How-To: LED Interior / Reverse / Licence plate lights
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i had the same problem but worked them in there without sanding as uhateit is mentioning. i worked them back and forth until they fit in the plastic piece. but sanding it will also work, no doubt.
superbrightleds sells flashers, but you need to first locate the flasher for our car...and then look at the connections for it to make sure you get the right one from superbrightleds.
the resistors will def work though. i also answered your pm
camelflage
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you guys should try red leds, red light gives the best visibility at night even at low output, its what airplane pilots use.
skylar2ups
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They use red LEDs because it doesn't dilate their pupils so when they look outside nothing changes. And most of the LEDs are red on the inside.
thats not a bad idea! would brobably be pretty damn bright! If you can find a set of 9006 led's I don't see why it couldnt work. Hyperwhite/coolwhite would probably look really nice in the lense!
I'm going to do it and do a before and after picture, I wonder why I never thought of that before, there are a bunch of LED's for 9006 fitment. Here goes nothing.
yeah people are blowing all kinds of money on trying to put an hid kit in the fog light lense which is pointless since the headlights light up the road enough already! So anything in the fog light lense is purely aesthetics. So I think an led bulb in there would look really sick! Post pics when done
eBay is crazy with them, all different shapes, sizes, and prices
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LED-...015QQitemZ250290990240QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs...010QQitemZ200251899827QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
These look interesting, but don't look like they throw any light forward.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3W-W...004QQitemZ140263975697QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
damn those are expensive!!! I figure they probably wouldnt throw any light out there, maybe if they reflect off the lense like the ones with the LEDs on the outside, but would look cool to have the led style look.
Like those Audi that have the led trim lights around the headlights. they do absoluetly nothing for lighting purposes, just pure aesthetics and act as the parking/driving lights. But damn they look cool tho
So i think some hyperwhite driving lights would look pretty sweet in the fogs, if you connected the fogs to light up as driving/parking lights to stay on at all times.Hey I got my LEDs in the mail today. I'll have to wait until a weekend when I have some daylight to work with for the installs, hopefully sooner than later. But I snapped some photos in case anyone is interested. One of the reverse lights isn't shown. I ended up getting some red and blue ones for the map and dome lights, just for fun to see if I like them.
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Ok, I had the LEDs in my previous mazda (a 2005 Madza 3) and loved them, so I decided to install them in my new 2008.5 Mazdaspeed 3 but I'm having some weird problem.
The map lights are fine, but the dome light LED keeps dying. It works for a while then suddenly just stops working within a couple days of install. I've had 2 LEDs do the same thing now. I bought the 3022-B9 as described in the original post.
Is there something strange about the 2008.5 MS3? Anyone else had this problem?
The map lights are fine, but the dome light LED keeps dying. It works for a while then suddenly just stops working within a couple days of install. I've had 2 LEDs do the same thing now. I bought the 3022-B9 as described in the original post.
Is there something strange about the 2008.5 MS3? Anyone else had this problem?
What exactly is that?
Unkillable2
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holy crap! i always want to know how to change out interior light but i am too scare to do mine cause i don't want to damage anything. lol thx alot dude
