Has anyone changed the bulbs in your front parking lights? A few nights ago, I changed my headlights to Sylvania SilverStars (9003ST). Now, the little parking lights look yellow next to the new headlights. I knew the SilverStars where whiter, but wow! :shock: Anyhow, from what I can gather, the bulb in the parking light is a simple 5watt wedge-type bulb (168/194/W5W). I looked on-line and lots of places sell "Super bright LED" versions of this bulb. Has anyone tried any of these? How'd they look? Should I get "Hyper-White" or "Blue-White"?

I changed mine out, its pretty much the same exact bulb thats in the license plate lights, the oven, ect. LED style lights dont look right to me there because the 120 degree bulbs dont use any of the reflector but shine just through the little hole in the glare reducer thingy, Go to walmart and look for some of those "Natural Glass" bulbs, its like $5 for the 2 and they work great, not yellowish at all

Hmmm...I was in Wal-Mart last night but I don't remember seeing anything that said "Natural Glass". They may have been there, but I missed them. I was wondering about the fact that an LED is more directional. I'm glad you mentioned that. If my Wal-Mart doesn't have the ones you mentioned, I'll have to look for a "High output" regular bulb....not an LED. Thanks for the response.

I just called a local performance shop and ordered a set of PIAA Xtreme White #168 wedge bulbs. They'll be in tomorrow. They aren't LEDs, so I shouldn't have that directional problem. These are what I ordered:
http://www.prolightstar.com/access_bulb/piaa19172.html

www.autolumination.com he sells both the led and the hyperwhite

Thanks guys, I was looking for the bulb size to replace mine.

I changed mine out, its pretty much the same exact bulb thats in the license plate lights, the oven, ect. LED style lights dont look right to me there because the 120 degree bulbs dont use any of the reflector but shine just through the little hole in the glare reducer thingy, Go to walmart and look for some of those "Natural Glass" bulbs, its like $5 for the 2 and they work great, not yellowish at all

How difficult was it to change the bulbs?

Yeah any directions or at least tips?

they are a _____. basically u should find someone with small hands or remove the headlight. it will be alot easier if you do one of the above . here u are going to want the bulb named "matrix" it has side facing leds causing there to be alot more reflection compared to a regular led replacement. these will make you alot happier.
http://autolumination.com/194.htm

How difficult was it to change the bulbs?I assume you mean the headlight bulbs...right? It wasn't too bad. The driver's side is the hardest because there is a fuse box in the way and you have very limited room to work. Do that side first. It makes the passanger side a breeze. Anyhow, I just followed the directions in the owner's manual.
-disconect the plug on the back of the bulb.
-pull of the rubber seal ring (wiggle it to get it loose).
-squeeze the little spring clip thingy together so that it flops down away from the bulb (you'll see what I mean when you do it)
-remove old bulb.
-install new bulb and reverse above procedure.
Be very careful not to bang or drop the bulbs (especially the new ones)
and NEVER touch the glass of these bulbes with bare skin. The oils from your skin will create a hot spot and weaken the bulb. I wore latex gloves to do it. It really isn't hard at all. No tools required.

*Edit- LOL...I just realized you probably meant the parking light bulb! :oops:

I meant the parking bulbs.. I've installed Eurodezign bulbs already and they are a pain to get to indeed.. I was curious if getting to the parking bulbs was any different or as difficult?

Yeah, sorry....I just realized you meant the parking light bulb. I pulled mine out last night to check what type of bulb it was. I didn't think it was too hard. You need a work light to see what you're doing, but you just reach in as best you can and turn 1/4 turn. The plug and bulb will come right out.

I love having small hands :D

Yeah, sorry....I just realized you meant the parking light bulb. I pulled mine out last night to check what type of bulb it was. I didn't think it was too hard. You need a work light to see what you're doing, but you just reach in as best you can and turn 1/4 turn. The plug and bulb will come right out.

Obviously the parking light is next to the head lights, but are there any cables to disconnect, or protective donut to remove? Where is it located in relation to the head light donut? I'm at work right now, so can't run out to my car and check.

I love having small hands :D
It'll definately help!

