automationLED: DIY LED interior + license plate conversion

[KGFRS86]

I wish I found this thread before I spent $22 on LED's with another company. :[

[ProjectD]

Originally Posted by jjdrivesajazz

T10 5smd 5050 is a perfect fit, some people decide to leave the housing cover off for more brightness.

Hey Bud, sent you a PM in regards to my recent order. So far no info (day 3)


just making sure all is good -- sorry if come off impatient


I blame it on the BRZ

[jjdrivesajazz]

Originally Posted by ProjectD

Hey Bud, sent you a PM in regards to my recent order. So far no info (day 3)


just making sure all is good -- sorry if come off impatient


I blame it on the BRZ

I only got your PM today, and I have already responded.

[speedracer38]

I installed all the lights into my car and it's a much nicer feel at night time with the bright LED lights. The only thing is, to me at least, the LED reverse lights don't seem that bright for me. In the pictures they look a lot brighter then they feel for me so at night it's a bit hard to see where I'm going in reverse. Anyone else feel the same?

[ProjectD]

Originally Posted by jjdrivesajazz

I only got your PM today, and I have already responded.

Got the email - Thanks! Can't wait

[Phaedrus29]

Posted this in the other Automation thread but might be useful to others: At first, I couldn't get the lights to work in the trunk. I thought I might have had defective leds, but then I tried spreading out the contacts/wires on the leds so they are a bit farther from each other. That worked!

I don't know if this is normal, but it looks like the contacts in the socket are farther apart than the wires on the leds.

[jjdrivesajazz]

^thanks

[Tye300]

Originally Posted by drtepper

I have a quick question:
How does the dome light handle the dimming effect on the BRZ? I've seen some cheaper LED kits in my day and they do a little strobe until they run out of voltage, which might be kind of annoying.

Do these manage to do like a tiered dim or do they just do a quick cut off.. or are they also affected by the strobe-to-off transition?

I changed my oem bulb to an LED set also, so far there's no strobing effect. Same dimming effect with the halogen bulb.

[noc]

I'm sure this has been said before, but pictures don't do it any justice!! I installed the entire kit on my BRZ and they look great

Reverse LED's were a pain to install, but I shone a light on the connector and you can see the arrow pointing in the direction for "lock." just twist in the opposite direction and you can easily pull out the bulb. Just be careful of scratching your arm up. I laid a towel down and got on my back to do this; I'm a skinny guy and I still got some scrapes on my forearm.

[jjdrivesajazz]

merry christmas!

[rbizzle004]

Just received and installed my lights today. Stage 2 Dome Light, Reverse Lights, Trunk light and doors lights. Was rather quick and painless. Hardest being the reverse lights. But everything looks great. I think I will have to order the license plate lights here soon.

[jjdrivesajazz]

thanks!

[wrohdejr]

Originally Posted by boarder1995

Assistance please...I've got all my LEDs working except the passenger door light. I swapped it with the driver's door and it's not the light, it's the socket. So, when I removed the light originally I didn't disconnect the wires and think I shorted it out as I popped the bulb out with a driver. I know, bad move. Is there a dedicated fuse for this socket? the other door still lights along with the overhead light. I've unplugged and re-plugged the regular bulbs and they don't work either. Anyone know what I'm missing, or what I've messed up? When it gets daylight again, I'll take a volt meter to it.

On another note, the lights look great! My wife's really impressed with the look on "her" car.

Did you figure out what went wrong and how to fix this? I just had the same thing happen to me!

[Inzandity]

I actually got pulled over last night for the LED license plate lights. Cop said it looked "too blue" against my WRB BRZ. I think it was just a sorry excuse to pull me over.

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