How To: LED Festoon map lights - Page 16

oopsz · 04-24-2008, 09:26 PM

Okay, I picked up the following LEDs:

2pcs 168 194 Flank High Power LED (White) Wedge Bulb

2x 1pc 31mm 3022 3175 High Power LED (White) Festoon Bulb

1pc 31mm 3022 3175 6 SMD LED (White) Festoon Bulb

They all look great! Used the single LEDs for the map lights and the 6x for the center overhead lights. In retrospect I'd like to have maybe bought the HID white ones, but they're slightly bigger at 36mm instead of 31, and I knew the 31mm would fit. And I should have gotten one for my inside trunk light, but it seemed like it would be a hassle to find something that fit and also provided a lot of light.

Total with shipping was just short of $30 and took ten days to arrive.

Prankster77 · 05-08-2008, 08:49 PM

I just ordered the 2 of the WLED-WHP ones for the license plate light, i had these in my old car aswell and they rock.

Has anyone tried these for the map/dome lights yet? they look like they will fit fine but im not sure if they will be as bright as the 9led festoons.

Prankster77 · 05-08-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prankster77

I just ordered the 2 of the WLED-WHP ones for the license plate light, i had these in my old car and they looked 20x better than the stock bulb.

Has anyone tried these for the map/dome lights yet? they look like they will fit fine but im not sure if they will be as bright as the 9led festoons.

Prankster77 · 05-08-2008, 08:51 PM

double post...

Vinc84 · 05-11-2008, 02:43 PM

Something weird happened to my passenger-side map light yeseterday night (I have the red 9led bulbs from superbrightleds.com). I got in my car and noticed onlye my driver side MAP light was on (I have the lights turn on when my doors are opened). I tried to depress the switch on the passenger-side and it didn't turn on or anything. I thought maybe the bulb just blew somehow. Anyways, as I was driving home the passenger-light finally decided to turn itself on - weird. So I turn it back off and then on, and it's working well again. I'm assuming the bulb was just jiggled loose from the road/driving turbulance since they're pretty sensitive bulbs or my bulb is about to die out or something. Just thought I'd share to see if anyone else has had this happen to them with their map light LEDs.

RCKola1011 · 05-11-2008, 07:38 PM

Prankster77 · 05-11-2008, 08:45 PM

^^^Looks good, i just ordered the same ones. Im also going to try the 2LED festoons and see how they compare.

asndragonboii · 05-11-2008, 09:04 PM

^^
hmm... those are not as bright as the stock ones.

oj88 · 05-11-2008, 11:47 PM

I thought I'd post a comparrison between the stock and LED bulbs.

Right: stock bulb.

Left: 4-lamp LED festoon

Side-by-side Comparison:

av911 · 05-12-2008, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oj88

I thought I'd post a comparrison between the stock and LED bulbs.

Thanks for the side-by-side comparison pics!!

Prankster77 · 05-12-2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by av911

Thanks for the side-by-side comparison pics!!

looks good

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04-24-2008, 09:26 PM	#301 (permalink)
oopsz Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 22 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Okay, I picked up the following LEDs: 2pcs 168 194 Flank High Power LED (White) Wedge Bulb 2x 1pc 31mm 3022 3175 High Power LED (White) Festoon Bulb 1pc 31mm 3022 3175 6 SMD LED (White) Festoon Bulb They all look great! Used the single LEDs for the map lights and the 6x for the center overhead lights. In retrospect I'd like to have maybe bought the HID white ones, but they're slightly bigger at 36mm instead of 31, and I knew the 31mm would fit. And I should have gotten one for my inside trunk light, but it seemed like it would be a hassle to find something that fit and also provided a lot of light. Total with shipping was just short of $30 and took ten days to arrive.

05-08-2008, 08:49 PM	#302 (permalink)
Prankster77 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mullica Hill, NJ Age: 19 Posts: 37 Brad iTrader: 0 / 0%	I just ordered the 2 of the WLED-WHP ones for the license plate light, i had these in my old car aswell and they rock. Has anyone tried these for the map/dome lights yet? they look like they will fit fine but im not sure if they will be as bright as the 9led festoons.

05-08-2008, 08:51 PM	#304 (permalink)
Prankster77 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mullica Hill, NJ Age: 19 Posts: 37 Brad iTrader: 0 / 0%	double post...

05-11-2008, 02:43 PM	#305 (permalink)
Vinc84 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 301 Posts: 299 Vin¢ iTrader: 4 / 100%	Something weird happened to my passenger-side map light yeseterday night (I have the red 9led bulbs from superbrightleds.com). I got in my car and noticed onlye my driver side MAP light was on (I have the lights turn on when my doors are opened). I tried to depress the switch on the passenger-side and it didn't turn on or anything. I thought maybe the bulb just blew somehow. Anyways, as I was driving home the passenger-light finally decided to turn itself on - weird. So I turn it back off and then on, and it's working well again. I'm assuming the bulb was just jiggled loose from the road/driving turbulance since they're pretty sensitive bulbs or my bulb is about to die out or something. Just thought I'd share to see if anyone else has had this happen to them with their map light LEDs.

05-11-2008, 07:38 PM	#306 (permalink)
RCKola1011 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 148 Ryan iTrader: 0 / 0%

05-11-2008, 08:45 PM	#307 (permalink)
Prankster77 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mullica Hill, NJ Age: 19 Posts: 37 Brad iTrader: 0 / 0%	^^^Looks good, i just ordered the same ones. Im also going to try the 2LED festoons and see how they compare.

05-11-2008, 09:04 PM	#308 (permalink)
asndragonboii Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,197 iTrader: 0 / 0%	^^ hmm... those are not as bright as the stock ones.

05-11-2008, 11:47 PM	#309 (permalink)
oj88 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 134 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I thought I'd post a comparrison between the stock and LED bulbs. Right: stock bulb. Left: 4-lamp LED festoon Side-by-side Comparison:

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