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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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Default Upgrade Interior light with LEDs(30 front, 24 rear, 8 hatch)

LED kit for light in hatch is also available!!!
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Now I'm ready to sell my led kits. Anyone who is interested in, please PM me.
You don't need soldering at all. All you need to do is to pull all stock bulbs out and then install PCB into the housing. This is it.
It may take less than 30 minutes to install both front and rear. I guess you'd better take the both housing apart to do the job much easier.

White color is also available.

1. Front dome light

Break some plastics inside and pull out all three bulbs. Mark (+) and (-) as you see in the picture.


Now you are ready to install 30 LEDs PCB.


Put three small PCB into each bulb base. Red wire side has to go to (+) and black wire side goes to (-) as you see in the below.


Bring it to your car and hook up connector and then check all buttons and see if it works. on/off/door.... If anything doesn't work, check out all the wires connected properly. Red goes +, Black goes -.
If all work, bring the housing to your working desk, and glue PCB like below picture.




Finally.....


2. Rear dome light
For rear, superflux is not available because of lack of space in between cover and plastic body, and so only SMD type LED can be used. I used 3 chip 5630 blue LED(total 24 ^^). Actually it looks much brighter than 30 superflux in the front. As you probably know superflux has only one chip, so total number of chips is 30(front) : 72(rear). Anyway here's some pictures.

Before the installation, I compared it with 9 LED bulb.


light of 9 LED bulb is like just straight, but mine is much wider and brighter.

Rear LED kit looks like this,


Before you glue PCB on the housing, try to test it first as follows.
Black wire goes to passenger side, and red wire goes to driver's side.



You'd better bring rear dome housing to fix PCB on it by glue gun or 5min Epoxy.



Then bring it to the car and put terminal on bulb base as follows. Black wire goes to passenger side, and red wire goes to driver's side.


Then everything's done. It's sweeeet!




My windshield looks so dirty....
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 07:16 AM
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nice. now sell me one!

(seriously tho PM me)
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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now THAT... is a pretty sight.

Old Apr 14, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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yea.. it's way better than stock bulb. But I should've used SMD LED on the front as well... It seems like it's brighter and wider..
Thanks! ^^
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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You should start selling these!
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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Dang that's a lotta LEDs, looks pretty nice.
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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it looks nice..but idk if i would want to feel like im walking into an interagtion room when i get in my car at night
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:01 PM
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yes i say sell these as well. you'd make good money.
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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Probably I need to register sponsorship first to sell this..
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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how much clearance would you say there is in the back dome between the plastic cover and the back
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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Default Impossile to measure.. ^^

Originally Posted by Mr_P
how much clearance would you say there is in the back dome between the plastic cover and the back
Well.... not very much. That's why I used very thin SMD type of led.
As you may know it's impossible to measure the clearance, but I guess it is about 1/16 ~1/8" roughly.
Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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nice
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:12 AM
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Now I registered sponsorship, and so I can sell those kits. and also I upgraded the kits, so you don't need soldering. Details are updated in the original thread.
Please PM me if anyone's interested in.
Thanks!!
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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WOW!!! VERY NICE work there ... please PM me on pricing... only if you have white though...

-and another question... does the front still work with all buttons, for example if you hit the left light switch on will they all go on or only the left side?
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by mar10
WOW!!! VERY NICE work there ... please PM me on pricing... only if you have white though...

-and another question... does the front still work with all buttons, for example if you hit the left light switch on will they all go on or only the left side?
x2 on the left light switch, and do you have any that are "white" I'm not too fond of the blue b/c it won't go will with my interior plans...if you are able to make them like an orange or amber color or just plain white I will def. consider getting them from you.
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by amdforever
Originally Posted by mar10
WOW!!! VERY NICE work there ... please PM me on pricing... only if you have white though...

-and another question... does the front still work with all buttons, for example if you hit the left light switch on will they all go on or only the left side?
x2 on the left light switch, and do you have any that are "white" I'm not too fond of the blue b/c it won't go will with my interior plans...if you are able to make them like an orange or amber color or just plain white I will def. consider getting them from you.
Sure.. white is available. price is also the same.
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:39 AM
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Ok, is an orange/amber color available? And how much? I dont see it in the thread anywhere unless I over looked it. And about that left light switch button. Does it keep that function? Like if we push the left light will on the left side light up adn the same deal for the right side? That would be sweet if it does. PM pricing shipped to 89191 please, thx
Old May 4, 2007 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by amdforever
Ok, is an orange/amber color available? And how much? I dont see it in the thread anywhere unless I over looked it. And about that left light switch button. Does it keep that function? Like if we push the left light will on the left side light up adn the same deal for the right side? That would be sweet if it does. PM pricing shipped to 89191 please, thx
Only white and blue are available. and sure you can turn on left or right independently. right and left have 6 LEDs each, and center has 18, so total 30 LEDs.
I will PM you for the price, and also you can go and check detail price to sponsored sales forum; https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=173834.
Thanks!
Old May 4, 2007 | 06:18 AM
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what about making one for the rear hatch area>?
Old May 4, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Neothin
what about making one for the rear hatch area>?
Sure... This is basically a custom made, so I can apply it to any light housing.
I will update it sooner on my post in sponsor forum.
Thanks!



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