designer

hey,
What type of LED light would is better (brightness, even light distribution, longlasting) to use for the map, dome and door lights of my TL-08...

1) The flat panels that contain 6 or 12 leds, and seem to be wired?

or

2) the plug and play wedge compressed LED lights that are compressed into a circular pattern?

just want to make the right choice before I buy

thanks for any tips. D

msala524

iTrader: (3)

30 led boards are the best

dwb993

iTrader: (13)

I have the 12 LED wedge bulbs and I am happy.
I have not seen the board LEDs, but I presume they would cure a minor issue I've noticed with the wedge bulbs where the wedges throw their light in the wrong direction. The front domes point the bulbs toward the doors, where the rear domes point down, making a much brighter light "throw".
https://acurazine.com/forums/members/dwb993-179691-albums-blue-leds-installed-1920/

designer

thats a great tip,
I thought that could happed with the wedge lights; the panel boards seem more predicatable as to how the light is "thrown"...

Are 12LED's too bright? was thinking about a 6LED panel

any other thougths...

designer

msala, where did you get your 30LED panel lights from?
thanks

msala524

iTrader: (3)

vleds.com, the bulb size is 194

I dunno if the code: clublexus
still works but its 10% off of your order

sixsixfour

LEDs are waaay better.

this was my previous setup after replacing the stock bulbs to 3SMT LEDs:






but now, I currently have 24s on mine. looking to upgrade to brighter ones if they'd fit:



compared with a stock bulb:



rears:





outside view:





my trunk has the same 24-LED as well:

msala524

iTrader: (3)

^^ Nice. The 30 led boards will fit, I have them all around in my car.

dwb993

iTrader: (13)

That is some impressive light. I thought mine were bright until I saw this. As I mentioned, with the boards throwing light from all 24/30 LEDs in the same direction, you get ALL of the light where you want it. That code at V-LEDs worked for a 15% discount for me. Jeez, looks like I gotta close my Paypal account for the better good of my finances.

andyc123

I got my 12 led boards on Ebay, from JLED??? i think. Something like that. JDAM perhaps. Anyway, same thing as the above pics. I've tried a few different LED's. Single LED's are slightly brighter than stock, circular pattern multiple LED's are only marginally better, but the boards are definitely the way to go. I currently have blue LED's (12 LED boards) and they are quite nice, and I have 4 sets of red ones that I'm going to try out. Here's a tip. Go to your local (gay) crafts shop and get some styrofoam, cut it into a shape to fit the space, and glue in place, then tape your led boards to them.

h2point2

iTrader: (1)

so 194 for all interior lighting?

218TL

I really like this. Where did you get the LED's and such?

sixsixfour

locally from my friend. he has a shop. whenever he gets a new batch i get to try them out and buy them if i want them

sixsixfour

socket-wise, yes. you can technically buy 4 pairs of 194 LEDs and that will be enough to fit on the two vanity lights, the 4 dome lights and the door lights.

TLinVA

Just got my TL last month and this was the first thing I did to it. I ordered all of them in White or Natural White:

License plate:
Product: 921-x9 Wedge Base LED bulb

Dome/map lights
Product: WLED-x6 LED bulb

Door:
Product: T13-x6 Wedge Base LED bulb

My car isn't as bright as the one above, but the 6 LED bulbs are far brighter and much better looking than the stock bulbs. I ordered from superbrightleds.com and would highly recommend them. I'll try to take some pictures this week.

Alan

designer

Great tips, hot pics. thanks.

Board or panel lights will be my choice.
V-Led with discount code.
Hyper white or equivalent, 12 LED/board
Blue 12LED for the doors.

194 is the size number.

Will consider the other lights later.

what else? Cheers D

sixsixfour

the license plate and reverse lights use the same sockets too (194), just fyi. but you probably need brighter ones for the reverse.

Fulani has a TL

iTrader: (1)

I wanna see how you get them to stay that way!!! My shit is all angled and what nottt

msala524

iTrader: (3)

Why 12 LED? go for the 30 LED board.

