07 type-s blacked out headlights w/ leds
05-10-2007, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lights
I like the old amber signals better.
Having three different shade of whites (HID, fogs & signals) in the front area doesn't look so good to me.
Nothing will match the same color as the HID, I'd rather go yellow signals and fogs as combo instead.
Having three different shade of whites (HID, fogs & signals) in the front area doesn't look so good to me.
Nothing will match the same color as the HID, I'd rather go yellow signals and fogs as combo instead.
05-10-2007, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rockyfeller
JP!!! Thanx for that explanation and pics. Never thought of doing it that way! As I have posted in other threads I plan to do a LED mod to all 4 signal housings and was planning to use a dremel. Your soldering melting method just gave me some new ideas on how to do mine!!! I wish these LED manufacturers took account for realistic sized LEDs that would fit in a factory housing. They are usually too big! And if 1 of these manufacturers came up with the bright idea of a built-in resistor.....
Rocky... Get those switchbacks in there... I gotta get them switchbacks in!
05-12-2007, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Kennedy
Rocky... Get those switchbacks in there... I gotta get them switchbacks in!
I got them in for you...
It took more then melting a few notches in the housing...
Those switchback bulbs are just HUGE... I'll post pics in a few days...
05-13-2007, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jptl04
thanks! no, a shop here in LA did them for me i just installed the leds.
05-14-2007, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rodneyc77
looks great.... Great Job....
So have you put the sound system in this Tl yet????
So have you put the sound system in this Tl yet????
you gotta post some pics of those switchbacks in there, those are crazy bulbs!
Originally Posted by beatni(c)ki
i've been wanted to get my headlights cleared too, but have to to lazy to do it myself. what shop in l.a. did you get it done at and for how much? if its a good price i may just have them save me the trouble.
Rego Sport Glendale 810 E. Colorado Bl. 91205 (818) 547-3337
price was $250 took about 4 hrs
if i wasnt so scared to cook my headlights i waould have saved myself the $$$ and done them myself. but if you've never done something like this it might be worth it for you, not risking f-ing up your expensive headlights.
05-14-2007, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jptl04
Rego Sport Glendale 810 E. Colorado Bl. 91205 (818) 547-3337
price was $250 took about 4 hrs
if i wasnt so scared to cook my headlights i waould have saved myself the $$$ and done them myself. but if you've never done something like this it might be worth it for you, not risking f-ing up your expensive headlights.
price was $250 took about 4 hrs
if i wasnt so scared to cook my headlights i waould have saved myself the $$$ and done them myself. but if you've never done something like this it might be worth it for you, not risking f-ing up your expensive headlights.
05-14-2007, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveP66
You guys constantly amaze me with this stuff
And that bulb looks like some kind of ship out of a sci-fi flick - pretty wild.
07-26-2007, 02:50 PM
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There are slim fit ones coming out now, but will they be brighter? The ones that are fat are made that way so they can fit 18+ LEDs. Kennedy has found a nice one made by V-LEDS that seems to give some hope. I'd get them but I'm in the switchback club. Someone buy the V-LEDs!
11-30-2007, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by rockyfeller
There are slim fit ones coming out now, but will they be brighter? The ones that are fat are made that way so they can fit 18+ LEDs. Kennedy has found a nice one made by V-LEDS that seems to give some hope. I'd get them but I'm in the switchback club. Someone buy the V-LEDs!
thanks
11-30-2007, 12:34 AM
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clear headlights and switchback lights
i wanna get these switchback turn signals but i dont have my headlights cleared, so my question is, should i order the bulbs and when i find someone to clear my headlghts have them install the switchback lights at the same time? also whats this resistor you guys are talkin about, is that another piece i gotta buy for the turn signals?
11-30-2007, 01:40 AM
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Gosh I'm jealous. I love Maya RT5's so much, but they're so damn hard to find these days after they stopped making them. I was under the impression they do not clear brembos, but I may be wrong. After seeing them in person I fell in love.
btw nice lights. Your thread reminds me that I need to clear out my sides as well.
btw nice lights. Your thread reminds me that I need to clear out my sides as well.
11-30-2007, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jptl04
whats up guys i recently had my headlights blacked out. i had the amber bulbs in for a while and then decided to go with the hyper white bulbs. i bought a pair of these so called hyper white bulbs and was very dissapointed in them. so i tossed those out and went with the 20 super flux led bulb from V-Leds. i read somewhere that these wouldn't fit. i think there was an 18 led bulb that did fit in the 04-06 tl's. anyways i did get these to fit with a little modification. these are 10X's better. they look real good and i did install some load resistors as well. here are some pixx
thanks Leedogg for pointing me in the right direction
bulb off durring the day
bulb on DURRING THE DAY!!! wow these are bright haven't seen them at night yet.
i'll post some more pics of them on at night they match the hids very well, i'm happy with them. let me know what you think.
thanks Leedogg for pointing me in the right direction
bulb off durring the day
bulb on DURRING THE DAY!!! wow these are bright haven't seen them at night yet.
i'll post some more pics of them on at night they match the hids very well, i'm happy with them. let me know what you think.
