DIY: License Plate LED Replacement & Trunk Light LED Replacement

[tda1337]

yea i got in a fight with him, and a week later RIGHT before i filed a complaint, my 1W license plate leds arrived.... bastard
anyways
if u want white, and dont wanna build a better one urself
WARDEN is the only one SO FAR that sells the set up jcool used
he has the 6 1W led set up for a 31mm festoon bulb for all 3 (dome and map lights)
his trunk light is similar but its an attachment style
his license plate I BELIVE and could be mistaken are the 1W flank leds (thats what mine are)

personally i wanted color in my interior, and went with the 9led set up (until they make a better one) for the map lights (went with blue, i suggest red for reading purposes tho)
and made a 3 watt (tho it has a small fault and will HAVE TO go with a 5W to fix the fault hehe so ill be pushing 60 lumens in BLUE thats friggen BRIGHT blue lol) for the dome
and another 3 Watt white for the trunk (which IS brighter than jcools despite his slightly overexposed pics lol also will be making the 5W 192 lumen led to fix that flicker problem as well lol)
1W flanks i have for the trunks, and am looking into the 48 SMD turn and back up lights from V-leds... only thing is thats REALLY pricey and id rather put the 100 bux towards my retrofit i plan on doing (hids baby)

unfortunatly i still am not happy with the 48smd one, and am awaiting a sideand front firing !/3 Watt mulitple led set up

FOR THOSE WHO DONT UNDERSTAND
the leds warden and vleds sell that say "1W" do run at 1 W but do NOT produce the output a luxeon or cree 1 Watt led emit, they are a group of much lower watt LEDS on a single disk
their output is NOT comparable to a 1 W cree or Luxeon, but are still much higher than an SMD or high flux led

[sc37]

FYI, warden ships from Hong Kong, which is why it takes forever...my family is live in HK and anything I get from always takes two weeks minimum. Warden got his over to me in about the same timeframe.

[tda1337]

FYI, Kassabain is too and he gets his to people in 2- 3 days on the east cost of the USA lol

[sc37]

I'm sure if you paid more than $1 for shipping then it could be expressed over too. Either way the bulbs work well. The SMT LEDs are verrrryyyyy bright, the normal LED ones I got my my license plate arn't as bright, but still look nice. I think if I went and got the SMT ones for the plate, it would have washed out everything with the brightness.

[tda1337]

i love my 1W flanks for that
and now that i know bout that little device that makes current ALWAYS the same direction... well hehe
the mind begins to run rampant when u have ADHD lol

[Prankster77]

just installed these the other day , they are the WLED-WHP LED Wedge Base Bulbs.

[flushdereal87]

how do you put the trunk light cover back on? having trouble doing it now

[tda1337]

PUSH! lol

[Prankster77]

Originally Posted by tda1337

PUSH! lol

[akabickle]

I have a 08 si coupe, my lights for my back plate arent like the ones first shown their just a glass bulb with two metal prongs at the end... and advice on how to replace them with some led lights preferable blue, and where can i get them

[gui]

So I finally did all my LEDS. I got the same ones Jcool and TDA told me to get.. from wardenjp... I'm satisfied with them all around except for the fact that the interior ones are a little TOO Bright, yes I said it, TOO BRIGHT. I had to disable the MAP lights for when the doors open cause at night its just too bright. My friends call them stadium lights lol.. But regardless, I guess that goes to show you that they are good quality stuff lol.. Im happy with them overall.. Especially with the license plate ones, 1W's are the way to go there, especially with a black car.

[tda1337]

i told you so :-P
now if only the rest of these people listened to me
and not the ass selling them christmas light leds for 7 bux!

[tda1337]

Originally Posted by akabickle

I have a 08 si coupe, my lights for my back plate arent like the ones first shown their just a glass bulb with two metal prongs at the end... and advice on how to replace them with some led lights preferable blue, and where can i get them

why? do you like to get pulled over as often as possible?
or is because u want your car to blend in with the other "pimped out" low rider falling apart cars?
lol
personally, i have enough tickets
Go with white
and go with the 1W flank bulbs warden or v-leds sells online

[si__blake]

http://a557.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...56949d09ec.jpg

[tda1337]

not bad, but i dont like red lol

ill get some pics of my set when im done
1 week to order the 5W blue leds
2 weeks to order the blue SMD LEDs (aka 100 of them :-P)
if only my car was green... *sigh*

[akabickle]

your not going to get a ticket for having a blue led on your liscense plate

[oj88]

My share:

[oj88]

[PeterC.]

Wow where can I get those?

[Jgams]

Those are hot oj88!