Anyone convert their interior lights to LEDs?
12-19-10, 08:56 PM
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yeah, i did on my old mk3 supra, it looked great. i went with blue to go with the stereo. I believe i bought them from pepboys, cost next to nothing. i'll look to see if i have any pics somewhere. It only took about 30 minutes
12-20-10, 12:15 AM
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Yeah would like to see that. I'm thinking about ordering new ones for the gauge and for the heater control. I haven't cracked that thing open before so I don't know for sure you can replace them. My few of my heater control lights don't light up, and the lights for the sliders don't light up unless certain buttons are pushed and the slider is in a certain spot haha. Gotta love these cars...
01-01-11, 09:52 PM
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hmm havent thought about this. im redoing my interior rite now so itd be a good time to do it. id love to get some details on this. or hell i might just do it tomorrow. ill post back and let you know if i do.
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01-02-11, 04:38 PM
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Um... well I'm probobly going to switch my gauge to the set up on ebay, white w/ blue letters and led background stuff. I want it blue, and bright. Then I wanna replace the lights in the Logicon, and I'll just order those in LEDs. I'm curious as to what the door panels will look like. Trunk light (or hatch light to the less fortunate) and dome light. Glove box... cig lighter, and maybe set something up like the Mazda 626 floor lights. Nothing riced though, ugh lol.
01-02-11, 06:12 PM
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well i havent made it to the the lights yet. i installed all my new carpet today. but tomorrow its top of my list. ill either be ordering the bulbs or see if i can find them local.
^^im replacing the door panel,all the dome and the rear hatch. i think that will do for now.
^^im replacing the door panel,all the dome and the rear hatch. i think that will do for now.
01-02-11, 06:35 PM
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01-03-11, 04:15 AM
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ive done this and i changed everything to white... the gauge cluster is different to do if you want to change the color... u have to take the cluster compleatly apart on the back of the gauge faces there is a layer of orange that u have to take off i used nail pollish remover the orange on the back is all u can take off cause on the frront of the gauge face the numbers and markings are printed in orange also and there is really no way to remove it without really messing it up if ur doin white it look pretty good the cluster also has lights that shines on the front using clear plastic to redirect the light changing those makes the biggest differnce... now on the locicon it has to be compleaty taken apart also wich is a pain in the *** it also has a layer of orange inside of it soooo if u wanna do this it is a real job but i think its worth it for the looks and to relive some strain on ur already strained electacal system... 
01-03-11, 04:20 AM
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I thought of doing the led conversion of all the lights in my FC.
since there isnt much lights in my car.
managed to do the interior lights.
(will post pic soon)
and then i tried to do the LEXUS license plate led lighting.
put two led lights in the license plate lights in the s5 bulb socket.
looked beatiful, loved it. looked sexy.
then about a week i notice it has burnt the tail light plastic and made a crack...
i guess it was emitting too much heat? i dunno. but it did burn the plastic.
luckily i ruined my s5 tail light today. by rear ending with my gargage.
i will be changing them as soon as i win the bin on ebay...fml
...FML...
since there isnt much lights in my car.
managed to do the interior lights.
(will post pic soon)
and then i tried to do the LEXUS license plate led lighting.
put two led lights in the license plate lights in the s5 bulb socket.
looked beatiful, loved it. looked sexy.
then about a week i notice it has burnt the tail light plastic and made a crack...
i guess it was emitting too much heat? i dunno. but it did burn the plastic.
luckily i ruined my s5 tail light today. by rear ending with my gargage.
i will be changing them as soon as i win the bin on ebay...fml
...FML...
01-03-11, 05:18 AM
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i tried to do the LEXUS license plate led lighting.
put two led lights in the license plate lights in the s5 bulb socket.
looked beatiful, loved it. looked sexy.
then about a week i notice it has burnt the tail light plastic and made a crack...
i guess it was emitting too much heat? i dunno. but it did burn the plastic.
luckily i ruined my s5 tail light today.
...FML...
put two led lights in the license plate lights in the s5 bulb socket.
looked beatiful, loved it. looked sexy.
then about a week i notice it has burnt the tail light plastic and made a crack...
i guess it was emitting too much heat? i dunno. but it did burn the plastic.
luckily i ruined my s5 tail light today.
...FML...
