none burnt out ever. idk where yours went wrong..
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jcat_GS3
i dont believe so but in the past when i changed out every bulb on my maxima to LED's i think he gave me a high quantity discount or something to that effect...

and to the guy whose bulbs burnt out in 5 weeks or months or whatever, i had warden's bulbs on my old maxima through a year and a half and 20k miles of good and bad new england weather, none burnt out ever. idk where yours went wrong..
I have no idea either. Hopefully the temp of the DRL won't affect the parking lights? But even then, that wouldn't explain the sidemarkers. I'm a little hesitant on buying from warden jp. My interior bulbs are from superbrightleds and they are working 100% so far so I might just pick up a pair from them instead..
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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I would definitely spend a few minutes, find out which bulbs I want to replace, and buy them separately. Saves a good few bucks!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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I have a single LED emitter that is insanely bright, (will make these LEDs look dim), but I doubt my OEM diffuser will work too effectively. My polargs are starting to look more yellow than white.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:43 AM
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I'd rather go with something like this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1pc-1...4238QQtcZphoto
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