berzerker

Hey Kennedy,

I just orded a pair for the reverse lights, a pair for license plate, and one for the trunk light. Up above you mention you had to put some silicone on one of them to help with fitment, which bulb was it?


great post by the way

yohan81718

kennedy, have you tried #5 on interior dome lights?
one of my led i got from tec-toys died for sometime now... i should just buy all the LED's at once just to save up from shipping

csmeance

same question, #5 on the domes?

Kennedy

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The # 4 bulbs in the license plate housing are a bit of an issue. They're kinda heavy respectively (notice the aluminum heat sink), and they hang upside down. They're slightly smaller than stock awhere they slide into the housing, thus the friction fit isn't as good as it needs to be to to keep the bulbs in place, especially with trunk slamming and miles.

A quick dollop of clear silicone will keep the moisture out and hold them place.

The reverse bulbs fit better, put I plan to do those for additional security as well.

Kennedy

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Yohan, Csmeance...
No way. #5 is way too bright. Firing that thing up at night, driving down the road would blind you. Use the 1 Watters (referenced as "bulb zero" from superbrightleds, caled "wled-whp") for the interior... and BTW, these are not nearly as likely to fail.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....17566&next=50

BTW, I have 2 sets of these (4) in a sets I could sell each of you for $20 delivered, hit me up if interested. These are the leftover from my TL and Odyssey LED upgrades.

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Thanks for testing out these bulbs Kenny! I kinda gave up on backup lights until I saw your post. Everything else in my car is already white LEDs except the backups so now with your post I can finally finish it off with the backup lights. Thanks again. I ordered the 906 chrome coat super white bulbs from autoluminination about 6 months ago before all these new LEDs came out. They were so dark it was just plain worthless. STAY AWAY FROM THOSE!

So now I have:
9LED whites from tec-toyz: 4 domes, 2 doors, 2 license plates
194 5-LED Matrix Bulbs: 2 vanity mirrors, 1 trunk

Soon to have the #5 from Kenny's post for my backups....though I'm tempted to change my license plates to #4 now. I'm happy with my interior setup cuz I don't want it to be too bright inside. The 9LEDs are just right in my opinion and I get compliments on them all the time.

To answer the foglight question above, I'm currently using Nokya 7000k Artic White bulbs with stock HIDs. They do have a very slight purplish tint to them when you look directly at them...just barely. On the road it makes the stock HIDs seem a little whiter. Doesn't add much to brightness but whitens it a bit more. I've gone through Hyper Industries, MTec, Luminics, and Nokyas from eBay and the Nokyas produced the best results for me. I'm not a good photographer but if anyone is interested in pictures I'd be glad to take some and post them if I figure it out.

Thanks again Kenny.

Kennedy

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For the record... It's Kennedy, as in the assasinated President...

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DOH! Please excuse my inability to read...hehe. I didn't get up at 6AM to make that post....I stayed up UNTIL 6AM. My bad. Thanks Kennedy!

yohan81718

I ordered a pair of #4 and #5. I will see how it works. Is there any other method than using the silicon for license plate LEDs?

Kennedy

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Not that I'm aware... but silicone clearly is the most elegant solution. Why the aversion?

rockyfeller

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I want to do the #4s too but only ordered the #5s for now. Still debating whether I should do the CCT mod for the license plate. Hmmmm.

darksom1

I can't wait to put this in my reverse! Damn people can't see me backing up? Well wait'll they get a load of this!! I'm also going to do #4 for lic plates!

Nice work Kenny!

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It's KENNEDY...LOL (See Post #127 above)

darksom1

LOL! I know. I was just bustin' his balls that's all! LOL!

VoLLy

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Have you tried #5 in the license plate? does that work as good or better than #4?

Kennedy

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#4 is better. The license plate needs DIRECTIONAL light shining down, where #5 is OMNI DIRECTIONAL to take advatage of the reverse light reflector.

VoLLy

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Nice, I currently have a 12-LED hyper-white bulb in my license plate:



Would upgrading to bulb #4 be a great improvement in term of lighting my whole plate and illumination?

btw...i'm definetely getting the reverse/back-up lights for my 2nd gen tl after I seen your pics, great job on the write up!

Kennedy

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Yes... I've had them all. 9led from tec-toys... garbage. I have the 12 leds in my doors. The 1W "zero's" and now the #4s. For the license plate are the brightest most focused I've seen.

The Dougler

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Man Kennedy you must have spent a pile of money trying all these different bulbs out. I thought about buying a bunch but the shopping cart got a little to expensive for my taste. I ended up just getting some xenon 921 bulbs for the reverse lights. Kudos for being the guinea pig on these!

triggle

Kennedy, I read the whole thread but missed a comparison to the stock incandescent REVERSE bulb. Are these an improvement over the stock bulbs brightness?

Kennedy

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I didn't take any pictures of the stock bulbs. These are "SLIGHTLY" brighter than stock... but the light output is cool, and it's an LED, so it should last forever.

VoLLy

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Nice, I'll give the #4 a try. I'm gonna buy two, one for license plate and one for trunk. Currently I have the 12-LED ebay bulbs in my trunk and license plate.

