How To: LED Festoon map lights

[akabickle]

has anyone ever gotten pulled over for having a blue or red license plate led or an interior led? thats my only issue

[Prankster77]

Originally Posted by akabickle

has anyone ever gotten pulled over for having a blue or red license plate led or an interior led? thats my only issue

im sure with blue or red L plate lights you would get pulled over, interior i doubt because who drive with their interior lights on

[akabickle]

I got the 5 wide led, they're not crazy bright just a good little glare lol, so i hope i wont

[eh3]

fesersoft

Can you post an after shot of your 9 LED lights inside?

I saw where oj88 posted his pictures of his 6 LED..

I wanted to compare the difference between them before I ordered mine.

Nice DIY by the way man !

[kwh165]

I just replace mine and it's easy. One of the cheap and easy mod. I will take and post the night pictures tonight.

[jynxlee317]

i installed the festoon on my rear map light. The blub went out after 2 days, are these leds not meant for dimming or fading???? i emailed superbrightleds and they were super nice n mailed me another one, and this one last another 2 days.

Anybody got similar problem or are these LEDs really not meant for dimming, i gotta go back to honda to buy the OEM lightblubs now

[msjwild3]

Originally Posted by jynxlee317

i installed the festoon on my rear map light. The blub went out after 2 days, are these leds not meant for dimming or fading???? i emailed superbrightleds and they were super nice n mailed me another one, and this one last another 2 days.

Anybody got similar problem or are these LEDs really not meant for dimming, i gotta go back to honda to buy the OEM lightblubs now

I have had my festoons from superbright in for like 6 months and not a problem yet.

[jynxlee317]

u install them at the rear map light too????? im not sure if these festoon are meant for dimming. Also the one i bought was blue so im questioning whether something is going on

theres no doubt about superbrightleds' led quality, they r good for sure, i have my license leds changed and they r working perfectly

i think they should be fine in the front map light cuz those wont dim or anything, u just turn them on and off unlike the rear map light

THANK YU!

[msjwild3]

Originally Posted by jynxlee317

u install them at the rear map light too????? im not sure if these festoon are meant for dimming. Also the one i bought was blue so im questioning whether something is going on

theres no doubt about superbrightleds' led quality, they r good for sure, i have my license leds changed and they r working perfectly

i think they should be fine in the front map light cuz those wont dim or anything, u just turn them on and off unlike the rear map light

THANK YU!

I have the white ones in ym dome and front map light. And they dim all the time.

[aznkp]

Originally Posted by jynxlee317

u install them at the rear map light too????? im not sure if these festoon are meant for dimming. Also the one i bought was blue so im questioning whether something is going on

theres no doubt about superbrightleds' led quality, they r good for sure, i have my license leds changed and they r working perfectly

i think they should be fine in the front map light cuz those wont dim or anything, u just turn them on and off unlike the rear map light

THANK YU!

i want to say superbrightleds are good quality... but i cant now. i ordered my 2nd batch of leds and 2 outa my 3 9led bulbs are duds. they wont even respond to my emails saying if i can get them replaced. like ill ship them my old ones, as long as they give me new ones, but they wont respond

[flushdereal87]

u can fix the bulbs...look for the superbrightled fix and search for my method...all u need is a lighter and pliers

[oj88]

LED's should have no issues with dimming. I have a 6-LED festoon as dome light (with dimming function) since Feb, 2008. And I always keep the switch set to "Door".

[GETxERxDONE]

i made a DIY to fix these. look through my threads created. man i need add the link to my DIYs in my sig lol

[Prankster77]

i picked up 3 of these to use in all the interior domes.


they run circles around the 9leds in terms of brightness, and they have yet to have any issues like the 9leds did. sorry for the crappy pic but i think you get the idea.

[jynxlee317]

Originally Posted by GETxERxDONE

i made a DIY to fix these. look through my threads created. man i need add the link to my DIYs in my sig lol

thx for the DIY, im a little unclear about moving the wire to the side, and i really cant make out in the picture wat of u r suppose to do, i got the cap off and stuff

since superbright sent me a new led after i told them the first one stop working, i guess i have 2 Leds now if i can fix this LOL

[GETxERxDONE]

u see the little notch the wire is in? move it from that spot and put the cap back on, or you can just clean the epoxy off the wire and it should work fine, but would work better if you moved it, might be alittle hard to get the cap back on, but it will never have a bad connection.

and np.

[jynxlee317]

Originally Posted by GETxERxDONE

u see the little notch the wire is in? move it from that spot and put the cap back on, or you can just clean the epoxy off the wire and it should work fine, but would work better if you moved it, might be alittle hard to get the cap back on, but it will never have a bad connection.

and np.

humm juss one more thing, does it really matter if the cap isnt back on as tightly as before and its a lil scratched up from the prying

[GETxERxDONE]

nope. as long as it stays on

[MingCivic]

Originally Posted by fesersoft

The rear light has two spots to remove the lens cover and it took a little work to remove it.

Just one bulb in the rear dome light (08 Coupe)?

[jynxlee317]

yup! just one