LED Replacement Bulbs for the FD3S
11-23-09, 10:21 AM
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You might want to try, as an alternative, the 921 MATRIX LED BULBS" from www.superlumination.com instead. They come in amber and red and might work better. They weren't available when I did mine and the ones listed above them, the 921 18 LED TOWER LED BULBS will be too long to fit.
11-24-09, 11:00 AM
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I ended up ordering mine from www.autolumination.com, so far I have only ordered 1 Eagle Eye 5 for test fitting in the rear tail lights and 2 of the 8- Star SMT in bright white for my front parking lights. I am going to test them out to see how well they work in the interior dome lights and in the license lights to see if anything else might work better. Here is an example of the bulb.
8- Star SMT:
The reason I only ordered 1 of the Eagle Eye 5's is because I wanted to make sure that they worked well before I spent $22 a piece on 3 more. The problem that I have found with these is that the tail light bulbs screw in from the bottom and not straight in from the back the problem being that the Eagle Eye 5's only have LED's on the top of the bulb, so when looking at the tail lights most of the light is directed toward the top of the tail light. Here is an example of the bulb.
I am going to try these out next to try to fix the problem and try to get more equal light distribution throughout the tail light.
Eagle-Eye Tower:
8- Star SMT:
The reason I only ordered 1 of the Eagle Eye 5's is because I wanted to make sure that they worked well before I spent $22 a piece on 3 more. The problem that I have found with these is that the tail light bulbs screw in from the bottom and not straight in from the back the problem being that the Eagle Eye 5's only have LED's on the top of the bulb, so when looking at the tail lights most of the light is directed toward the top of the tail light. Here is an example of the bulb.
I am going to try these out next to try to fix the problem and try to get more equal light distribution throughout the tail light.
Eagle-Eye Tower:
11-24-09, 12:17 PM
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I ended up ordering mine from www.autolumination.com, so far I have only ordered 1 Eagle Eye 5 for test fitting in the rear tail lights and 2 of the 8- Star SMT in bright white for my front parking lights. I am going to test them out to see how well they work in the interior dome lights and in the license lights to see if anything else might work better. Here is an example of the bulb.
8- Star SMT:
The reason I only ordered 1 of the Eagle Eye 5's is because I wanted to make sure that they worked well before I spent $22 a piece on 3 more. The problem that I have found with these is that the tail light bulbs screw in from the bottom and not straight in from the back the problem being that the Eagle Eye 5's only have LED's on the top of the bulb, so when looking at the tail lights most of the light is directed toward the top of the tail light. Here is an example of the bulb.
I am going to try these out next to try to fix the problem and try to get more equal light distribution throughout the tail light.
Eagle-Eye Tower:
8- Star SMT:
The reason I only ordered 1 of the Eagle Eye 5's is because I wanted to make sure that they worked well before I spent $22 a piece on 3 more. The problem that I have found with these is that the tail light bulbs screw in from the bottom and not straight in from the back the problem being that the Eagle Eye 5's only have LED's on the top of the bulb, so when looking at the tail lights most of the light is directed toward the top of the tail light. Here is an example of the bulb.
I am going to try these out next to try to fix the problem and try to get more equal light distribution throughout the tail light.
Eagle-Eye Tower:
I'd run out and look at my tail lights, but the car is not here. What I used (in the post) did a great job for the brake lights and I am very pleased.
You are very wise to limit the number of bulbs purchased to test units until you are sure they'll work for you. I ordered a bunch of different ones for testing and sent back all the other ones.
Post some pics up of how it turns out. Also remember to order a resistor for each turn light you are going to convert or you'll have the quick blinker problem.
11-24-09, 06:03 PM
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Yeah the 1157's are the ones I ordered in the Eagle Eye 5 bulb, another note for those bulbs is if you don't put them in the right way they will just stay in bright mode like you have the brakes pressed so make sure they are installed correctly.
