Lights (as requested, lots of pics)

[TheRupp]

WOW that all looks hot... I might be switching plate bulbs although I'm happy with how mine came out. They looked a TOUCH too blue on my old color but the darker color makes a world and a half of difference.

I'm doing the fogs shortly, then the reverse lights and the rear sidemarkers.

Anyone have any suggestions on the rear sidemarkers btw?

I'm thinking these, but I had ones in before that weren't long enough and ended up only being half as bright (if that) as the originals



Or these



Another thing...

The front turn signals... are those more of a reflector-required bulb, or is it something that should project more light forward?

[BlackSentra07]

Originally Posted by Kango

I used 921 9 LED Super white.

Here is the link. It's the first one on the page.
906 921 Interior Lights

and these for license plate. 4th bulbs down the page in white.
194 168 W5W 2825 Map Led Parking Signal Marker Bulbs

I'm gonna go outside and take a picture of back. BRB

::EDIT::

Love the reverse lights, Question though. Did you notice any light/projecting difference? The only way I'd change out my reverse lights to LED's are if I can project out more light. In a sense, kind of like a headlight in the rear.

[Kango]

I think it's putting out about the same amount of light but the color temperature of these LED's are cooler. Reg bulbs are yellow... so... it might appear as of it's not putting out enough light.

[BlackSentra07]

I believe these are the ones you got: 9 LED - 921


9 LED - 921



I wonder if these would project more light out. Double the amount, (18), but only 3 on the end. Does anyone know if the housing for the reverse lights are reflective?? If so, I would assume the 18 LED would possibly project more?? (But is it worth $35, instead of $20?

[Sinister]

Originally Posted by therupp

WOW that all looks hot... I might be switching plate bulbs although I'm happy with how mine came out. They looked a TOUCH too blue on my old color but the darker color makes a world and a half of difference.

I'm doing the fogs shortly, then the reverse lights and the rear sidemarkers.

Anyone have any suggestions on the rear sidemarkers btw?

I'm thinking these, but I had ones in before that weren't long enough and ended up only being half as bright (if that) as the originals



Or these



Another thing...

The front turn signals... are those more of a reflector-required bulb, or is it something that should project more light forward?

The second option would be the best since it has almost indentical light output as the stock bulb (W5W). The first one will be too dim.

And yes the turn signals are reflector type. I'd recommend getting a longer led bulb since it has more lights on the sides and one or several lights facing foward. If you get a bulb with all foward facing leds two things happen:

1) The leds are usually the 5mm or 10mm type and not smts. SMTs put out a wider beam of light and it looks more uniform.

2) There is a limited number of leds on the bulb that you can place facing foward before the diameter gets to big to fit inside the light housing.

So in conclusion get longer led bulbs with as many leds as possible.

[TheRupp]

Thanks Sinister

Which bulbs exactly are you running in your reverse housing?

[blackalti]

that looks SIC!!! i gotta get me some of those

[Sinister]

Originally Posted by therupp

Thanks Sinister

Which bulbs exactly are you running in your reverse housing?

Call me Ryan. I am running these. They are not as bright as the stock ones, which kind of dissappoints me. I dont know why they dont make them brighter. But Im all over it now.

[BlackSentra07]

Originally Posted by Sinister

Call me Ryan. I am running these. They are not as bright as the stock ones, which kind of dissappoints me. I dont know why they dont make them brighter. But Im all over it now.

Do you think there are ANY LED's that are brighter than stock?? I'm talking about the reverse lights only.

[Sinister]

Originally Posted by BlackSentra07

Do you think there are ANY LED's that are brighter than stock?? I'm talking about the reverse lights only.

As far as the reverse lights go, NO there are none that I know of. And I've search the friggin world wide web. What I do know is that they (the manufacturers) have the ability to make brighter ones. The lights in the car all run on the same voltage anyways. The only way that I know to make it brighter is to fabricate the bulb yourself. Like adding more leds on or running two bulbs on the same base.

[missouriguy1973]

Originally Posted by therupp

The front turn signals... are those more of a reflector-required bulb, or is it something that should project more light forward?

Reflector, most definitely...The 27 SMT's would probably work well for that since they do have more facing forwards if you would happen to want more light going forward...

[TheRupp]

Thanks Ryan

Originally Posted by missouriguy1973

Reflector, most definitely...The 27 SMT's would probably work well for that since they do have more facing forwards if you would happen to want more light going forward...

I'm thinking about doing these up front, since the brightest one is up front and there's still some on the sides:

[missouriguy1973]

Originally Posted by therupp

Thanks Ryan



I'm thinking about doing these up front, since the brightest one is up front and there's still some on the sides:

Whew, $25 a pop though...

[Sinister]

Rupp I know you want to convert all of the lights to leds but hold your horses on the parking lights and rear markers. The reason is that the light output is almost similar to the stock 194. It's a waste of money. The only color worth converting to is only white or blue.

The first pic is the LED amber 194. Here's a little game. The amber led is in one of the parking lights, either the left or right side. Guess which one is the led and which is the stock.

Amber bulb


LEFT bulb


RIGHT bulb

[ALTIMAX22]

i used the amber 13 led hpr bulbs from vleds.com for the front turn signals