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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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nice work.

link to store where you bought the LED strip?
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by nichoLaS1
heres some pics of mine
I really like the red. And it will go with my red SS too!
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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Subscribing for later...
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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how would i go about just changing the map light bulbs to leds? like can someone point me in the right direction of how to do that? do i just replace the bulbs themselves?
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Zerokube
how would i go about just changing the map light bulbs to leds? like can someone point me in the right direction of how to do that? do i just replace the bulbs themselves?
Yes, 2002 - wedge base bulb, everything else - festoon bulb.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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I tapped into the wires from the map light to power my LED s .problem is
the light stays on all the time regardless if door is open or closed .what
did i do wrong? its a 94 bird btw that year car does not have a BCM.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by formula vincent
I tapped into the wires from the map light to power my LED s .problem is
the light stays on all the time regardless if door is open or closed .what
did i do wrong? its a 94 bird btw that year car does not have a BCM.
When you say always on, do you mean fully illuminated or is it dimly lit? Sometimes LED's don't shut off 100%. But it seems like you're saying they're completely on..

I know that in LS1's the BCM cuts the ground out which shuts off the lights. Hopefully someone else can chime in
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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the lights are fully lit . there are 3 wires at the back of the mirror. orange is
the power . black is ground and a white wire i assume its for the delay . i
hooked a test light into the connection for the power -orange- the test light
lit up , so i spliced my led light tube to it then spliced into the ground wire
once i did this the light tube lit up , but ,all doors were closed nothing else
was on but that light tube .so i opened and closed all doors to see if it
would respond , nothing . it just stays lit . just for giggles and ***** . i
hooked the test light into the white wire and the test light lit very dimly
i got leds in the dome and map lights and they work fine. this is the only thing thats giving
me fits.
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i really, really wanna do this. i just think if i attempted i would fail
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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I did this in my old grand am gt, I wired it to my fog light switch so when I ran them at night I had blue LED's shining the feet.
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Old Jun 3, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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I tapped into my dome light; I went with UV LEDs. Lights turn on/off when the doors/hatch are open/close and when I manually turn on the dimmer switch. There are some LED bulbs that will actually allow a tiny tiny amount of light through and remain just a tad lit (this would be most evident with brighter colors). others will completely turn off.









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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 01:36 AM
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Did my LED conversion this past weekend minus the front footwells, which are next on the list... I went with all Blue LED's. I already have white LED's in the gauges but I changed the Rpm and Speedo Bulbs for Blue ones and I will be doin the rest now after seeing how much better the Blue ones look.



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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 02:08 AM
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Looks pretty good!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 03:10 AM
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Gave me some good ideas guys, lookin good!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 07:57 AM
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Looks killer, unfortunately I threw my lower panel away. Due to my large feet hitting it trying to shift. But I could always improvise something!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1CALIBOY
Did my LED conversion this past weekend minus the front footwells, which are next on the list... I went with all Blue LED's. I already have white LED's in the gauges but I changed the Rpm and Speedo Bulbs for Blue ones and I will be doin the rest now after seeing how much better the Blue ones look.
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Those gauges look awesome!
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by bigairboarder44
Those gauges look awesome!
Thanx man...
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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Looks like dimming LEDs *IS* possible:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...s%2Fdimmer.htm

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Yes it's normal. LED's don't dim, so your dimmer switch becomes useless. You know how they used to dim to off if you sat in the car long enough? Try it now, they'll shut right off without dimming.
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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Not only that but I have LEDs and they dont just turn off instantly, they do fade off like the old bulbs.
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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 02:04 PM
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Looks great, I am looking to do the same to my ride too.
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