11-24-09, 06:14 PM
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Here is the difference between the old **** LED's and the new 8- Star SMT LED's in my parking lights and my interior dome lights, they are a huge improvement. I have 1 old LED on one side and 1 new one on the other side to show the difference.
11-24-09, 10:04 PM
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haha Yeah I was wondering what the hell was going on at first then I remembered you posting something about it and the little light bulb above my head came on.
12-08-09, 09:54 PM
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I recently installed the following:
*rear side markers
*center stop light
*license plate lights
*map lights
*rear hatch light
I'm very happy with all of them... I see what you mean about the center stop lights, David. They're brighter, but not 'holy ****!' brighter like the others are. I especially like the rear side markers as they should serve a safety function. The map/dome light is great as well, I was in sore need of a replacement for the tired washed-out original bulbs that were in there.
I just ordered the four brake lights from the super lumination website. I'm debating doing the turn signals as well. Worth the expense David?
*rear side markers
*center stop light
*license plate lights
*map lights
*rear hatch light
I'm very happy with all of them... I see what you mean about the center stop lights, David. They're brighter, but not 'holy ****!' brighter like the others are. I especially like the rear side markers as they should serve a safety function. The map/dome light is great as well, I was in sore need of a replacement for the tired washed-out original bulbs that were in there.
I just ordered the four brake lights from the super lumination website. I'm debating doing the turn signals as well. Worth the expense David?
12-09-09, 06:05 AM
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I recently installed the following:
*rear side markers
*center stop light
*license plate lights
*map lights
*rear hatch light
I'm very happy with all of them... I see what you mean about the center stop lights, David. They're brighter, but not 'holy ****!' brighter like the others are. I especially like the rear side markers as they should serve a safety function. The map/dome light is great as well, I was in sore need of a replacement for the tired washed-out original bulbs that were in there.
I just ordered the four brake lights from the super lumination website. I'm debating doing the turn signals as well. Worth the expense David?
*rear side markers
*center stop light
*license plate lights
*map lights
*rear hatch light
I'm very happy with all of them... I see what you mean about the center stop lights, David. They're brighter, but not 'holy ****!' brighter like the others are. I especially like the rear side markers as they should serve a safety function. The map/dome light is great as well, I was in sore need of a replacement for the tired washed-out original bulbs that were in there.
I just ordered the four brake lights from the super lumination website. I'm debating doing the turn signals as well. Worth the expense David?
Regarding the turn signals, if money is okay, I'd do them as they are brighter than stock. Because of the chromed housing in the 99 spec turn lamps, the stock lights are fine as the chrome reflects nicely but the LEDs are much brighter. To me it was as much about replacing the "old technology" with LED as it was about the results, provided the new bulbs were brighter. I'd say, because of the chrome housings, you could probably get by with ordering a lesser cost bulb than the ones I used, but if you do this, make sure you still get one that has a nice high wattage forward facing LED. I originally tried ones that have 5 little LEDs in the front and this made the car look too ricer for me.
Take some pics.
12-11-09, 08:10 AM
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LED Lighting Under Doors and in Footwells
I've been asked a few times about what LEDs I used on the bottom of my doors and in my footwells. The honest answer is I don't know the exact brand as they were installed by a shop. But, now knowing more than I did then, I've run across a source that is inexpensive and one that I think will work very well.
Check out www.onzium.com. They make led light strips that look a lot like what is in my car. I would use a strip of these waterproof leds under the doors:
http://www.oznium.com/thin-waterproof-ribbon
These come with a 3M tape on them so you just have to peel and stick them on and them wire them up. I would think one foot would be fine but you could order a two 2 ft. ones and you can cut them (between every third led) to the length you need.
As for inside the car in the footwells, try these:
http://www.oznium.com/led-ribbon
A one foot section of these in each footwell with light up very well.
To wire them up, and I would check this but the car is at Kilo Racing, all you would need to do is tap into the circuit used for the interior dome lights as these come on when you open the door. I think the wires terminate on the left side of the driver's footwell so check out the wiring diagram. It can't be too difficult as the shop did it in a few minutes.
