Enzie

Yeah the light just takes a bit more effort to press on and off, and i personally wouldent wanan flick it on and off all the time. But i leave it in the "on" position all the time since it comes on only when the trunk is opened.

For the color, it isnt much of a blue tint actually, more of a white, like a soft white. My dads friend compared it to a flourecant glow in the car with it. Which i guess it kinda right. Its really weird to describe it, and pictures make it look weird.

If you have ever used an LED flashlight, its kinda comparable to that i suppose. But its not pure white, and its not blue.

OH!! And the rear dome with the 9 bulbs, its slightly whiter than the front dome with 6 bulbs in each socket. Not sure why, but its only noticable if you actually try to spot differences

kvnhmmd

Thanks, and do the lights still SLOWLY turn on when you open the door, and SLOWLY turn off? (1-2 seconds like it's supposed to be) Or is it instant bright, and instant off? Some LEDs are not dimmable.

Enzie

They dont instant on and off. They actually dim :D!!! like 1-2 seconds, just like the stock ones. My neighbor with a really nice M3 was jealous because the LEDs he bought wouldnt dim in his car and stuff

kvnhmmd

Well, looks like I'm sold. Thanks for the info, Enzie. Looks like we are waiting for the rest of the info on bulb sizes for the turn signals, brake lights, reverse lights, and if any modifications will be necessary for those.

There is also this link: http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...lacementGuide/

But they do not have any 2011 cars listed on there yet...

Enzie

np, and yeah :/ i really wanna change my plate lights etc.

Thanks for the link btw, after seeing my car my dad is dying to led swap his '07 tundra, and all the info i need to help him out is right there!

Sometimes i wish the tC got parts/info even faster, even though its already getting stuff at a super fast rate xD

EDIT: just a heads up, I think they have a return policy for the bulbs, something like being able to return certain bulbs even if the packaging was already opened. But for most cases I don't think it makes sense to return em cause shipping alone would make you lose out on any refund

Superpickel

License Light is the same as the front two dome lights. I know that the reverse light is a 7440 bulb so just search for a 7440 LED bulb. Not sure about the stops. Just remove the bulb and get the numbers printed on the bulb and then do some searching.

Enzie

Here's the pictures of my LED swaps, they arent much.. but its better than nothing right? xD






Front Dome


Front dome (kinda scratched the black D


front dome with lights on (Yay mario and a feather thing xD)


front dome, with cover on


rear dome, the bulb wouldnt get focused on, and thus is kinda blury for the little bulbs for each rear dome photo (also, i know the bulb isnt in the slit, i fixed it after i uploaded these and saw it


rear dome


rear dome


rear dome light on


rear dome, cover on


trunk light


trunk light


trunk light, cover on


trunk light, light on, in housing


Reverse Light bulb


Reverse light on in the day


License plate light in the night


License plate light and reverse light in the night


The trunk is again, harder to switch than before and just makes me feel uncomfortable switching it on and off a lot.


Also i wasnt sure if i could edit photos into my original post, so i justmade a reply. If a mod could move it to my OP, that would be great.

hooray!


Just for fun :D. I had to sit on the floor at a weird angle for the light to look blue like that, but it makes a great iPhone background :D!!!

kvnhmmd

It ALMOST looks like you can fit a bigger bulb in the front dome, with more LEDs on it. Like a 12-LED bulb. Is this true? Or are the bulbs with more LEDs longer and will hit the lens cover?

Enzie

Um i thought about that aswell, im not sure if its longer, but theres a lot of room so i'm pretty sure it should fit. Im considering ordering a pair when i get some bulbs for my dads truck, but i'm pretty satisfied with these for now, and im trying to save my money for a CAI xD...

I also wasnt sure about the light pattern for the 12 LED bulb, it says something like 220 degree light pattern, so i have no idea how that would look in it..

If they fit though, the 12 LEDs would be amazingly bright

Enzie

Bump because i added the bulb information for the bulbs i used in my license plate lights and reverse lights, as well as photos

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

Good, Enzie, thanks! Do you plan on doing your turn signals and side markers as well?

Enzie

I do plan on doing the parking lights, im only trying to debate wether i should do yellow parking lights or do white or a light blue, because i'm not sure of the legality issues regarding them. I'm pretty sure light blue would be pushing it cause blue is illegal... Not sure about white though. (plus i think theres an orange reflector in the housing ._.)

But for the turn signals... that i'm not too sure about because i dont want to get that hyper blinking and i dont want to have to do any wire cutting and crazy stuff like that to fix it, i honestly have no idea if you have to do any of that stuff to fix hyper blinking, i dont even know if i'll get hyper blinking...

COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSES HYPER BLINKING? D:

i might just put some PIAA bulbs there.. but for now i'm probably just going to put parker lights when i get the chance (car payment is coming up so im trying not to blow all my money

kvnhmmd

Hyper Blinking is your car's way of telling you that you have a turn signal light burnt out. Since LEDs are not normal lights, and contain small circuit boards, the car might think the bulb is burnt out, thus creating hyper blinking. (turn signal blinks 2-3x fast.)

However, there are resisters you can plug in/wire in to simulate the load of a regular filament bulb while still keeping LED (which i believe defeats the purpose of energy savings of LED lights)

But if you just use LED for the instant on/off, and brightness, then you should be fine. But in my theory, if you have all LED lights, and forget to turn off your lights, you have longer leeway time before your battery is depleted.... in theory.

Enzie

Ohhh, thanks for the info... I'll have to look into the resistors and stuff before I actual consider going LED for those parts

kvnhmmd

I'm not sure if hyper blinking with LEDs are an issue with the 2011 tC, or if some LEDs cause hyper blinking, and some not... Lots of research

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

They do. I spoke with another member who is experiencing hyper-blinking. He prefers it though, so he couldn't provide any insight into what can be done to remedy it.

I think the best and easiest way to go would be to get a replacement flasher. From what I gathered during my limited research, it's just a replacement module that goes in the fuse box in the engine bay.

EDIT: I believe the flasher is actually located in the fuse panel inside the car.

jtk2

my 11 baby



white led blinkers and corner lights




with 6k hid by ddmtunning



white led turn signals/reverse and license plate





uv purple interior dome leds



cant find an led bulb for this lights in uv purple. so had to hook up the strip

wish someone came out with white mirror lights!!!! id buy those right now!!
sorry for the bad pictures..not the best camera man in the world lol.

Enzie

Wow, I like the UV purple, and your LP and back up lights are waaaayyyyy brighter looking than mine!

jtk2

thanks dude. kinda got a little tired of doing blue so went purple.


these are the type of bulbs i used for the lp and front corner lights



and used these for reverse and blinkers. bought off ebay from the seller "tuning pros"

Enzie

Oh cool, my dad tried using the same bulbs i used for my LP lights for his tundra, and either he put them in and they somehow are aimed wrong, or they just arent bright enough for his truck, but the light doesnt even reach the license plate xD....

Did you have to use a resistor thing? or did you just plug those bulbs into the blinkers and have no hyper blink issues?