i know this has been discussed before but will these lights from ebay fit or do you guys know a better place to get them? thanks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts...3A1|240%3A1318

i also want to change my door lights. anyone know where i can get them from?

 

Those will work as far as fitment and what not. Price seems a bit much to me though. The lights for parking and the license plate are both the same, 168. I believe the door light is the same. I bought a bundle of door and map and dome LEDs from ijdmtoy.com and I love them. You can check that site and superbrightleds.com too.

 

I bought all my led's (door, dome, map, trunk & rear license plate) from maple125 on ebay here, I got the white 9-led ones

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blue-...6790QQtcZphoto

I see you're in Toronto and so is the seller, maybe you can meet with him locally.

 

I always get mine from superbrightLEDs.com and autolumination.com. Also, the ones from Oracle would be good for your doors, but I wouldn't use them for the plates because they have multiple diodes. The doors and plates use 194/168 wedge.

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For the plates:

I use these WLED-WHP and they seem to last:


They can be found here:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...5.11688&next=0
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For the doors:

I use these in 'cool white:'


I've also used these before for wider beam:


^Both of these are also on that same link above.

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The link above AND the two links below show pages with a bunch of bulbs. You can basically use any of the 194/168 bulbs for either the plates OR the doors. BUT, for the doors, stick with bulbs equal to or less than 1.25mm long. I don't know the length limit for the plates, so I just stick with the WLED-WHP (first pic) and they're fine. And the big towers are definitely too long to fit.

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

http://www.automotivelightstore.com/...&Category=2772


EDIT: I should mention that if you look at autolum's page, then don't use the "occasional use" bulbs for the plates... obviously because they will be constantly on.

 

thanks for all your help. i want to go with the wide beam(120 degree) for the license plate. will that fit? and is the white actually white, like the Lexus bulbs or is it stock yellowish color?

 

Just for my information, how do you like the wide angle (12led I think) bulbs for your doors compared to the narrower angle ones (the wider angle are the second picture correct?)

I bought the 9leds ones (first picture) for my doors, and they're ver good, but I'm wondering if the 12led (2nd pic) would give me more light that shines down onto the ground. Have you directly compared the two in your doors?

The superbright led website actually states the opposite of what you linked to (for some odd reason). They say that the first pictured light has a wider beam than those in the second picture.

 

WLED-WHP these are the best for the license plate, i used the other kinds (one for doors) in the license plate and had to fab them on to the mount. Careful the plastic clip break!

 

Sorry I had them backwards. The 12LED (first pic) is the 75 degree beam. The 9LED (2nd pic) is the 30 degree. The website is right. My bad on that.


Which 120 degree bulbs are you talking about?

Are you referring to these (WLED-xLX):


They might be too long. But you can try them. If they don’t fit, just send them back... you have 30 day refund. The socket is correct, but again the bulb length is what I’m referring to.

Are you referring to these 120 degree bulbs (WLED-x):

These are probably not bright enough. They’re only ONE regular LED. The WLED-WHP I use has one HIGH-POWER LED.

Again, if you have uncertainties about an exact bulb that others or I don’t know the answer to, just order them, try them, and send them back if you don’t like them. You’ll just loose the shipping cost.



I used the 9LEDs in blue and purple, not white. So I never directly compared the two whites. I was just telling you that they'll work and be pretty bright. Superbright’s chart says that the 9LEDs are 1000mcd brighter than the 12LEDs. I think the ground is illuminated very well with the 12LED cool white. I back into my driveway, and the door light kind of illuminates the garage door 12 feet away. The light even hits the gutter on the roof. I noticed it generates attention sometimes in dark parking lots.

One thing I noticed is that with the 12LEDs, you can distinctly see the 12 bright dots in a circular pattern up against the lens. You can’t see it in the pics below because of the camera. But I like the pattern a lot. When I had the blue/purple 9LEDs, I couldn’t see the dots like that.


I don't know what the Lexus white is, but white LEDs are pure white like HIDs. The cool-white will look slightly blueish. They won’t look like yellowish incandescent bulbs unless you get the color called ‘warm white.’

Here is a pic of my door. This is the 921-x12 cool white (first bulb picture in my ORIGINAL post). Notice the bluish color of cool white:


Here is a close up of one plate light. These are natural white instead of cool white. Notice there is not as much blue as cool white.


For an even better feel for the color, here is a pic of natural white LEDs in my reverse lights. You can also see the door and plate LEDs. The light shining on the ground from the door light looks way darker in this picture than it really does in person.



Hopefully this helps you out.

 

Sorry for the II-post, its too late for me to edit my post. I mean't the SECOND picture in my original post... not the first.

 

The led lights were the first mod I did mainly just cause it was fairly cheap and looks pretty good. I used ijdmtoy.com The prices weren't bad and shipping was quick. One time they sent the wrong color and they had great customer support to switch them out.

 

for future reference... v-leds.com has very good leds