Try it - you will like the results. Or don't and I can keep the uniqueness of my LEDs
Check out www.onzium.com. They make led light strips that look a lot like what is in my car. I would use a strip of these waterproof leds under the doors:
http://www.oznium.com/thin-waterproof-ribbon
These come with a 3M tape on them so you just have to peel and stick them on and them wire them up. I would think one foot would be fine but you could order a two 2 ft. ones and you can cut them (between every third led) to the length you need.
As for inside the car in the footwells, try these:
http://www.oznium.com/led-ribbon
A one foot section of these in each footwell with light up very well.
To wire them up, and I would check this but the car is at Kilo Racing, all you would need to do is tap into the circuit used for the interior dome lights as these come on when you open the door. I think the wires terminate on the left side of the driver's footwell so check out the wiring diagram. It can't be too difficult as the shop did it in a few minutes.
Try it - you will like the results. Or don't and I can keep the uniqueness of my LEDs
06-06-10, 09:21 PM
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Bumping this great thread back up
Just ordered the reverse lights, mine had never worked for some time and when swapping in a JDM series 8 trans, I discovered that my old reverse sensor wires were damaged.
Now that they work, I want the full complement of LEDs
Btw, all of them are well worth the money, the only ones I'd recommend not buying are the LED bulbs for the taillights. They don't project the light evenly...... I think Tom's SakeBomb GB will satisfy this requirement
Just ordered the reverse lights, mine had never worked for some time and when swapping in a JDM series 8 trans, I discovered that my old reverse sensor wires were damaged.
Now that they work, I want the full complement of LEDs
Btw, all of them are well worth the money, the only ones I'd recommend not buying are the LED bulbs for the taillights. They don't project the light evenly...... I think Tom's SakeBomb GB will satisfy this requirement
06-07-10, 01:44 PM
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Here is what I tried to add to the above post but didn't make it in time:
What I might do, unless there is more interest, is to do a complete LED bulb replacement on my car and then post up a list of all the bulbs with pics of them. I've found some very nice 5 watt dual intensity taillight bulbs to try. I think the brightest ones yet that were tested on the forum were 3 watts. 5 watts is a lot of brightness for an LED bulbs. For comparison, I built a pretty cool, funky modern chandelier for our new home in Asheville using 7 LED lights, with each being less than one watt per bulb. And each bulb gives off enough light for an equivalent 45 watt or so regular bulb.
Here is what I am thinking for the tail lights:
http://superbrightleds.com/specs/1156-xLX5.htm
The above bulb interests me for a few reasons. It uses surface mounted LEDs which I have found to be extremely durable. It has a beam angle pattern of 220 degrees which is more than wide enough to light up the whole tail light section. Most LEDs are narrow angle focused (like a flash light beam) and they do not spread out enough light for tail light and braking applications. Finally, the bulbs are very bright as they put out about 130 lumens. By contrast, the bulbs I used for my home lighting project we pretty bright but they were only 24 lumens (http://superbrightleds.com/specs/MR11-WHPx.htm) so I know these will be bright. The downside? Cost: $29.95 per light.
What I might do, unless there is more interest, is to do a complete LED bulb replacement on my car and then post up a list of all the bulbs with pics of them. I've found some very nice 5 watt dual intensity taillight bulbs to try. I think the brightest ones yet that were tested on the forum were 3 watts. 5 watts is a lot of brightness for an LED bulbs. For comparison, I built a pretty cool, funky modern chandelier for our new home in Asheville using 7 LED lights, with each being less than one watt per bulb. And each bulb gives off enough light for an equivalent 45 watt or so regular bulb.