01-04-11, 03:13 PM
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Not to sound like a jerk but it sounds like something got messed up. And Andy, I'm not talking about using the factory cluster. I'm talking about getting the gauges replaced with that kit that is on ebay. I saw a couple 7's with it and it didn't look like garbage (like most of ebay stuff) so I figured I would try it. The Logicon won't be an issue (I have a 2nd one that I'll do it on). Will post pics
01-04-11, 04:27 PM
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Used the 4-LED lights for turn signals (green) and cluster (white).
Used single led's for the door panels (white) and the map lights (amber - it provides just enough light to read things w/o screwing up your night vision and kinda looks like "alert mode" lol) .
Used the 4-LED festune bulb for the dome light it is BRIGHT. The hatch light is unfortunately some odd size that's difficult to find in LED. If you bend the tabs you might be able to fit the festune bulb from the dome light, but I ended up getting an LED panel from autozone that came w/ a variety of festune adapters.
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01-12-11, 05:12 PM
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+1 I converted my interior
Used the 4-LED lights for turn signals (green) and cluster (white).
Used single led's for the door panels (white) and the map lights (amber - it provides just enough light to read things w/o screwing up your night vision and kinda looks like "alert mode" lol) .
Used the 4-LED festune bulb for the dome light it is BRIGHT. The hatch light is unfortunately some odd size that's difficult to find in LED. If you bend the tabs you might be able to fit the festune bulb from the dome light, but I ended up getting an LED panel from autozone that came w/ a variety of festune adapters.
Used the 4-LED lights for turn signals (green) and cluster (white).
Used single led's for the door panels (white) and the map lights (amber - it provides just enough light to read things w/o screwing up your night vision and kinda looks like "alert mode" lol) .
Used the 4-LED festune bulb for the dome light it is BRIGHT. The hatch light is unfortunately some odd size that's difficult to find in LED. If you bend the tabs you might be able to fit the festune bulb from the dome light, but I ended up getting an LED panel from autozone that came w/ a variety of festune adapters.
Have pics?
01-12-11, 05:25 PM
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01-12-11, 06:35 PM
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sorry i never touched them yet.. would love to one day, ill have to take a look and see the possibilities.
andycivic, i suppose removing the orange off the back made them brighter? how did they look with the stripped orange and brighter bulbs /no front light?
andycivic, i suppose removing the orange off the back made them brighter? how did they look with the stripped orange and brighter bulbs /no front light?
02-08-11, 04:01 PM
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Yes, do tell. I'm considering doing this... now lol. I think I'm going to convert my interior lights this weekend. I had an NSX-R come in to work and his were converted, so hott...
02-08-11, 05:00 PM
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I wish I was driving!
LED's do produce heat, and typically must be mounted to some form of heat sink or they will experience premature failure.
02-09-11, 08:34 PM
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This is true. Even a REAL 1w LED run at a constant 13.5v will exceed 100*F. Everything from Superbrightleds and v-leds and whatnot are chinese junk and typically don't last. And if they do last longer than a few months the output of them is terrible compared to a quality LED like Philips, Cree, etc.
02-10-11, 11:01 AM
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$80-90 HOWEVER, I bought way more than I needed, prolly enough to do two cars, because I wanted to try different bulb types in different locations. I also bough some exterior LED's which were the most expensive ones, and interestingly the worst. DO NOT BY EXTERIOR LED's.
I don't have any decent pics ATM but I might take some a little later. The dome light is AWSOME! superbright (pun intended). The lights look awsome, and run cooler than the incandescents they replaced. I have had them from 5-6 months and they are holding up just fine.
My friend has a MKIII Supra and there is a guy on his forum with a RIDICULOUS LED conversion (literally everything has been converted and/or added) He went through all the work of soldering in resistors and doing a bunch of extra work for nothing. SuperbrightLED's work just fine and are much easier to replace IF one should go out.
I don't have any decent pics ATM but I might take some a little later. The dome light is AWSOME! superbright (pun intended). The lights look awsome, and run cooler than the incandescents they replaced. I have had them from 5-6 months and they are holding up just fine.
My friend has a MKIII Supra and there is a guy on his forum with a RIDICULOUS LED conversion (literally everything has been converted and/or added) He went through all the work of soldering in resistors and doing a bunch of extra work for nothing. SuperbrightLED's work just fine and are much easier to replace IF one should go out.
02-10-11, 01:19 PM
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Well all I'm looking for (for now) are my gauges, dome light, and maybe some lights that go under the dash that light up when you open the door. My mom's 88 626 does it. I want my 88 to do it too lol.