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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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Re-Blue Under floor lights

I wanted to know if i decided to use blue led lights would i be able to dim them or would they dim as the current Blue OEM bulbs.

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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 11:37 PM
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all the LEDs I've used so far dim exactly like the regular bulbs did.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 02:44 AM
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what size are those bulbs and is it easy to swap?
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 037
all the LEDs I've used so far dim exactly like the regular bulbs did.
Will these fit for the under floor blue lights? If you know of any other option let me know these seem bright (5) led's

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2X-BL...#ht_4206wt_962
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Tea
Will these fit for the under floor blue lights? If you know of any other option let me know these seem bright (5) led's

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2X-BL...#ht_4206wt_962
those are the basic LEDs that would fit front reading lights as well as doors and trunk.

I have no idea what fits in the "under floor blue lights" because I never changed them out.

Think if you yank one out we'll be one step closer.

As far as those bulbs, I think you would be better off with 1 front facing 1w bulb.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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^^ What he said.

Are you sure these T10's are what is used in the interior footwell lights? Does not seem like they would use this type of light.
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 07:40 AM
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037 I know you are the LED guru, so I'm going right to the top. I want to increase the brightness of my backup lights on my 05. Are LEDs the way to go? Any recomendations?
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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037 I know you are the LED guru, so I'm going right to the top. I want to increase the brightness of my backup lights on my 05. Are LEDs the way to go? Any recomendations?
If you want to illuminate the road better then you will have to stay with an incandecant bulb. LED's appear bright but their lumens output is very low by comparison.
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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037 I know you are the LED guru, so I'm going right to the top. I want to increase the brightness of my backup lights on my 05. Are LEDs the way to go? Any recomendations?
I have tried different sets of LEDs are as mentioned above, they may seem bright out of the box, but fall flat on their LED face coming out of the housing.

Stock bulbs put out significantly more light than the most expensive LEDs I can stick in there.

I went with HIDs and the output is crazy. If you do go this route make sure to get separate power as stock wires are not happy with that much current draw.

Otherwise...regular bulbs work best, maybe you can find bright white one's or something. I believe they are 23w.
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 12:10 PM
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Wow, you put HIDs in your reverse lights? Talk about blinding! I seem to recall something about that now. Did you have a video showing before and after, incandescent vs HID?
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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it's not really blinding as the reverse light lenses are quite tiny plus I don't back out full throttle onto streets.

I do have a video on youtube showing that, somewhere.

should be on one of the pages...

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-rl-photograph-gallery-91/037-09-rl-cmbs-redondo-red-709423/
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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try the one with the leds, reverse are shown at the end of that one.
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