Fun with LEDs
 

I placed an order with superbrightleds.com for some LED bulbs last week to replace some of the interior bulbs in my cars and got back from vacation yesterday to find the package had arrived. I didn't get all the bulbs I plan on getting yet because I wanted to try one of each bulb I need first to see how they looked. I haven't done any in the Formula yet but I tried a couple of them in the Civic. It has two map lights up front which makes for a great comparison. Here's some pics with the standard bulb in the driver's side and the LED bulb in the passenger side (in the close up pic the LED is on the right):

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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/P6168063.jpg

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Very nice improvement. They also use a shit ton less electricity and will last forever.

I also got one to replace the bulb for the trunk light. The stocker is just a regular little 168 bulb. The bulb I got has the same base but it's an oversize bulb with 6 LEDs on a little circuit board. They have dimensions for all their bulbs listed on the website and I picked the biggest one that would fit in the housing. Keep in mind these pictures were taken with the camera at the exact same exposure:

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/P6178076.jpg

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/P6178069.jpg

Now that is an awesome upgrade. That bulb was the most expensive of all of them but it was still only like $12. In the Formula I'm going to be doing both map lights, the rear dome light and the door handle lights. I will grab some pics of those once they are done.

That looks great! I tried a cheap LED about a year ago and did not see a big improvement, but yours definitely did.

For The Honda!?!?!? COME ON!

For both cars stooopid!!! http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...dthethread.gif

looks awesome!

I love my interior LED swap in the map and dome light, brighter, and makes the car look more modern.

Definitely, thanks for the idea, can't wait to see how they look in the Formula

I used those on my RS. Made a good difference.

I love that website I have red leds for my instrument clusters need to order some more bulbs for the rest of the car

It's funny, it seems like everyone with Camaros wants red gauges and everyone with Firebirds wants blue or white gauges

Maddie do your gauge lights dim properly? The dome light in my DD dims as it goes out, but with an LED in there it dims partway and then cuts out

Ya know I've never even noticed lol ill have to check