Xpditor

Four years ago, I installed the following LED lights in my new TL:

Doors: 2 X 6LED Blue WLED-B6 (194)
Domes: 4 X 4LED White WLED-W4 (194)

...which I bought from superbrightleds.com .

I noticed a few weeks ago that the blues on the driver's door were working intermittently and the passenger door not at all.

One of the front domes was out and the other was flickering. One of the back domes was out also.

I replaced the white dome lights with the OEMs that I had saved. I had a spare, new blue LED so I put that in the passenger door and it worked fine.

I did some work on the driver's door bulb and got it to work. The tangs in the socket were bent (from the factory).

Interestingly, the leds don't go out all at once. You can lose or or two on the same bulb and they just get dimmer.

Also noted: the fuse you will blow screwing around with these sockets is #6, brown, 7.5 Amp. It is on the bottom row next to the yellow 20Amp fuse. You can buy a 6 pack of them for about $2 at a parts store. They are ATM type mini fuses.

And, when you blow that fuse, it also disables the remote key fob. The lock switch will still work on the door, but the remote won't.

Or, you could remove the fuse before you start. Just changing the bulbs out should not blow the fuse.

Black_dc2

So I got these and WOW what a tight fit.





How the hell do you get the vanity covers off?

xen-cuts

I do not understand how you put these panels inside the fixtures? Do they just sit on the plastic cover?

Black_dc2

The gold framing holds the led in the trunk light. But I haven't gotten the vanity covers open yet.

ityper

i got the same exact leds for my trunk as well. I gave up trying to mount it inside the plastic cover so i used the double sided tape provided (green piece peels off) and stuck it outside of the cover and MAN these suckers are BRIGHT! Entire trunk, not an inch of dark spot, its like opening your trunk and looking in with a flood light

sixsixfour

the vanity ones are a bitch to take off. i finally got them out and used these for them (these used to be in my reverse lights)




for reverse, i have these:

ityper

question to those with led turn signals: How fast does it blink compared to the stock? I take it the stock turn signals flashes every second? How many flashes does the leds do in a second?

MIZZ900

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how do i install the license plate leds... does trunk panel have to come off.. thanks

Black_dc2

Almost triple the speed on the blinking.

No you don't have to take off the plate assembly. Just take the carpet off the inside of the trunk lid.

Also, the supernovas that kennedy mentions on the first page: One has already gone out on me. Less then a month.

sixsixfour

this is the brand that i use for the 4 domes, door and license plate:

http://www.brm21.com/US/bulb_e.html

i use the type 194.

rear:



inside:



door:

smsTL

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Blue or Super White still can't decide...

I know that white once are better for visibility but in "looks" wise, which one looks better BLUE or SUPER-WHITE? btw, i have tan interior...

I spent so much time searching here and still couldn't decide...please help...

JsL138

Where did you buy it from? The site you linked seems to be a distributor and not a retailer.

sixsixfour

i could not find an online retailer, and that link is the only one i can find since it is marked on the package.

i bought it locally at super autobacs.

playa4real

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i finally replaced my interior bulbs with some LEDs and changed out the reverse bulbs for those monsters on the first page. its a serious improvement and for whoever hasn't done this yet..get on it!! looks amazing on the taupe interior as well.

i liked it so much that i even changed out the interior bulbs on my sister's RDX

still have to install the switchbacks..im just waiting to order some Noyka H8 3000K for my fogs and some 6000k for my HIDs...getting my tint done on Monday so probably finish the LED mod at the end of the month

smsTL

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I just did mine on both front doors to 15 LED Blue and it look awesome. what color did you use for the Dome lights? is it Super Bright White LED or BLUE? Thanks

j0hnklm36

what kind did u use WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb?

or like what.. im sooo confused.

and for the doors. why do u use the 20 dollar 921x12 ones

smsTL

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It comes to think of i like mine in blue better than the white once...i used all blue domes and doors, they are bright as hell...and used super white on license plate. My friends are like WOW...

smsTL

iTrader: (1)

just use these from here, you should be fine...
194 Supernova Bulbs With Metal Heat Sink: http://superlumination.com/194.htm

Kennedy

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I don't like those in the doors...The light is too bright from a point source. See post 7 in this thread...

WDP-ledx12...

jayrowe

I just finished mine. Interior and exterior (except for directionals, glovebox and center console), and I have to first of all say thanks to Kennedy and others who posted the info. I love the look!

Two things I would change if I had to do it over again (and probably will change at some point)

-The door lights seem to be a little less 'super white' than the interior (almost a yellow white hue) but close enough that it doesn't bother me TOO much. The ones for the vanity fit well, and provide the same color as the rest of the interior.

-I would also try for a little bit brighter license plate bulb, but for those who don't want it too bright, these will be fine.

