mael

What sort of housing did you use for the LED strips in the footwells? I'm referring to the black rectangular (metal?) "holders" for the LED's with the screw mounting holes in them. Looks sharp.

Rob_Tampa

Click here http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini_tubes.htm
And scroll down.

They are the MCM series 6-LED Module.

JDM_Keck

looks incredible! you have inspired me to do something similar...except i plan on going all white.

Rob_Tampa

Do it, brother.

FYI - With pliers and a little determination you can get the 31 x 10mm, 9-led bulb into the trunk light fixture


While I'm at it, I'll post a pic of my new sub.

BIGRKtC

nice work! I'm gonna swap my dome lights, my trunk light and my liscense plate. Do you recomend any spicific brand of LEDs? I used superbrightleds for my parking lights before I did my retrofit and they died after like 2 months.

chrischoi

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i need to get the trunk light. when someone orders.. let me know.. and i'll pay for the led and pay for part of the shipping. pm me!

Rob_Tampa

I thought of trying the LEDs in the headlights, but on their web site they make it a point that the LEDs will die from the heat if placed in headlight housings. I used the 6-led 168 bulbs from superbrightleds for my license plate. It looks just like it does in the picture as far as color goes, kind of a blue-ish purple kind of white. They aren't quite as bright as the OEM bulbs.

BIGRKtC

Will this one fit in the license plaet lights? Its a 194/168 12-led wedge, but it looks a bit wide. Here's a pic.


Here are the specs.
921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb
921 Type with 12 LEDs, replaces 194/168/912 wedge base car bulbs
Wide 100 degree beam pattern, non-polarized
measures 1.20 inch long by 0.60 inch diameter
$ 3.95

Rob_Tampa

I don't know. Looking at the specs I see that the 12 LED bulb is only 4.25mm bigger around then the 6-LED bulb I used. You should probably measure the socket it goes in, or just order both sizes, they're pretty cheap. If it fits, let us know.

Rob_Tampa

After looking at the spec some more I see that the 9 and 12 led bulbs are also longer then the 6 led bulbs, 28.9mm versus 21.25mm.

Rob_Tampa

I was asked to explain how I routed the wire to the the LED in the upper part of the arm rest lid. It's a little complicated and because I didn't take pictures as I did it myself, I rendered out some visual aids.

First off, you need to take apart the arm rest, basically take out any screw you can find, including the hinges. The hinges are basically the same, and both take a little messing around with to get them apart.



Once you take this apart...


you can see the hinge looks like this...


Now to route the wire from the front of the arm rest lid down through the hinge in such a way that it can't be seen and doesn't get pinched, you need to trim out some of the plastic "ribbing" to create a channel to run it though.
Like so...

This is the hardest part. I used a hot x-acto knife and a Dremmel. Don't worry if it looks ugly, this part is hidden from view when all is assembled. The procedure is the same for both hinges, although the bottom one isn't so critical.

Next, just drill a hole and insert the LED in front of the lid and run the wire around to the back side, and down through the hole and channel you just made.


As an added precaution, I put some heat shrink around the wire that passes though the hinges and then taped over the channels to keep the wire from coming out and getting pinched. I would also recommend that you use some kind of connectors so you can take it all apart again without having to cut splices.

Now just feed your wire though the bottom part of the arm rest and put it all back together. Before putting it back into your car, check to make sure nothing is getting caught or pinched in the hinges.

Enjoy your new pimped-out illuminated arm rest.

LiquidFX

hmmm

SquallLHeart

well... there's some nice computer aided pics for ya..

SuperWhite12

No these don't fit. trust me i tried. the bulb will fit the harness but will not fit in the housing.

Skeletor

Rob tampa is awsome.thanks! very nice work.

knght_scion

I made mine fit,

used one 194/168 12-led wedge(4.95), and I also used a T13-B6, 12V 6 led- Blue(2.99) for the license plate lights. The 12 led took a little adjustment to the wiring, and some hot glue to secure it but it fits, the 6 led fit perfectly. For the interior dome light I used a 12V 4 LED bulb, 3022-B4(.95 each). I bought all the bulbs from superbrightleds.com, for maybe $20, shipped, the T13-B6, should also fit the front side markers. I would also recommend shipping via USPS, ordered on Tuesday, arrived on Thursday morning (Florissant,MO to Yakima, Wa), UPS Ground took 6 days to deliver my second order.

Daskid

I just ordered mine from them and hopefully I can get them by Thursday too.

Can't wait to fit those LED bulbs!!! I'm going all white!!!

I just forgot that LED bulbs inside the headlight housing for parklights wouldn't be a good thing. Will they really melt??? What will happen if I did put them in there?

Well, at least I have spares.

Rob_Tampa

I just think that the electronics will fail, not really melt. Spares are good thing, I just had one of my lic. plate LEDs crap out. Yea its under warrenty, but its still $5 shipping for a $3 bulb I might just order two of the new 4500K LEDs as replacements.

Daskid

Where can you get those? And how much? Do you have a part number for that LED?

Rob_Tampa

http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

WLED-WHP LED Wedge Base Bulbs