I recently ordered License plate and door panel LEDs from http://www.hobbyemporia.ecrater.com/

The order was placed on the 6th, shipped on the 7th, and received on the 9th. Great turn around.



These are the 6 LED pads for the plate lites



These are the 24 LED pads for the doors

 

Installation for the doors was pretty straight forward, here is before:



Hooked the pad to the correct base



Popped off the lens cover with a small flat head screw driver and installed the light base



Pulled the provided 3m backing tape off



and pressed the light into the hole, the tape adheres to the base keeping the light straight.

 

Here are the light tests





And the final look

 

Now for the plate lights... I have seen a lot of people breaking clips and parts trying to get these done.

It took me two minutes with no special tools.

I reached in and popped these clips loose with my hands... there are 4 across the edge



The pulled the carpet back and reached in to grab the light



It was a simple twist and the light came right out. Here it is unplugged from the pig tail.



Again I found the correct wedge base and hooked the new LED up



I taped the wires together and used the provided 3M tape to stick the board flat onto the plug



Stuck the bulb back in maneuvering the board into the hole and viola..




This took me 10 mins top from start to finish and looks fantastic!

 

The door lights are WAY brighter than stock, I cannot wait to see them at night.
The 6 LED pad for the plate lites was the right choice for me as its the same brightness as stock just an arctic white.

Thanks KB1Spec for referring me to www.hobbyemporia.ecrater.com/

 

Thank you again Greg! Hope everything came out great!

 

Looks really good! Nice Job. And all in a matter of minutes.

 

Thanks for the great photos Heavy RL. The adapters and led panels look like they are very easy to install. Are they universal as far as being used for the dome light application also?

 

Thanks, glad I could give back to the site.

Yes the package you receive with these are universal for all wedge and festoon (tube) bulbs

You just have to decided what brightness, i.e. number of LEDs, you want.

 

Can we get some night pics? I was thinking of using the 360 degree, 5 SMT LEDS for the door and license plate light. The 24 LED pad looks super bright though.

 

that looks super bright. Makes me want to get them mmmm

 

Yeah no doubt... I'll shoot some tonight.

 

If these are the ones that have 1 LED on the end, and then 4 on each of side
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/C...78377-1-2.html

you may be unhappy with these as not bright enough. You need most of the light downwards and not spread around. Of course you won't fit that 24 LED pad in the space for the license plate lights. The 6 LED pad he used looks good.

The other I found is this 2Watt version
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...87987-1-2.html

Not necessarily advocating the vendor, just that they have a good site so you can find different products easily....

 

I've bought the older style LED (194) wedge bulbs from v-leds.com and they worked well for my '04 MDX. But the ones Chas2 is talking about are way brighter! Nice post bro.

 

Got the LEDs in this weekend they look great! now i am getting some bulbs for the doors next.

 

Ok these are BlackBerry pics in my garage...

 

Is changing the reverse lights any more difficult than this or just as easy? Im thinking of ordering some reverse LEDs and all the door ones at once

 

I didnt pull the side panels down in the trunk, but I can only imagine that is just as easy.

 

Use the cargo net installation instructions if you need to remove the side panels in the trunk. The instructions are in the Garage thread.

 

I actually have those 360 ones for the license plate lights for my Insight, and I think they work really well. It really lights up the floor and the license plate area like never before. Yup, vleds is were I got them, they're a good vender,