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Old 01-13-2008, 04:43 PM   #1
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Center dome light--LED--Possible?

OH by the way while modding on my license plate light tonight (see other thresd...dont waste your time reading the license plate thread...it shows how much of an idiot i can be) I put a "superwhite" bulb in my center interior light. I was not impressed at all.

Has anyone replaced the center dome light with a LED light?

Just for fun I put a red light in there that I took out of my boost gauge..It was not bright enough at all. After that a amber light from same boost gauge found its way into the light, I really like the amber light. I am going to live with it until I find a led light to go in its place.

Anyway...if you have replaced your center dome light with a LED light chime in on where you bought it and weather or not it was a worthy mod.
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Old 01-16-2008, 06:15 PM   #2
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I put the 194's white LED in the two doors and in the dome light and the side markers and the parking lights up front. I like the white lights but it not bright enough for reading anything as the dome light. I am going to try the five LED bulb or maybe the 6 high power ones for my center dome light, should be brighter. Plan on putting some red LED's for the rear parking lights (single LED bulb is not bright enough for rear side markers) and getting some amber one for the side markers.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html
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Old 01-16-2008, 07:39 PM   #3
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I bought the 5 LED bulb from superbrightleds today, along with the leds for my lic plate.

I will lt you know if they are bright enough.

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Old 01-17-2008, 04:02 AM   #4
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I did my door lights while i did an LED changeover with good results. License plate, Overhead and the little lights on the doors all worked well. I was wondering what it would take to do the dash next.
If I remember, I can snap a couple pics. Lexus used LED on the license plates too, and they are much more crisp and defined.

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Old 01-17-2008, 04:04 PM   #5
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I ordered more bulbs from superbrightleds yesterday also. I ordered the high power 6 led one.

The dash, I plan on doing later also. Superbrightleds.com has those leds also. I wanted to pull the dash and verify what I needed first before I ordered them.

Check out this ebay ad for some details.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270198955528&rd=1

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Old 01-21-2008, 05:00 PM   #6
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Unfortunetly, photography of lights is not my forte. The pics really dont look much like the real thing, but the true outcome is a bright white. They really lighten up the whole interior, but in the pics they just look like a blue spot light.





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