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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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Great write up man! I am stocking these exact 6 led clusters and more! I would really appriciate your business. Our prices are equal to the competitions and we have faster / cheaper shipping! Check out this post at

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...626072#1626072
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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That is cool that you are adding those leds to sell, but a savings of $.50 on shipping really isn't enough to sway most people. As for the shipping, mine got there in 3 days. How much faster is your shipping?
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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All my shipping is priority mail and is there in 3 days or less always, not a gamble. Also if people do not want to keep it in the scion family for the same exact product, well then that is there business. I have gone out on quite a limb to support this community in many ways and am offering this as more of a help than anything. For those of you that are looking for LED's, Please do contact me! I will help you guys in any way I can!

I also stock lots of other parts including the correct LED's for the gauge cluster changes!
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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I just did this yesterday, thanks to the writeup and it looks hot
Old Jun 14, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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I did a custom LED dome light for a customer here (WhiteOut). I put 24 15,000MCD superflux LED's on a board. I replaced his 6 led bulb that was in there and it made a big difference.

I am trying to get some pictures from him (I didn't have my camera when I did the mod), but here is a pic of a dome light I did for an xb (same idea). I couldn't fit as many LED's on the xb though.




I did both cars in white, but I also have blue, red, green, yellow, and uv.
Old Jun 26, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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I changed mine but I have one problem. Seems as if my center dome light doesn't comp[letely turn off when the light is set at "door". When the stock bulb is installed it turns all the way off. I have tested several LED's and it only happens then the LED Bulbs are in and the setting is on door. Does this happen to anyone else? If it has, what do I have to do because the small lighting is annoying.
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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BUMP!!! I Need HELP.
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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^^^^ Did you make a board, or did you use a prebuilt led bulb? The dome light should not be getting any voltage when the door is closed. Test it with a multimeter, and see if it is getting any voltage.
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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sounds like some trickle discharge..... perhaps residual from the "dome light fade"....



uhh.. what bulb did you buy?
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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I bought the bulb from superbrightleds.com. I suppose it was the WLED 4-LED wedge base bulb. All LED color bulb remain lit, but the stock bulb does not.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 12:08 AM
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^^^ Lol, when it is supposed to be off, but its dim, is it a greenish color? One of my customers got those same bulbs for his side markers on his M3, and he has the same problem.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 12:38 AM
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well I just broke the damn board trying to pull the entire assembly out. Im off to the dealer to get a new dome light assembly!
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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Well I am merely colorblind but it wasn't green. Definitely blue. Does anyone else around here have SuperbrightLED's and have the same issue?
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Thisguy10
Well I am merely colorblind but it wasn't green. Definitely blue. Does anyone else around here have SuperbrightLED's and have the same issue?
I have the superbrightleds and I do not have this problem. I simply swapped out the old ones with these new leds and I dont ever see any lights still on after the doors are closed (I have my dome lights both set to 'door').
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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alright i have done the mod n it took me 2mins to do the both the dome light n the front three lights. i tried to do the cubby light but a storm came and i didnt have time to finish. i tried to take the bulb outta the base so i can put the new bulb in there but couldnt do it.
can someone please explain the process? do i have to take out the bulb from the base, because the new bulb i got, the base looks like it is not usable?

at least the blue makes the orange easy on the eyes.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rub3414
alright i have done the mod n it took me 2mins to do the both the dome light n the front three lights. i tried to do the cubby light but a storm came and i didnt have time to finish. i tried to take the bulb outta the base so i can put the new bulb in there but couldnt do it.
can someone please explain the process? do i have to take out the bulb from the base, because the new bulb i got, the base looks like it is not usable?

at least the blue makes the orange easy on the eyes.
I pulled the carpet back from the side of the console, pulled the wire out that hast he bulb at the end of it, pulled the bulb out of its base and pulled the bulb out of the base that it was sent in from superbrightleds, and then i just popped it in the old base, put it back and put the carpet back.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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oh ok that is exactly wat i was doing but it started to rain so i just put the light back into the cubby.
was it hard to take the bulb out of the original base? or is there an easy way to do it?
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rub3414
oh ok that is exactly wat i was doing but it started to rain so i just put the light back into the cubby.
was it hard to take the bulb out of the original base? or is there an easy way to do it?
sort of wiggle it (the bulb, not you) and pull it straight out.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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same thing here i still havent seen the dome lights that are set to door stay on after the door is closed. hope it doesnt start happenning now (knocking on wood)
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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I can't believe I am the only one with this problem. I hate when sh*t goes wrong. lol



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