Obviously the parking light is next to the head lights, but are there any cables to disconnect, or protective donut to remove? Where is it located in relation to the head light donut? I'm at work right now, so can't run out to my car and check.The parking light is down on the inside corner of the headlight assembly. Picture your headlights as eyes on a face. The parking lights are where your tear ducts are...right next to your nose. They are easier to get to than the headlight bulb. No rubber gaskets except one that's fixed to the plug (you don't have to remove it seperatley). You don't even disconnect any wires. All you do is grab the back of the plug with the wires still attached and turn. The plug and bulb will come free. You just pull the bulb straight out of the plug. Replace it, and put it all back.

Sounds good! Thanks for the info.

Been looking to change those bulbs ever since I got new bulbs.. that amber annoys me when I see my car's reflection at night.

Sounds good! Thanks for the info.

Been looking to change those bulbs ever since I got new bulbs.. that amber annoys me when I see my car's reflection at night.No problem. Yeah, it does look funny when you get really white headlights.

Has anyone changed the bulbs in your front parking lights? A few nights ago, I changed my headlights to Sylvania SilverStars (9003ST). Now, the little parking lights look yellow next to the new headlights. I knew the SilverStars where whiter, but wow! :shock: Anyhow, from what I can gather, the bulb in the parking light is a simple 5watt wedge-type bulb (168/194/W5W). I looked on-line and lots of places sell "Super bright LED" versions of this bulb. Has anyone tried any of these? How'd they look? Should I get "Hyper-White" or "Blue-White"?
i replaced it with a yellow bulb

i replaced it with a yellow bulbInteresting. You kinda went in the other direction...LOL. How's it look?

i will post pics 2nite

Hmm...

Hmm...

Insightful.

Hmm...

Insightful.

Indeed.

I ordered these. Don't know how they compare to above posts. seemed like they would look better.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7942014299&category=33713

they are LED bulbs with a 120 viewing angle, they wont look very good at all, the glare reducer will block them almost completly, I've tried. on the plus side those will fit in your Tag light as well.

the stuff at autolumination is cheaper than that ebay link so.... just tryin to help out.and that link has ____ty forward facing bulbs only u need the matrix bulbs from www.autolumination.com . you will be much happier

I changed mine to led bulbs.... it looks much brighter... the output colour is a bluish white... it's better than the ordinary white bulbs... tried 4 kind of bulbs and think led does look a lot better than the whole lot....ordinary white bulbs tend to look bit of yellowish white....

Just taking it all in.

I ordered these. Don't know how they compare to above posts. seemed like they would look better.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7942014299&category=33713They may look fine, but like was already mentioned, those LEDs are only going to shine straight out of the glare limiter cone thingy. They really wont be putting any light back on the reflector at all. I guess the only way to know is give 'em a try. I'm VERY happy with the results I got from the PIAA Extreme White bulbs (they aren't an LED).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/fluxmr2spyder/DSC01467.jpg

i will take better pics when i get my xA back

Thread from the dead. Matt_a or any xA owner for that matter with different front parking light bulbs installed, think you can post pics with them on? I'm not sure if I wanna put in ultra whites in the parking lights or perhaps something with a little more blue.

I am running a 6LED bulbs in my parking lights...got to get some LEDs for the corners...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/oldmanatee/DSC00590.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/oldmanatee/P1010034.jpg

manatee.... WHERE did you get those bulbs dude i want the EXACT same ones!!!!

I am running LED replacement 194s i got from pepboys. They arent as bright as oldmanatee's, but they get the job done for 7 bucks :)

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p195/bfurches/winter%20time/P1010010.jpg

...there straight white, goes great with white headlights.

manatee.... WHERE did you get those bulbs dude i want the EXACT same ones!!!!

They are the 5 LED WLED-X5 from http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

Get some extra, I alredy had one that one of the LEDs would shake like a wet dog. Just didn't hold up to the vibration, I guess.

Thanks for the props, yall.

I am running a 5LED bulbs in my parking lights...got to get some LEDs for the corners...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/oldmanatee/DSC00590.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/oldmanatee/P1010034.jpg

Are the 04-05 parking lights the same as the 06 parking lights?

