Alright, I just got done changing out the lights in my car to all blue-L.E.D.s. Enjoy the pics. Let me know what you think...


The front-right door.




The front-left door.




Courtesy/Map lights.



Courtesy/Map & interior dome lights.



Haha, my PIAA Super Sporza windshield wipers got in the pic too.



Blue neons under passenger side of front dash.



My headunit and passenger side of the front dash.



So, what does everyone think?

 

I got those too aren't they sweet. Easiest cheap mod that looks tight. Nicely done.

 

I just replaced all my interior bulbs with the Hyperwhite LED's.. I was surprised that the Hyperwhite's actually put off a blueish color... MUCH brighter than the stockers though.
before:

after

Before

after

 

Cool! I only have LED for my map lights.....

 

Daaamn thats looking good! I wanna do this some time to. How hard is it and what kinda bulbs do I need?

 

How bright is too bright?

 

Okay, look now, there's no reason to show off or anything!

LOL, very, very nice!!!!

 

2000tlrjm, i have exactly the same set up as you and i love the glow of the blue LEDs on the doors at night especially after it's rained! i did go with hyper white map lights cause i thought blue would be detrimental when if i was trying to read or look for something. i originally put neons in the footwells but theyre fading and im going to switch them to LEDs

 

looks cool

 

Yeah, I think I'm going to be changing out my map lights with the hyper whites as well. The blue looks great and all, but unfortunately I can't see a damned thing when it's nighttime. I guess that kind of defeats the purpose of having lights there.

 

i have been wanting to do this..
what size lights for where?

 

looks hot. when i got all the LEDs for my maxima(before i got my tl) my brother broke all of them by throwing them on the ground.idiot

 

nice, did u get em from ledautomotive.com?

 

Thanks! Nah, I actually got them from Autozone. I was a little sketched out about them at first, but I figured why not try 'em out. And, luckily I was happily surprised at the results. However, since then, I decided to change out my map lights with the hyperwhite bulbs, because of the lack of light from the blue LEDs.

 

Thanks a ton! BTW, that sucks ass.

 

Sorry for how long it took me to get back with you, but here's a guide to the factory bulb replacements. Hope this helps out!

2000 ACURA TL
Low beam headlamp
HID-D2R

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
7440

Tail light
7443

Stop light
7443

High mount stop light
7440

License plate
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Back up light
921
921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL 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

Step/Courtesy light
158

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

 

Just noticed the blue or white shift gate color, is that bulb the same as the courtesy light or dome light or something?

 

How many hours do you think it would take a proffessional to install the blue led light in the fog lights radio clock and heater panel?

 

I believe that the installation on the clock and AC panel can be done by oneself.
I was reading it on a site that had them for sale. (forgot it though)

 

might be a stupid ? but wat r map lights?

 

I think maplights are those from above your head. Lol turn those one and read some maps. That makes sense lol. And those in the middle are dome lights i think

I used to play with those high vled blue real bright blue all over, and since i cant really seeing sh!t so lol i took it up hehhehe

 

where do you get the led bulbs from???

 

the autozones where i live dont have them hyperwhites. So i have to get them from LEDautomotive.com, its going to cost me like 40 some dollars, i'm going to check ebay to see if i can find them cheaper

 

Can you put up a pic of the domelight internals? They look crazy bright and I wanna see how many/how you did it. Does anyone know how to take the gauge cluster faces off with out taking the needles off? I saw the DIY and its not descriptive on how to remove the faces.
Thanks Looks great!

 

It's not that much, but I'll post the few pics I have of my hyperwhite LEDs for ya. I purchased the Dome, map and door courtesy lights in a package off a guy on ebay. The vanity mirror, license plate and trunk (not pictured) white LEDs I purchased off a site I had found while searching old threads here... the name doesn't immediately come to mind.

Dome Light:



Door Courtesy Light:



Map Lights:



Vanity Mirror Lights:




Interior rear taken in the middle of the night, no exterior light sources, no flash, only the dome and map lights on:




And just for the heck of it, my white license plate LED... I'll have to take a night shot eventually:

 

hey vivftp, what size are the vanity mirror bulbs? You replaced both passenger and drivers side?

 

I found 'em in this thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/visor-lights-619630/

Particularly post #13 and below which provides a link to the site I ordered 'em from and the particular size.

 

what brand is l.e.d.? n how did you remove the covers? im scared that i might break them if i use a screw driver or something

 

Thanks a lot viv!

 

No problemo. I'm glad I managed to get them for that cheap.

Just a word of advice though, if you go hyper white, the LEDs are a little TOO overpowering and in a way blind you as you're trying to look at yourself in the mirror. It most definately provides FAR more light than the stock bulbs though. Since the map lights are also a bit overpowering, I've had people in the passenger seat use the vanity mirror lights as a reading light, and it works perfectly

 

oooooo I was looking at all the bulbs in my car and getting ready to buy some LED's on eBay, thanks for the pix now i have an idea how bright they'll look

 

hey do you have a picture of the T10 bulbs you used? Do they have 6 LED's on each? and can 168's be used for the step light which is 158?

 

hey vivftp how long ago did you get the lights from the dude on ebay? Do you remember how much they cost you for the set?

Shoot that is hella bright i'm thinking on getting the hyper whites, kuz i had blue in my civc and couldnt see a damn thing!

 

I bought them maybe 4 months ago and they were about 45 bucks for the set I got. The ones in the dome, map and door lights are LED panels.

I'll have to wait until I get home to see if I can find the specific guy, but a quick ebay search should do the trick if you want to find 'em.

 

Nice job.

 

Thanks.

Changing out all the lights in the car was one of the cheapest, simplest and most useful mods that an extreme novice like myself could do, so I got it out of the way first. The factory lights were so dim and ugly, I hated them everytime they came on. I'm more than satisfied with these new lights.

I'll try to snap a few more pics tonight when I get home... any specific requests for angles or anything?

 

could you take pix of the t10 168/158 bulbs and the festoon bulb in the dome? 36mm for the dome right?

 

Sorry, I'm not too familiar with the terminology... what's a festoon?


In my dome, I have a rectangular LED panel with multiple small LEDs on it. It plugs in via an adapter the guy on ebay provided for the dome and sticks on via the 3M tape he put on the back of the LED panel.

 

those are festoon bulbs, they go in the vanity mirror lights and the dome lights. could you take a picture of your dome LED's without the cover?

 

viv bought something like this:





and its hella bright: