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Old 03-02-2011, 01:31 PM
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Default First Led swap on my interior lights .. (blue)

Well I was kinda bored today , and seeing all this LED interior light threads sort of inspired me , so far I've only changed my map lights and the rear seat lights , hoping to add some led strips under the dash soon .. I went with blue , because I want to change the interior to carbon fiber a bit , and maybe some custom gauges with blue lights too to finish it up .

well anyway heres what I have so far , I've used cheap LED's , not the brightest but they do their job .. let me know what you think !

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looks good. where did you get the LEDs (bulb numbers and link?) I wanna do the same thing except with white lights
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Im not sure on the bulb numbers as I just took off the stockers and took them to a local car parts shop and bought the same ones in led's , but I think its rl4410 for the back seats .. Id suggest Ebay , they have plenty of bulbs in every colour ..
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Lookin good, did my LEDs blue last year too
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awesome just got mine into today. for the hvac panel if you have ever done that how do you remove them bulbs i dont wanna break em off in there!unless i need to!
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they will come out but its difficult.. i broke two of mine and it took a fine tipped pair of needle nose pliers to get all that broken **** out.
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well I havent got around in doing more led swaps , but good to know I'll have a hard time changing the hvac bulbs I guess next for me will be reverse lights ..
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the worst part about the HVAC lights is getting the control panel out far enough because the vent selector ***** cable doesnt like to come out very far. its worth the effort though...
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thanks for the info man , I'll wait and do the hvac -gear selector and gauge's all together to make the effort worth it lol
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lol okay. last time i tried doing one of them HVAC bulbs i tried with my teeth being a dumbass only to shatter it in my mouth. i still laugh to this day about that. but im gonna have to keep reiffing on it. with my hands that is LOL
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lol okay. last time i tried doing one of them HVAC bulbs i tried with my teeth being a dumbass only to shatter it in my mouth. i still laugh to this day about that. but im gonna have to keep reiffing on it. with my hands that is LOL

LOL.. I did the same damn thing when I did my door handle lights... that **** sucked.. it was crunchy ...
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^hahaha wtf.. Yall can't just go biting bulbs! I'll admit I was tempted as well when I did mine though
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DONT DO IT!!!

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Are those lights on the sail panels for the back seat OE?
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the rear seat lights ?
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yes...
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The verts had the rear seat lights since NO hardtop= NO dome light.
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Originally Posted by ssteven@6LE
The verts had the rear seat lights since NO hardtop= NO dome light.
There's the source of my confusion...
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what guage/kind of wire are you guys using to wire your interior leds?
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14g 16g should be fine.. hell, speaker wire will work well cause its very plyable...


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