As an FYI: if you are buying the reverse lights from v-leds like I did, take notice that the package contains two bulbs. I bought 2 two packs DOH!

playa4real

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anybody change the brake lights? how do u like them? (not the turn signals)

lights

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our brake lights are already LEDs.....

playa4real

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well then..ha. yeah i thought i had read somewhere that they were, but i wasn't sure.

thanks

oneclu

are there any other led interior lights that are so bright?

oneclu

oops, that ARENT so bright***

jimsta

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Reading through, would the SMT 6 LED board from v-LEDS be better? for the dome lights or you guys think I should just stick to the WLED-WHP for super bright LEDs?

http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

I'm looking for a nice white light as well as functionality cause I do want to be able to find things in th dark and possibly use the light to read something if I needed to.

playa4real

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i have the WLED-WHP in the domes/map lights and they are plenty bright. If you can't find what you are looking for with that amount of light you may want to get your eyes checked.

Oneclu - As for something not as bright..the ones that are recommended in this thread do not seem as bright as the ones that sixsixfour used in his car..but i have not seen his in person so i cannot make a direct comparison.

jimsta

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Playa, i want the same brightness as sixsixfour but w/o paying that hefty price tag of $20/ for a pair of lights. I know he swapped to some much brighter LED's recently, but his older setup was the kind of brightness I wanted.

Do you ahve any pictures of the WLED-WHP brightness in the cars?

playa4real

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i dont have any pics..i tried taking some, but i couldnt get the proper brightness of the LEDs to come out in the pictures so I scrapped them all. i believe the OP posted pics of the WLED-WHPs that he installed..take a look at the 2nd page of this thread

jimsta

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THanks for trying dude, I think I may just go with the V-LED boards since they are almost the same price as the super brights.

playa4real

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no problem.

where are you from...there might be a fellow Azine member in ur area who has switched to LEDs that you can check out (if you want obviously). if you do end up going with the boards dont forget to post some pics. good luck

JLev

Guys with the factory reverse camera who are using the 18 SMT reverse LEDs, do you notice a big improvement in visibility at night?

playa4real

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not really..theres a slight difference. if you want a huge difference put some HIDs back there - yes it has been done

powerflow

Hey Kennedy/LED guru's,

Has anyone heard or experienced problems with the license plate LED sockets blowing LED bulbs or requiring load resistors within the circuit. I think I just had a bad/defective LED bulb set, but just curious.

kfhughes

Just the opposite; the 18 SMT reverse LEDs are not as bright as the stock bulbs. But since I could hardly see anything with the stock bulbs anyway, I just left them in.

jimsta

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KF, Wow... that sucks... i wanted to make my reverse lights brighter but if the LED's are nto as bright... I might not change them then since its going to cost me $35 to replace it... I know V-LEDs has the new 36 M-SMT led's... do you think they may be brighter?

Kraftycutter

excuse my ignorance, but how hard is it to swap out all the lights?


In addition, I'm out of town . . . do you only need 1 bulb per side? i.e. how many bulbs to order for each replacement?

playa4real

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its pretty easy..you'll find that the vanity lights are hardest because its just a pain to remove the lens - once you figure out how to do it, pretty easy. there are several threads on how to replace the bulbs just check the garage and do a quick search

not sure what you're referring to with the 1 bulb per side, but its a direct 1 to 1 replacement. 1 bulb is replaced with 1 LED light (some house multiple LEDs, but its just one "bulb" for lack of a better word).

Kraftycutter

By 1 blub per side what I'm trying to get to is. . . how many bulbs do I order for the rear of the car, how many for the interior, how many for the door sills, etc.

jimsta

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I installed all my V-LED's over the weekend and I realized I made a bunch of mistakes....cause I didn't read carefully and I didn't check out all the bulbs i was going to replace.

Mistake - The M-SMT 6 LED boards did not work properly because I didn't read where it says "Polarity sensitive". I was going to use these for the front interior dome lights...but only the driver side worked properly, the passenger side, only worked when I plugged it facing up, which was jsut retarded!!!

DO NOT GET THESE - http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

I ended up using these boards on the courtesy lights at the door.
My only saving grace was that I picked up these for the courtesy lights, so I just kind of used the downward facing LED's at the door and the SMT towers for the dome lights.
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

These things are fricking awesome and super bright!!!

If I could do it all over again, I would have just purchased 3 sets ( each order has 2 bulbs) of the 11 M-SMT towers, 2 for the doors, 2 for the front domes and 2 for the back domes. These things are bright as heck.

Now this was purely for aesthetic looks, if you want to make the interior brighter for looking for things or easier reading...there isn't that much of a difference, the regular halogen bulbs are actually much softer on the eyes and more comfortable to read or have them on...but these LED's just look sweet!

For the license plate LED's, I got these
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481
they aren't that bright on the plates due to these being directional LED's. Which is fine for me, since I didn't want to light up my plates too brightly....for other reasons.

If you want the plate to be lit up super bright I Would suggest the downward facing board (these ma work http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481).

Will post pictures later tonigth when I am at home.

I am at work now so I apologize if my sentences are incoherent in the post above.