VoLLy

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Oh and one more question, currently I have the 9-LED white festoon bulb in my dome light. Unlike the 3rd gen TL we dont have the rear passenger light, we only have the dome light, would upgrading to these be a much of a difference:



if not, then what would you recommend as far as festoon bulbs go on this page:

http://autolumination.com/festoon.htm

Thanks a bunch!

yohan81718

autolumination packaging is kinda wack... they put the LEDs in a plastic bag, staple the tip so the LEDs don't fall out of it, then they wrap it with newspaper (or some kind of grey-ish paper, and put that in a box...

i was expecting some kind of bubble wraps for safety and all

oh well, my #4 and #5 arrived... i will give these a try tonight

SLAKERZ

Volly, could you please let us 2nd Gen guys know with pics how yours turns out (in the 2nd Gen forums) I tried #5 in our license plate light and it worked for a while before flickering out on me. I currently have #3 in the license plate and it also works pretty well. My only concern for the #4 on the 2nd Gen is that because it is more focused, it might give a puddle effect on the floor the way our 2nd Gen bumper is designed. Thanks VoLLy!

Kennedy

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Dude... you're kidding right. It's in a BOX, nice and safe. Most folks ship LEDS in bubble wrap envelopes.

You're a tough customer to please.

Kennedy

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I have and highly reccomend these festoon bulbs, they're throughout the wife's 2007 Odyssey. I'm the super led nerd.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SUPER...3184QQtcZphoto

crazy bright...

VoLLy

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Yeah sure I will, I've gone through 6-LED, 9-LED, single focused LED and now 12-LEDs on my license plate. I am excited to give these a try. I dont really mind the puddle affect as long as its bright, but i'll see. I'm make a thread once i get these bulbs in, I'm gonna order them sometime during nextweek.


Would you by chance have any pics of these LED's illumination? Its hard to believe something so small can light up so much.

How about these, would they be slightly brighter than the single dome type you posted above:

rockyfeller

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Nice festoons, never seen those before. I gotta tell my BMW buds about those, they've been asking me about my LEDs but wedges don't apply to their cars.

yohan81718

For those who wants to try #4 as dome lights, it looks pretty good. (I tried my backup light in dome lights)
I don't know why Kennedy says not to use it... I think it will look pretty good.

Kennedy

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#4 as domes is OK with me. I suggested Zero for domes becasue they're cheaper and have a near equivalent light output (#4 is slightly brighter, but cost 2x as much). The #4 's also have "heatsinks" which keep the led cooler (increasing the life), for "always on" applications like the license plate. The interior lights hardly stay on long enough to ever need that.

#5 domes are just plain too bright for interior domes. Consider the situations... you're driving down a dark road at night, and then you fire up one of those #5's to look for a CD. When you turn off that dome light, your night vision will have been crushed. Do what ya want, your money and your night vision. Please do not compromise safety for aestetics.

kappa821

i have the zeros in my domes and door they look great...at first i thought they might be to bright but its not the case at all. my friend just put the zeros in his license plate on his black tl they look good but i think i am going to go with something a little brighter...

when i was looking at how he took his trunk liner off i realized that he has screw type while mine are just flat (not to sure how explain what they look like but you guys obvi know what i am talking about). thought it was kind of wierd how we had the same model year and it was still diff.

kappa821

i have the zeros in my domes and door they look great...at first i thought they might be to bright but its not the case at all. my friend just put the zeros in his license plate on his black tl they look good but i think i am going to go with something a little brighter...thanx kennedy for the reccomendation of the zeros..

.now if i could just find time to take that trunk liner off to actually replace the license plate lights

WiLLrOx

Kennedy,
How did you apply the silicone? Did you put it on the inside of the housing? What kind of silicone did you use?

yohan81718

My license plate LED wasn't loose at all.. I didn't use silicon for mine FYI

rockyfeller

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Kennedy you are ThE Man!!! Just did the backup LEDs today, they're perfectly bright just as you said and I highly recommend them to the rest of you guys! Now I HAVE to do something about those license plate lights they look so yella.......

A-TLvic882

Thanks Kennedy for testing these out for us and doing a write up

It was worth the wait. Nice post.

Kennedy

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That's good news. I suspected that actually, but didn't want to say anything as it would lead to more questions.

I think the fact that I used the Zero's previously "stretched out" the mounting tabs. I recall the zero requiring a bit of force to get them installed, which tells me they were a bit oversized. When removed, this left the mounting tabs a bit "loose". I supposed I cold take a screwdriver and ttweak them to tighten them up, or just spend the $10 or so for new sockets.

I used plain old clear silicone from home depot. Just used a "dollop" on each side of the led to "glue" it to the housing.

Glad you guys are diggin' em too.

yohan81718

Yes, Kennedy. I like them a lot. Thanks for testing and posting the pictures for us

Juiced_Acura_Kidd

Kennedy...Do you think the #4 LED in the license plate is brighter or lighter than the Cold Cathode Mod? Thanks