Here is what I am thinking for the tail lights:
http://superbrightleds.com/specs/1156-xLX5.htm
The above bulb interests me for a few reasons. It uses surface mounted LEDs which I have found to be extremely durable. It has a beam angle pattern of 220 degrees which is more than wide enough to light up the whole tail light section. Most LEDs are narrow angle focused (like a flash light beam) and they do not spread out enough light for tail light and braking applications. Finally, the bulbs are very bright as they put out about 130 lumens. By contrast, the bulbs I used for my home lighting project we pretty bright but they were only 24 lumens (http://superbrightleds.com/specs/MR11-WHPx.htm) so I know these will be bright. The downside? Cost: $29.95 per light.
06-08-10, 12:38 AM
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I'm trying to find the solution for the 3rd brake light. Not all the sites list wattage but Nokya shows theirs as 2.5w (or close to it). The factory bulb should be approximately 16w/ea.
Here is the brightest i've found which is 8w but you need 3 x $60/ea = expensive.
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...26829-1-2.html
Here is the brightest i've found which is 8w but you need 3 x $60/ea = expensive.
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...26829-1-2.html
06-08-10, 08:31 AM
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I'm trying to find the solution for the 3rd brake light. Not all the sites list wattage but Nokya shows theirs as 2.5w (or close to it). The factory bulb should be approximately 16w/ea.
Here is the brightest i've found which is 8w but you need 3 x $60/ea = expensive.
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...26829-1-2.html
Here is the brightest i've found which is 8w but you need 3 x $60/ea = expensive.
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...26829-1-2.html
Here is another option:
\http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...46570-1-2.html
They are 5 watt units so they should also be bright. They are also red which is by rule what you should use and you can buy them by the pack (2 each) or just one so your total cost would be $75. Still pretty pricey but worth it if they worked. I would say buy both if you can return the ones you won't use. That way you can compare both against the stock bulb and then decide. It would be great if you left the stock bulb in the center and then put one each in the unit and took a pic for comparison.
06-09-10, 09:34 PM
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Check these out, they don't show the wattage though...
These might work for the 3rd brake light, what do you think?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/T...72056-1-2.html
These seem to be perfect for the brake lights
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...72898-1-2.html
These might work for the 3rd brake light, what do you think?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/T...72056-1-2.html
These seem to be perfect for the brake lights
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...72898-1-2.html
06-09-10, 10:30 PM
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Check these out, they don't show the wattage though...
These might work for the 3rd brake light, what do you think?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/T...72056-1-2.html
These seem to be perfect for the brake lights
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...72898-1-2.html
These might work for the 3rd brake light, what do you think?
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/T...72056-1-2.html
These seem to be perfect for the brake lights
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...72898-1-2.html
06-10-10, 11:29 PM
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Some pics of the LED reverse lights I just installed, I ordered them from SuperBrightLEDs.com, BA15 4Watt LED bulb-*****, 1156-W3x1.3
First pic is a comparison between the LED and an 'upgraded' hyper white style bulb I had been running. Other two pics show the light output.... I'm very happy with them, they definitely exceeded my expectations
First pic is a comparison between the LED and an 'upgraded' hyper white style bulb I had been running. Other two pics show the light output.... I'm very happy with them, they definitely exceeded my expectations
06-10-10, 11:29 PM
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Some pics of the LED reverse lights I just installed, I ordered them from SuperBrightLEDs.com, BA15 4Watt LED bulb-*****, 1156-W3x1.3
First pic is a comparison between the LED and an 'upgraded' hyper white style bulb I had been running. Other two pics show the light output.... I'm very happy with them, they definitely exceeded my expectations
First pic is a comparison between the LED and an 'upgraded' hyper white style bulb I had been running. Other two pics show the light output.... I'm very happy with them, they definitely exceeded my expectations
06-12-10, 11:52 PM
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Can someone post a pic of these beside the oem halogen bulb plz?
[QUOTE=David Hayes;9637307]Rear Tail Lights (www.superlumination.com)
Eagle Eye 5
Quantity: 4
Product: Type-1157 $ 19.99 (each)
Options: Red
[QUOTE=David Hayes;9637307]Rear Tail Lights (www.superlumination.com)
Eagle Eye 5
Quantity: 4
Product: Type-1157 $ 19.99 (each)
Options: Red
