led license plate lights, and interior lights...

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:10 am

so im thinking about replacing my license plate lights with led or something more white....also thinking of replacing my front dome/map light with leds as a starter..if i like it then ill replace the other two interior overhead lights....anyone have any recommendations?heres what im thinking of buying for the front overhead map light...http://www.oznium.com/led-domelight

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:46 am

bumppp..anybody?

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:59 am

Red isn't exactly lawful, not sure if that would be an issue come time for an inspection or getting pulled over. I tried some white ones in mine in the license plate lights but they were diiiiiiim. The LED's in the bulbs were completely in the wrong angle when thye're fitted into the light housings... the part of the LED that puts out the most light ends up shining straight back instead of down. Those were just the run of the mill wedge bulb replacements from superbrightleds.com.I tried the festoon style LED bulbs as a dome light too - looked cool but were extremely dim and useless. But they're now making custom modules to stick up there with multiple LED's which I would imagine would be much brighter.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:54 am

Yeah i think its illegal for red or blue on your car, orange, green, yellow and white could work. You would have to ask your local po po to get the exact specifics. But my cop friends said that above. For a good led bulb it needs to have lots of led's in its housing to really get the light around...reflectors in it help too.

madbrad · Post by **madbrad** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:09 am

Guys where does it say he wants red?I don't know which way the sockets point on the Vibe, but On my MPV they point straight down. I got 194 led bulbs that are of the SMD type, which is a lot brighter. I got white, and it is a cool white, leaning toward the blues rather than the yellowish of an incandescant. Mine have 3 little SMDs on the top so they face down but you can get them with the diodes on the sides. It worked for me!

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:24 am

I could have swore it said red last night.... I need more sleep!

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:10 pm

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic Â»I could have swore it said red last night.... I need more sleep!LOL...yah it never actually did say red.....i was wondering why you asked that..thanks for everyones response so far!

kunkstyle · Post by **kunkstyle** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:31 pm

Just out of curiosity, what's the reasoning for changing the dome light? I find LED's are brighter, but show much less detail/depth. It'll be harder to read maps, etc with them as opposed to the oem. If it's just for looks however, that's a different story.

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:43 pm

i was hoping they be brighter...as far as looks it be neat also..dunno...

slowpro · Post by **slowpro** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:17 am

well, I know the 07 vibe with a sunroof has individual map and dome lights. You could swap out the dome light for an LED for the cool factor, and keep the map lights for readabiltiy. That's what i did for my wagon. I picked up a little color changing LED at autozone for like $4 and it changes 11 different colors. I like the look, and I still have my other map light for the "oh **** I dropped something" moments.

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:51 am

i have side airbags...so no map lights..just 3 seperate dome lights...lol

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:04 am

replace your rear view mirror with a auto dimming one with compas and map lights.. thats what i did....got mine from raginfish

waveresponder · Post by **waveresponder** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:03 am

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe Â»replace your rear view mirror with a auto dimming one with compas and map lights.. thats what i did....got mine from raginfishi was thinking about doing that before i tinted my windows....i havnt used the dimming future at all since ive tinted (20% rear)....plus im not sure about opening the side pillar plastic with the side curtain airbags inside to run the wiring.......(side seat airbags and side curtain airbags) and also now i have the Tom Tom 720..so i know what direction im currently heading..lol

kunkstyle · Post by **kunkstyle** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:58 am

Opening your side panels shouldn't be a problem, just be careful with them and make sure you disconnect your battery and drain residual power.

slowpro · Post by **slowpro** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:52 am

When you do it, post some pics, I want to do similar mods when we get our vibe!

NUBlackshirts · Post by **NUBlackshirts** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:21 am

Thread on the LED license plate bulbs. I did mine the same way this person did, and they look great!http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=30169

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