thunderbt3

Does anyone have the stock bulb numbers. I'm looking into switching over to LED's

The manual does have a small section on bulbs but it only list the bulb wattage and no the specific replacement bulb number.

Just02

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

Just02

Are you planning on replacing the incandescent brake lights with LEDs?

thunderbt3

I've checked sylvania's site before, they dont have the 2009 option

If I can find some nice LED brake lights, similar to the 2008 LED ones, I'll think about replacing them. Not so sure about the turn signals. I'll have to do some research on stuff I've heard on the different blink rates when installing LED's\

Thanks for the help guys

jdimase821

those LED replacement bulbs are horrible. I had them in my Civic. There were 32 LED's on each bulb. You couldnt see a thing!!!

thunderbt3

Thanks for the input. I did a little research in the 1G forums and the majority say that aftermarket LED replacement bulbs usually dont light up as bright as the stock. I think I'll leave them stock for the time being.

jdimase821

the stock tails look pretty good for non-LED.

soon4tsx

Have you looked at SuperBrightLeds.com yet?

http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/1156-xLX5.htm

Maybe there's a direct replacement for the Brake Light.

Just02

What about a 48-LED tower?

It's an interesting idea.


What about the "Brake Light Out" warning? Does the TSX even have one? I hope not..

soon4tsx

[QUOTE=Just02;9855538]. . .
What about the "Brake Light Out" warning? Does the TSX even have one? I hope not...[\QUOTE]

I installed LED brake lamps last night and the 09 TSX does NOT have a "Brake Light Out" warning. All three brake bulbs were 63 watts total and now with LEDs less than 12 watts.

FWIW, the high mount brake light required making a special tubular "shim" to get the location of the LED to match that of the Filament in the original bulb.

This is what was used for the High Mount Brake LED (scroll down to the 8th LED in the URL below)

http://autolumination.com/7443_7440.htm

This is what was used for the Brake LEDs (scroll down to the 3rd LED on the URL above)

For the red rear side markers (scroll down to the second LED using the URL below)

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

CybrRdr

How are the brightness compared to the OEM bulbs?
Pics would be nice....

soon4tsx

The 3 watt high mount is just as bright, but the other two brake LEDs are a little dimmer when looking directly at the center (where the filament is located on the original bulb).

Also, because of the complications in getting the High Mount Brake LED at the proper position, I cannot recommend its conversion to LED, unless you really like to tinker.