Does anyones look like the bulb isnt pushed all the way out? I looked at mine and it almost seems like the stock bulb isnt long enough.

Are the 04-05 parking lights the same as the 06 parking lights?

Well, yes and no. The 04-05 parking lights are 194 wedge bulbs and 06 is a 2825 wedge bulb. They are exactly the same in appearance and are interchangeable. The difference between the two is that the 194 bulb runs at 3 watts and the 2825 bulb runs at 5 watts, this makes the 2825 bulb brighter. If you want to put 194 bulb in your 06(like I have) thats ok, it just won't be as bright. You can read more about the differences here:
http://www.boss302.com/cluster.htm

Also, if you want to know what all the other bulbs are in the 06 xA, look here:
http://www.eautoworks.com/html/bulbSearch-1-SCION-xA.htm

Autozone and advance auto sells p194 led amber bulbs. I have them in my car and like the look. The white stock bulb just looked like a poorly design running lamps.

I was in PEP Boys and picked up some white LED 194 bulbs, put them behind the clear lenses and now I am not ashamed to turn on my lights!

I installed the 5 LED WLED bulbs and they much more asthetically pleasing. I will post pics to show the difference.

autozone... advanced... pep boys... do these guys carry them in yellow?

You can find yellow all day, it's the white that is hard to come by.......

superbrightleds is ____ing me off...i ordered from them and got a confirmation email with a tracking # 2 weeks ago and all it says it's been accepted but do I have my LEDs? nope. Time for an email to superbright....

I was in PEP Boys and picked up some white LED 194 bulbs, put them behind the clear lenses and now I am not ashamed to turn on my lights!

manny, did you solve the riddle of the side parking lights? i have the same issue, got the sylvania lights, the superbrightleds.com lights parking lights, and now I have embarrassing yellow/white lights on the side of my front bumper.

were the 194 lights from pep boys the answer?

sunny, I think they did...I bought 2 sets and put the other 2 in as back up lights....They look cool, but as back ups, they suck like a bucket of ticks.....

I will try to put up some pics....

well as long as they look good. I put bluebat's vinyl tint on my taillights... so i dont need the backup lights done

Hey, I'm all about looking good......

Hey, I'm all about looking good......



I put those 5 LEDs in the front parking lights the side turn signals and the back up lights they look real sharp.....

Then I'ma just gonna order me some 5 bulbs.....

Well, after a month of waiting, my LEDs are here...only thing is that now my parking lights are a lot more blue than my sylvania white lights. wtf. I got the WLED x5-LED Wide Angle LED bulb and it's marked as "Cool White". I don't remember ever having to choose either "Cool white" or "Warm White" but apparently you now have the choice according to superbrightleds.com. I'm thinking they barely put this new type of white up on their website and sent me either of the whites. The comparison chart shows the cool white leds being 8000k and the warm white leds being 3300k. If i remember correctly the only choice of white i had was ultra white. Did I get sent the wrong type of white or what? Cuz it doesn't match my headlights. Much more blue. To those who got these leds for their parking lights, what type of white did you guys get and do you remember ever having to choose between "Cool white" or "Warm white"?

Well, after a month of waiting, my LEDs are here...only thing is that now my parking lights are a lot more blue than my sylvania white lights. wtf. I got the WLED x5-LED Wide Angle LED bulb and it's marked as "Cool White". I don't remember ever having to choose either "Cool white" or "Warm White" but apparently you now have the choice according to superbrightleds.com. I'm thinking they barely put this new type of white up on their website and sent me either of the whites. The comparison chart shows the cool white leds being 8000k and the warm white leds being 3300k. If i remember correctly the only choice of white i had was ultra white. Did I get sent the wrong type of white or what? Cuz it doesn't match my headlights. Much more blue. To those who got these leds for their parking lights, what type of white did you guys get and do you remember ever having to choose between "Cool white" or "Warm white"?



I bought them and you are correct they are more blue than white. When I bought mine last month I had the choice of white or OEM Amber. The parking lights are more blue than my headlights but I actually like it that way.