09-09-2008, 04:57 PM
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whats up guys i recently had my headlights blacked out. i had the amber bulbs in for a while and then decided to go with the hyper white bulbs. i bought a pair of these so called hyper white bulbs and was very dissapointed in them. so i tossed those out and went with the 20 super flux led bulb from V-Leds. i read somewhere that these wouldn't fit. i think there was an 18 led bulb that did fit in the 04-06 tl's. anyways i did get these to fit with a little modification. these are 10X's better. they look real good and i did install some load resistors as well. here are some pixx
thanks Leedogg for pointing me in the right direction
bulb off durring the day
bulb on DURRING THE DAY!!! wow these are bright haven't seen them at night yet.
i'll post some more pics of them on at night they match the hids very well, i'm happy with them. let me know what you think.
thanks Leedogg for pointing me in the right direction
bulb off durring the day
bulb on DURRING THE DAY!!! wow these are bright haven't seen them at night yet.
i'll post some more pics of them on at night they match the hids very well, i'm happy with them. let me know what you think.
Before I install them, do any of you know of switchback LEDs that fit without mods and blink at normal rates for a base '07-'08 (w/7443 turn signal bulbs)? Thanks!
09-09-2008, 05:19 PM
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these should work http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
i did this mod way before the new size switchbacks were made thats why i had to do the modification to fit them.
i did this mod way before the new size switchbacks were made thats why i had to do the modification to fit them.
09-09-2008, 06:00 PM
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I ordered these.
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
I'll give them a shot with pics in a couple of weeks.
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
I'll give them a shot with pics in a couple of weeks.
09-09-2008, 08:17 PM
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these should work http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
i did this mod way before the new size switchbacks were made thats why i had to do the modification to fit them.
i did this mod way before the new size switchbacks were made thats why i had to do the modification to fit them.
Base TL 7443 switchback turn signals,
30 Led SMT Tower Style 7443 plastic wedge base $25.99 x 2
http://autolumination.com/switchback.html
and 6 Ohm deluxe aluminum, 50 watt LED Load Equalizer $6.99 x 2
http://autolumination.com/equalizers.htm
or
V-LEDs dual color white/amber 48 M-SMT parking/turn signal bulbs 7443 $49.99
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
and 2 LED turn signal blinker fix 50W 6 Ohm load resistors 7443 or 1157 $9.99
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...d/0/SFV/32481#
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TL S-Type '07-'08 1157 switchback turn signals,
30 LED SMT Tower Style 1157 metal bayonet base $25.99 x 2
http://autolumination.com/switchback.html
and 6 Ohm deluxe aluminum, 50 watt LED Load Equalizer $6.99 x 2
http://autolumination.com/equalizers.htm
or
V-LEDs TPE 2 dual color white/amber 60 M-SMT bulbs 1157 $54.99
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
and same load resistor for base or S-Type
2 LED turn signal blinker fix 50W 6 Ohm load resistors 1157 or 7443 $9.99
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/4783296/vpcsid/0/SFV/32481#
10-21-2008, 01:33 PM
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I had JnC black-out my lights and he did a great job:
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/custom-headlights-jnc-641022/
If you do the trade-in program shipping time shouldn't be a factor. I mailed my lights to him directly and he did quick, quality work and sent them back after payment was received. I had to park the car in the garage for around two weeks to account for the shipping time. There was quite a bit of work removing/reinstalling the bumper and adding the load resistors to the turn-signal wiring. I'd recommend a good/compact 10mm socket and a flexible attachment (steel cable extender and/or pivoting joint extender). T-claps or soldering the load resistors worked better than the square blue splitters that Vleds sends with the resistors.
Here are some pic’s of blacked-out ver 1 with Vled switchbacks (6 ohm resistor on each side keeps the blink speed normal) on a base WDP ’08 TL.
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...0810204zx6.jpg
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1...sideligni3.jpg
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...htsclosdw8.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20hz0.jpg
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Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20jn9.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20hl5.jpg
Image: http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4...rwiringow8.jpg
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/custom-headlights-jnc-641022/
If you do the trade-in program shipping time shouldn't be a factor. I mailed my lights to him directly and he did quick, quality work and sent them back after payment was received. I had to park the car in the garage for around two weeks to account for the shipping time. There was quite a bit of work removing/reinstalling the bumper and adding the load resistors to the turn-signal wiring. I'd recommend a good/compact 10mm socket and a flexible attachment (steel cable extender and/or pivoting joint extender). T-claps or soldering the load resistors worked better than the square blue splitters that Vleds sends with the resistors.
Here are some pic’s of blacked-out ver 1 with Vled switchbacks (6 ohm resistor on each side keeps the blink speed normal) on a base WDP ’08 TL.
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...0810204zx6.jpg
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1...sideligni3.jpg
Image: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...htsclosdw8.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20hz0.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20gk7.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20jn9.jpg
Image: http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?i...alled20hl5.jpg
Image: http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4...rwiringow8.jpg
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thanks rodneyc77, i haven't done the system yet. that will be next after i get my wheels and suspension done. i gonna do a full custom set-up like in my other TL. might do the same style since i didn't get a long enough chance to enjoy it. i really liked the sound it had.
you gotta post some pics of those switchbacks in there, those are crazy bulbs!
Rego Sport Glendale 810 E. Colorado Bl. 91205 (818) 547-3337
price was $250 took about 4 hrs
if i wasnt so scared to cook my headlights i waould have saved myself the $$$ and done them myself. but if you've never done something like this it might be worth it for you, not risking f-ing up your expensive headlights.
you gotta post some pics of those switchbacks in there, those are crazy bulbs!
Rego Sport Glendale 810 E. Colorado Bl. 91205 (818) 547-3337
price was $250 took about 4 hrs
if i wasnt so scared to cook my headlights i waould have saved myself the $$$ and done them myself. but if you've never done something like this it might be worth it for you, not risking f-ing up your expensive headlights.
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