Fatfrii

the vanity mirror light housing lacks the reflective chrome panel that the dome lights have. so what do u do to get a better light output? bust out the aluminum foil!

out line and cut


tape and done


ghetto ass felahee mod! but it works good. Wish i took before and after shot if the light but i guess it would hard to see a difference in a picture. Also, it is a much tighter fit and fixed the sag issue i had since i bent the tab pulling the lenses out

jo-nathanpham

Can you tell me how you got these off? I threw the kitchen sink at these covers, but couldn't remove it and ended up bending one of the metal housings instead... This is the last thing I need to replace in my LED conversion!

05_NBP_TL

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what, no after pics?

did this "mod" with my cold cathode liscense plate lights and it does work for those who may be wondering.

Nice DIY and how much did this mod cost?

UA6

I might try these on my license plate lights.

guitarplayer16

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Cool mod, even though I don't ever use my vanity mirror lights lol

CLtotheTL32

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I don't think I've ever used my vanity mirrors

SharksBreath

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these are held in by a little tab AND some strong-as-shit-glue. just gotta get a flat head screwdriver and pry off what you can, and then release the fabric/light from the glue.

they'll come off...just gotta work at it.

Undying Dreams

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This would be a great DIY if you could actually get the lights out.

MEKO

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There is thin layer of metal there and this plastic sits on it. So with a thin flat screw drive, you have to get in to between them...
I have pictures but let me upload em...

And OP, are your LED's facing upward
because I tried this on the trunk with all around LEDS... didn't see much difference.

Edit:


Pictures...

That metal frame is glued but you don't touch it...
And by clicking that plastic gray thing I don't know what's it called, you could take out the housing. This is just like the trunk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79836957@N04/7489141538/
You see where the LED is facing, there is a plastic extension... you just push that in with a screw drive...boom that's it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79836957@N04/7489144356/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79836957@N04/7489148276/
This is my trunk's old LED... this kind of bulb might work better. Allaround one...360

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79836957@N04/7416514646/

MEKO

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You are not suppose to remove that metal thing... the one that is glued

SharksBreath

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Fatfrii

no my LED bulb is not upside down! lol well i actually first did this because the light looked funny. it was a dot of light on a big lens. The foil was supposed to make the whole lens look like it was lit up. afterwards i realized the light output was better. i can see more of myself in the mirror. To top it off, the tighter fit it fixed the sag from bending the shit out of them taking them out. I also want to mention that i super glued the tab on the lens to fix that too.

Sotiris

I'm going to try this on the trunk light, thanks fatfrii

casty

never knew there was a vanity mirror light. goes to show you how much i use the mirror

MEKO

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Why don't you guys buy these for 5$
I tried LED's on the trunk before...lot's of em
but nothing is like these boards...

After connecting it, throw the housing to inside the trunk and stick the the board there. Done

BuLtL00

I like your RL trunk tray and how it flows!LOL

MEKO

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Oh shut up haha got it from dads 09 RL... when he was selling it
I like it because it matches my interior

guitarplayer16

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Nothing's like cold cathodes heheh

MEKO

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sixsixfour

mine's almost as bright:





i'll take a better, newer pic tonight.

Sotiris

the cathodes look great....btw im loving the trunk tray hehe

Fatfrii

i have a freaking 30 LED board in my trunk but i sold it along with my other blue lights...i wish could find 1 like that in warm white. i got this for my trunk now and it fits snuggly in the trunk lens. bit pricey at $15

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...0-D.htm#photos

Bruce Banner

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Where did you get that LED for $5

MEKO

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I saw them on CLtotheTL32 and he saw them on other member I think

Pictures
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=856208&page=4

Tyler (CLtotheTL32) said 15's are bright, I tried 12 LEDs
Perfect to me...

But the guy told me he doesn't have any more 12 ones in stock...
Just tried to find em...couldn't see the 15 also but there are 24 led ones

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=...n=farmerseller

I have 12 inside...15 trunk

J35A8

Screw this, Im getting a trunk tray asap.

guitarplayer16

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Pretty damn bright for LEDs



If you guys want to go the LED board route for anything (interior, trunk) I highly suggest buying from snb331 on Ebay.
Pure bright white, no hint of blue! (Lots of ebayers say their LED is "white" but they end up being like 6k white)

My interior LED setup is from them!

12 LED:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/12-5050-SMD-L...ht_2171wt_1396

15 LED:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/15-5050-SMD-L...ht_2171wt_1396

sixsixfour

As promised, new pics from tonight. excuse the messy trunk, just got back from skating.







24 LED board taped on the trunk light lens

Bruce Banner

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Nice, so that is the ebay one? I'm guessing the cover no longer fits with this on?

guitarplayer16

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The cover fits, you just mount the LED board onto the cover.

Bruce Banner

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Which seller did you get that from? Did it come with the adapter?

guitarplayer16

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My LED boards come with multiple adaptors including T10 (the one the TL uses a lot)

Read my posts above.

snb331

Bruce Banner

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I got my 24 led, but mine isn't that bright when the trunk peers open. I guess mine are less bright