Make under dash lights brighter
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Steven Maslauskas Jr. (01-07-2020)
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The Original Shawdy
Worth a shot.
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#204
The Original Shawdy
So they were the same just clear caps? Gonna go order them! Glad I rode on his to find out haha.
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carbonTSEX (03-23-2016)
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The Original Shawdy
Yup. I need 2!
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The Original Shawdy
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Steven Maslauskas Jr. (01-07-2020)
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Acura all the way
Did the drilling mod tonight being cheap and not buying the clear cover. It was easy and fast. I might re-drill the wider holes than 1/4" and also opt later for the clear TSX lenses.
This drilling mod, however, is brilliant, and does the trick.
This drilling mod, however, is brilliant, and does the trick.
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Steven Maslauskas Jr. (01-07-2020)
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Burning Brakes
Is the same part number for both sides, drivers and passenger?
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Blue lights for feet?
I have a 2013 acura tl been driving it since 2014 a year ago I noticed I had blue lights under the dash whear your feet go when your sitting and driving with the headlights on cool. So time goes by and I read a post on this site about little mods and it talks about the blue lights and the black plastic cover that covers it. Well you can take both panels off driver and passenger side and drill holes through the black plastic cover that covers the blue light and make it shine brighter. Took me about 10 minutes to do and thank you for this nice little mod now my feet are lighting up blue and so are the pedals and looks cool.
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Steven Maslauskas Jr. (01-07-2020)
#213
Lol I always wondered about the lighting in that area. Thought I was just seeing things at first. It’s more a of white led color in my car.
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Hey guys I dont know if you guys already figured this out or if you wanna make your leds under your dash brighter. I did so heres a no cost way to do it.
1. pull under dash panels down. see pics below showing most clips. Driver side has a twist fastener. i am pointing to it in a pic.
2. twist out the tinted black housing around the blue led light harness from the under dash panel.
3. unclip the tinted black housing from the blue led light harness.
test light intensity before doing step 4 because you cant go back after if it is too bright for you.
4. drill out the center portion of the tinted housing. i drilled out the entire center to prevent shadows.
5. reinstall and your done.
let me know if you have questions.
some pics just are to show how bad my carpeting job was done. I dont think my bmw was like this.
1. pull under dash panels down. see pics below showing most clips. Driver side has a twist fastener. i am pointing to it in a pic.
2. twist out the tinted black housing around the blue led light harness from the under dash panel.
3. unclip the tinted black housing from the blue led light harness.
test light intensity before doing step 4 because you cant go back after if it is too bright for you.
4. drill out the center portion of the tinted housing. i drilled out the entire center to prevent shadows.
5. reinstall and your done.
let me know if you have questions.
some pics just are to show how bad my carpeting job was done. I dont think my bmw was like this.
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Keeping TL until 2029
Just google the part number. There are several places that offer it.
NOTE: The TL is LED is blue but the cover is an OPAQUE black plastic so you will NOT see blue in the front footwell which is STUPID unless you modify it or buy the LED above and replace the 'cap'.
NOTE: You can take out the cap/cover off the LED unit and use a counter sink drill bit to make a nice hole on the black cover (Stock TL), and in the image above, the cover is BLACK TL /BLUE ACCORD/CLEAR TSX so what you are paying for is the colored LED (Red/Amber). After drilling the hold, I created a cover using a clear plastic sheet (just manually cut out a circle to fit) and you are done. I used a clear egg shell carton to cut out the cover.
This is the CHEAPEST and EASIEST mod you can do and it is totally worth it.
NOTE: The TL is LED is blue but the cover is an OPAQUE black plastic so you will NOT see blue in the front footwell which is STUPID unless you modify it or buy the LED above and replace the 'cap'.
NOTE: You can take out the cap/cover off the LED unit and use a counter sink drill bit to make a nice hole on the black cover (Stock TL), and in the image above, the cover is BLACK TL /BLUE ACCORD/CLEAR TSX so what you are paying for is the colored LED (Red/Amber). After drilling the hold, I created a cover using a clear plastic sheet (just manually cut out a circle to fit) and you are done. I used a clear egg shell carton to cut out the cover.
This is the CHEAPEST and EASIEST mod you can do and it is totally worth it.
#220
Burning Brakes
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Just google the part number. There are several places that offer it.
NOTE: The TL is LED is blue but the cover is an OPAQUE black plastic so you will NOT see blue in the front footwell which is STUPID unless you modify it or buy the LED above and replace the 'cap'.
NOTE: You can take out the cap/cover off the LED unit and use a counter sink drill bit to make a nice hole on the black cover (Stock TL), and in the image above, the cover is BLACK TL /BLUE ACCORD/CLEAR TSX so what you are paying for is the colored LED (Red/Amber). After drilling the hold, I created a cover using a clear plastic sheet (just manually cut out a circle to fit) and you are done. I used a clear egg shell carton to cut out the cover.
This is the CHEAPEST and EASIEST mod you can do and it is totally worth it.
NOTE: The TL is LED is blue but the cover is an OPAQUE black plastic so you will NOT see blue in the front footwell which is STUPID unless you modify it or buy the LED above and replace the 'cap'.
NOTE: You can take out the cap/cover off the LED unit and use a counter sink drill bit to make a nice hole on the black cover (Stock TL), and in the image above, the cover is BLACK TL /BLUE ACCORD/CLEAR TSX so what you are paying for is the colored LED (Red/Amber). After drilling the hold, I created a cover using a clear plastic sheet (just manually cut out a circle to fit) and you are done. I used a clear egg shell carton to cut out the cover.
This is the CHEAPEST and EASIEST mod you can do and it is totally worth it.
Permanent mods like drilling the cap when OEM clear lenses are available seems silly. I kept the blue LED but tossed on the clear lens.
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echodigital (01-18-2020)
#221
Hi guys, I'm trying to retrofit this on my RL however. I don't understand why the led light has a cap, so where the lights out if the cover stay there without making a hole. Sorry ricky dum dum here!!! What diameter hole have you guys done to get a decent brightness.
Here's a photo how it comes from factory
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Here's after I removed the cap
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Here's a photo how it comes from factory
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Here's after I removed the cap
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