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Old 03-03-2008, 09:27 PM
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Doeds anyone know a way that I can make my 05 Xb overhead light brighter. The current light leaves a lot to be desired.

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Get an LED dome light replacement from Oznium.com
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xbeezer:

^^^what he said. here's the link:

"http://www.oznium.com/thin-led-domelight"

Order the LARGE WHITE Flexible Super-Thin LED Dome Light (5x5cm = 2x2"), $29.99. It fits perfectly into the dome lens with room to spare--use the smallest festoon adapter (27mm) for the bulb replacement.

This puppy is VERY bright--maybe 4-5x brighter than OEM--and pure white (not warm like OEM bulb).
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guys at oznium are awesome
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+1 for the Oznium large flexible super-thin dome light. Just installed it tonight. Lights up the whole interior!
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Bump because this little light rules. I bought Friday, arrived in mail today. Makes a HUGE difference.

Get one. I got the white one...
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:48 AM
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^^^^^^^^
I second that !! Just got mine today. Made a huge difference. The $30 is well worth it.
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:39 AM
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got the 2" x 2" ultra thin dome light ...ordered it Friday, got it Monday! with regular first class mail to Honolulu!!!

what speed to fill the order!!!
how damn bright the interior now is (got the warm white)
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Cool oznium dome light.
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Originally Posted by hawaiiguy
got the 2" x 2" ultra thin dome light ...ordered it Friday, got it Monday! with regular first class mail to Honolulu!!!

what speed to fill the order!!!
how damn bright the interior now is (got the warm white)
Good call on the warm white. Better color rendering in the cabin, and less *brrr* cold feeling.
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Grltalk --> Nice shot! Your pic just persuaded me to buy the dome light! (only in red...)
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Old 04-04-2008, 01:38 AM
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You could also add some front map lights from a Yaris. That is gonna be my next mod.
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Yeah I am really surprised that there are no lights up front - getting stopped by a cop at night is really going to result in flashlight in face a lot more without any interior front lighting. No trunk light is also a pain with a black interior - first thing I did is run some wires in the lining from teh dome light socket to the rear side windows and added a LED tail light bulb - thing really brightens up the back of the xB.
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the yaris map lights with nice superwhite bulbs light the car up!!!!!
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Thanks, Richard. That was taken through the windshield. I have a really dark tint banner across the top, so it's a bit brighter than the shot shows.
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