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Old Jul 8, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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leds came in over the weekend I should be installing them tongiht, before and after pics to come
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Old Jul 8, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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leds came in over the weekend I should be installing them tongiht, before and after pics to come
Nice! Looking forward to seeing them.
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 09:16 AM
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finally started installing them last night, i took the main cabin lights and changed them out, wow what a difference, before and after pics to come, im working on the glove box as its a big pain in the *** to get to the light in there, I need a smaller LED for the rear trunk area 3-lights and the lights in the bottom of the doors not sure what size it is since its not listed by sylvania. any suggestions? LOVE the LED's so far
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NeoNz
finally started installing them last night, i took the main cabin lights and changed them out, wow what a difference, before and after pics to come, im working on the glove box as its a big pain in the *** to get to the light in there, I need a smaller LED for the rear trunk area 3-lights and the lights in the bottom of the doors not sure what size it is since its not listed by sylvania. any suggestions? LOVE the LED's so far
Nice, can't wait to see
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Old Jul 14, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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3175 bulb only fits in the dome light, not in the trunk, the trunk is a smaller 3022 bulb which i tried to find on ebay well see if this one fits, the glove box don't even bother changing its nearly impossible, and the 74 bulb that would fit in its place is very very tiny, only .5", so just bypass that. ill let everyone know once the other lights that sit next to the big dome light come in and the ones for the trunk, loving the LED's though, they aren't as much a distraction if you like to use them while driving or your passengers are just a pain in the @$$
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Old May 22, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Hi,

Just want to share some pix for my LED dome light. I installed with 15 SMT LEDs at front, and 18 SMT LEDs at rear. It's now super white inside when I hit the unlock and open the doors. I have been using those for over one year without any problems.


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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Looks good!

Are the RX licence plate lights angled? I wanna change some bulbs but the stock incandescent ones are installed in such a way that they're facing towards the back of the car (i.e. they're relying on light scattered in all directions to illuminate the plate). If i simply swap them with LEDs, they LEDs will be facing the rear of the vehicle and... well the plate won't be illuminated very well.
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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I used a small 4 bulb LED from supperbightleds and just bent the tab to fit.

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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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hmm... the licence plate lights i'm replacing are 168/194 wedge-type, not festoons.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 08:03 AM
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I used a small 4 bulb LED from supperbightleds and just bent the tab to fit.

Scott
This light is for the rear cargo area
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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I had these all done on my old car and sooner or later these cheap led will crap out and it's a pain to replace them not to mention constant consumables so I'm leaving it stock
although I do have quite a few different types of led laying around
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