I figured i'd contribute to the site by adding a replacement bulb size chart for the 2 gen RL. I seeso many members asking what bulb size goes where so hopefully this would help.

2005-2008 ACURA RL

Low beam headlamp
HID-D2S

High beam headlamp
9005
9005SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen
9005ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen
9005XV XtraVision Halogen - The Brighter Light
9005CB Cool Blue Halogen - The Whiter Light

Parking light
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front turn signal
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Rear turn signal
992 (7440A)

Tail light
Assembly

Stop light
Assembly

Fog/Driving light
H11
H11XV XtraVision Halogen - The Brighter Light

License plate
2825
2825LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Back up light
7440
7440LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Map light
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Dome light
DE3175
DE3175LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp
7443LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Trunk/Cargo area
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

 

Try to get my very first sticky post!!!

 

nice, thanks!

 

great post so what bulbs have you changed out?

 

headlights 6000k
fog lights 6000k
dRL(high beam) yellow raybrig
plate light super white led
reverse light super white led

 

thanks for copying sylvania.com lol

 

Your welcome

 

Thanks!

I dont see the blue ones that light the front floors.

Is there a way to turn them on without opening the doors, say, while driving down the road?

 

 

Whats the size for the license plate?

 

^^Damn it..n/m...

So if I want the make the license plate light up like the lexus ones, what kind of LED should I get?

 

Here are some interesting threads

Cross reference LEDs with car bulbs....look for 2825 license plate bulbs
http://superbrightleds.com/bulb_cross.htm

start with post #31
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-rl-photograph-gallery-91/pics-my-rl-w-mods-%7E-498194/

install info
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-rl-2005-2012-76/license-plate-light-change-497803/

 

which one is it out of these??? there is a lot of the WLED series.

http://superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

 

As far as I can tell, the 194 mini-wedge is target LED. The mini-wedge base is the same for all the different bulbs

194= 147, 152, 158, 159, 161, 168, 184, 192, 193, 259, 280, 285, 447, 464, 555, 558, 585, 655, 656, 657, 1250, 1251, 1252, 2450, 2652, 2921, 2825 & W5W

You then have to select color and physical size to match the approximate envelope of a 2825. I would pick the highest available lumens. LEDs are highly directional vs omni directional as an incandescent bulb, so you may have to take into account number of LEDs and placement as well as physical envelope. SMD (Surface Mount Dode) LEDs are the "newest" technology, and offer brighter lights for the same power, space, or even less space.

Never having made the change, I could not tell you which to select, but finding out the approximate size/shape of a 2825 would be my first step.

You might ask someone on the board. I do not recall ever seeing an actual model number for replacement.

 

Wow..LED's have come a long way. I didn't know they got so complicated...lol.

I will try to pullout the bulb and see what I can replace it with then.

 

I went out during my lunch and those covers are almost impossible to take off!!!!! I didn't get them out as yet after 30min. It just seems like its too much work to take out.

 

Nothing is ever easy. A 2825 is a Sylvania designation for an automotive miniature lamp size T3 1/4 with a mini-wedge base. T is the bulb shape, and the 3.25 is arcane lighting measurements of 3.25 eighths of an inch in diameter. That is why an R-40 household flood light is so designated. R is for the reflector flood style bulb shape, and 40 is for 40 eights of an inch in diameter. For the Europeans, the 2825 style bulb is also known as a T10mm (which is the same diameter as a T3 1/4).

It turns out that the mini wedge base is common to many bulb types. Many of the designations we see may be different manufacturer's designations for the same style (T3 1/4) mini wedge base bulb.

A 194 is fairly dim, 2 candle power, it will last 2500 hrs.
A 168 looks the same as a 194, but is brighter, about 3 candle power, and lasts about 1500 hours.
A 2825 looks the same as a 194 or 168, but is the brightest of this type, about 4 candlepower, and lasts the shortest, say 300-400 hours.

As with many incandescent style bulbs, there are halogen versions of them that burn "whiter" and brighter, but are not the high Kelvin of LEDs. These halogen versions are marketed under names such as Philips Blue Vision, Sylvania/Osram Cool Blue, PIAA Xtreme White, etc.

A candle power is approximately 4 pi lumens.

In the SuperBright LEDs, the T3 1/4 or T10mm equivalent in the so called high power SMD type LED, the choice would be the WLED-WHP. However, it is highly directional, with a single LED at the tip. I do not know how it would perform in place of an incandescent 2825 style lamp, which has 360 degree coverage. So this might lead me to try the 8 LED WLED-WHP9-T. This is larger than the envelope for a true 194 style bulb in diameter and height, 2+mm in diameter, but nearly 10 mm in height, which could be an issue...

There are also other companies that offer these types, and it looks like this 1 watt high power LED T10mm would be a direct 2825 replacement. It has the possible unidirectional issue, and then there is a 5 LED SMD T10mm replacement that is a smaller package than the 8 LED shown in SuperBrightLEDs
http://www.ledlight.com/t10-wedge-1-...led-light.aspx

If anyone does this, please report back with mfg, model numbers, where you bought, etc.

 

Well I went to Pacific Mall last night and bought the LED's and took my time when I got home and removed the lining in the trunk. LED license plate looks beautiful now They are much brighter than the stock and emitts a nice blue effect on the ground.

(I just noticed that is a wish emotion, I always thought it was the gun finger emotion brap brap brap, lol)

 

What exactly did you get?

Can you use this site to identify a similar part? I was looking at the 1 watt single T10mm LED myself.

http://www.ledlight.com/t10-wedge-1-...led-light.aspx

But there are other T10 types such as 5 LED or 8 360 degree arrangements.

Thanks

 

I used a bulb similar to these. It has 6 SMD LED's inside. They are flat at the top but the bulbs inside are on a slight angle to give it the wide angle effect.

http://www.racinglab.com/pohipoledhyw.html

http://www.eautoworks.com/product-Raybrig-23749.htm

 

If I want to replace the OEM bulbs on all 4 doors, what LED bulb does this correspond to?

 

T10 wedge bulb is the most common name. Sylvania calls it a 168. They are the same.

 

I just purchased a 2005 RL and I've been playing around with different Ideas for the front end lights (low beams, high beams, fog lights) I was wondering if anybody had pictures with different lights? Anything would be helpful just want to get an Idea of how different lights look on this car. I've looked around but haven't been able to find much (probably because I'm a new RL owner and new to the scene). Thanks in advanced.

 

I want to run H11 LED bulbs for fog light on my 2005 RL. Do I need a conversion kit to use the bulbs? or is it just plug and play?

 

Here are Xtreme HID 6000K in the fogs. The picture is just a bit deceiving in that they appeared a little more blue than this. They were too blue for my taste.




Plug and play. Read this: https://acurazine.com/forums/second-...t-look-818309/