You'll see spots if you look directly into it, that's how bright it is.

sixsixfour

3M double stick tape

sixsixfour

If only the 24 5050 LED that I installed on my brother's Evo X fit the space in my domes, Id put them on. these are MUCH brighter than the standard high-lux 24 LED that i currently have:





^ that's only one of those 24 5050 LEDs compared to the four 24 standard LEDs that I have (below)

218TL

Ok, so let me get this straight because I'm slow.

Socket 194 will do the trick for all interior light, and you say it's also the same for the license plate light? I'm definitely going to do this asap. Bear with me though, as I stated, I'm slow

Also: What color is that considered? White? Some type of blue?

sixsixfour

yes.

the main difference is, in stock form, the reverse lights use a higher watt bulb. the common feature they all share though, is that the wedge base of the bulbs is the same (194).

for example, if you bought a pair of 194 LED bulbs, you can test fit one of those bulbs to go on the door light, in the vanity light, in one of the front domes, in one of the rear domes, in the license plate and in the reverse.

heck, the bulb for the trunk is also a 194 type socket.buy 7 pairs of 194 LEDs and you'll cover all the lights and have one extra left.

designer

TL interior lights = socket 194

I love these pics you guys post. They show how bright these lights look.
Too many of the posts I've read are blurry pics or photoshop bright lights (on ebay for example).

the 30 LED panel look nice and bright, but I fear it is too bright for the interior...think about it...30 LED panel x 4 (two domes and two maps), and that will 120 LED light intensity! My leather is parchment so it is rather light in colour and would reflect most of the light.

I'd be able to grow plants in my TL!

So maps, domes, vanity, reverse, doors, are socket 194.

I imagine the licence place, and glove box lights are smaller wedge light bulbs...

thanks again, D

218TL

Alright, my bad for being such a punk. Could some kind soul show me exactly what I need for:
dome lights (4)
glove compartment
door lights (2)
trunk
license plate light

Please

sixsixfour

the license plates use the same ones you could put in the four domes, vanity and the door lights.

the glove box and the armrest lights are smaller wedge lights (T5 i believe). ill take a pic of the bulb I have for my armrest/glove box.

dwb993

iTrader: (13)

^^That is correct. I used SuperbrightLEDs.com for the #74 Glovebox and console lights---they are 3-LED units.
Glovebox and Center console: 74-xHP3 Wedge Base LED bulb $ 3.49 (each)

218TL

Would these work for my domes?
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...-p5767433.html

And would this work for my license plate?
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...-p6283693.html

218TL

Could you take pictures of this?

CocheseUGA

Damn, that's too bright.

csmeance

I'm working on getting a new set of bulbs that might beat all the ones you posted. here's a pic of it in action vs. a 3watt led:

TRENT08TL

Where do you get the LEDs?

koshia

I went to VLEDS, but I did not see any 30 led board. They have a 36. This is a must for my future interior mod . Love it! Looks great on you guys' cars.

218TL

License plate light? More info!

designer

looks like 192 wedge lights with 12 LED's hyper white for the trunk

sixsixfour

Im getting that this week. my friend just got a new batch of LEDs that im anxious to try

dwb993

iTrader: (13)

No

Both of these lights need the 194 Wedge type bulbs. I used these for my domes:
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...-p5168719.html

and these for my license plate:
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/C...-p4481133.html

The dome panels are much better than the 12LED Wedge bulbs I was using in the front because the panels fire down. The wedges fired toward the rear of the car. They are fine for the rear domes, since the bulbs are angled to fire down in those.

I was unsure about the license plate bulbs when I received them---they didn't look like they would be very bright. Once I installed them, I was satisfied with them---very bright white light.

BTW, I used these for my backup lights:
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...-p5682764.html
and they are nice, but I may look for something a little brighter in the future.

Fulani has a TL

iTrader: (1)

Thats what I'm rockin, but not too happy with the output

sixsixfour

I have this as my reverse. not too bad.

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/P...-p4835708.html

218TL

This will work for my domes right
T10-PCB-Wxx White LED Lamp
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...?product=OTHER
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and could somebody show me what woudl work for my door lights por favor