09-10-2009, 06:34 PM
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License Plate LED'S ect....
I'm sure that this questioned has been asked and commented on before, however, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with changing out the oem license plate bulbs with either an LED or a high intensity bulb of some sort ? If, so, please make a recommendation.
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09-10-2009, 06:58 PM
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Hoen
http://www.hoen-usa.com/licenseplate.htm
They are currently out of stock until the 14th of this month and are highly reccomended as they are a sure fit plug in with minimal hassle. I am awaiting mine on the 14th.
e/ It will not require any of the hassles of past where it was required to solder resistors, capacitors, and inline wiring.
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09-10-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Cartel
Hoen
http://www.hoen-usa.com/licenseplate.htm
They are currently out of stock until the 14th of this month and are highly reccomended as they are a sure fit plug in with minimal hassle. I am awaiting mine on the 14th.
e/ It will not require any of the hassles of past where it was required to solder resistors, capacitors, and inline wiring. |
Thanks Cartel. By the way, it looks like you have one hell of a nice mod'd 986 S.
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09-10-2009, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Danger
Thanks Cartel. By the way, it looks like you have one hell of a nice mod'd 986 S.
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Thanks a lot. Although it was never said you have an extremely well put vehicle and the turn out was phenominal. I've been on the phone an awful lot lately to straighten a minor mishap with my ECU at FVD with Rhonda and she had nothing but the nicest of comments about you. Well done and thank you for going the next mile in regards to your mods that not very many will do. Enjoy it in the best of health my friend.
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09-10-2009, 09:26 PM
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So C5W is the correct bulb type? Does it have to be 37mm? Ebay has a ton of these much cheaper in the 36 and 38mm sizes. My OEM bulb is exactly 37.38mm, so I'd guess the 38 mm bulbs would fit fine.
Do a search on eBay for C5W LED and you'll see about 90 products available. I think I'm going to see if the cheap Chinese supplier on eBay I used for my LED city lights has these. They gave me pretty good service.
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09-11-2009, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Danger
I'm sure that this questioned has been asked and commented on before, however, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with changing out the oem license plate bulbs with either an LED or a high intensity bulb of some sort ? If, so, please make a recommendation.
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It looks like the Hoen product is an excellent choice. Simple, straightforward and reliable.
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09-12-2009, 07:47 PM
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running lights mod
you can change out the stock filament running light bulbs in the front headlights also. I used a 4 led blue for the front running light. you have to pull the headlight assembly. very easy though.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/
Boxster license plate bulb 6418 which is a 3610
http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/festoon_3610-x4.htm
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09-15-2009, 12:53 PM
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i changed out most of my bulbs....
the rear license plate looks very nice with a "blue" or "hyper white" LED. it looks slightly blue...but not ricey. it has a more "modern" look to me.. brighter too.
I put blue LEDs into my front parking lights. if you have just the parking ligths on it looks cool...bluish/xenon kind of tint to it...once you turn on your main headlights, however, it's all washed otu and will look like whatever your lights look like when on.
i changed out my dome light and door lights as well. the door lights don't have a lot of clearance...I believe I ended up using regular bulbs, not LEDs for the doors, b/c the LEDs were physically too large to fit. check the clearance of your bulbs and verify dimensions on th bulbs you order. the leds I bought worked fonr in some spots, not others.
good luck.
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09-15-2009, 07:18 PM
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For those of you interested in going down the route in purchasing the Hoen units, I have been in touch with Andreas for the past 2 weeks. This morning he informed me the units will arrive Friday and shipped out either this up and coming Tuesday or Wednesday. I simply cannot wait to recieve them as my lights are in due need of replacement. Upon installation I will post photographs.
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09-17-2009, 05:53 AM
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Just curious why you want the license light so bright? I'd just as soon not even want mine visable at night.
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09-13-2010, 08:36 AM
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Can anyone confirm the 3610 from superbrightleds.com will work without any problems?
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09-21-2009, 07:48 PM
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couldnt really capture the blue with camera. alot more blue in person.
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10-04-2009, 07:45 AM
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I installed a set of Hoen license plate LED's on my vehicle yesterday. As one would expect , it was a very simply and straightforward job. There were no connectivity issues, fuse "blowing" problems or otherwise. The end result brought a wonderful, clean, crisp contemporary look to the tail end of my boxster. I highly recommend them !
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10-04-2009, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Danger
I installed a set of Hoen license plate LED's on my vehicle yesterday. As one would expect , it was a very simply and straightforward job. There were no connectivity issues, fuse "blowing" problems or otherwise. The end result brought a wonderful, clean, crisp contemporary look to the tail end of my boxster. I highly recommend them !
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I wholeheartedly agree with you, sir. I recieved mine this this past weekend and went about to installing them only to find out my license plate light assembly's lenses were yellowed through time, therefore, the results are not yet clearly evident. I ordered the assembly via Suncoast in FL and will have them come tomorrow. I will post pictures once I have the lighting assemblies along side the Hoen LED Side Markers I ordered which will hopefully be here by this week.
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09-13-2010, 07:15 AM
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I just noticed one of my rear license plate bulbs is out. LEDs are certainly the way to go for replacements. So I did a little research and found this thread. Am I misreading this or are the Hoen LED bulbs $55 for the pair? That is ABSURD.
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09-13-2010, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Pat
I just noticed one of my rear license plate bulbs is out. LEDs are certainly the way to go for replacements. So I did a little research and found this thread. Am I misreading this or are the Hoen LED bulbs $55 for the pair? That is ABSURD.
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I highly recommend the Hoen LED's .
www.hoen-usa.com
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