internal lighting color debate. help? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

lbroskee · 01-20-2013, 04:06 AM

thinking of ditching the bright ass white lights inside my car, but torn between red and blue. out of car is blue, but inside has red/orange accents. btw my fav color is blue also, but i want the car to match up right. opinions?

Calin · 01-20-2013, 04:08 AM

1. Decide which color you like best
2. Buy whichever color you decide on
3. ???
4. Profit

Asphalt~86 · 01-20-2013, 04:13 AM

I have blue LED domes and footwells will be installed this week

lbroskee · 01-20-2013, 04:14 AM

thats the problem. i like them both. just curious which would overall match better on a blue FRS with those red interior accents. i am very OCD on matching. if it doesnt match its crap in my mind

mrlewistan · 01-20-2013, 06:02 AM

i vote red. the blue will look strange washing on the red accents in the car imo

Noob4Life · 01-20-2013, 06:37 AM

My buddy has bright red LED lights inside his red mr2. I hate them, such a PITA to see with colored lights as opposed to white, but that could just be me lol

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spgrizz22 · 01-20-2013, 09:42 AM

When you get done can you post pictures?!

wbradley · 01-20-2013, 10:25 AM

Red for wheel wells. Leave the dome as is or lose tha fade out feature.

lbroskee · 01-20-2013, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wbradley

Red for wheel wells. Leave the dome as is or lose tha fade out feature.

so ur sayin white up top, and red at my feet? i dont think that wud blend at all

wbradley · 01-20-2013, 12:59 PM

I prefer incandescent ambient lighting up top. If you swap to LED you lose the fade out feature. People are still giddy about LEDs but the novelty passed for me.

Red is less distracting at the footwell. There is also a scientific basis for avoiding blue lighting at night as it stimulates serotonin production which can mess up sleep patterns. You are matching the light switches and any lower mount cabin lights with red.

lbroskee · 01-20-2013, 01:02 PM

but since it's linked to the dome, i doubt it'd b distracting unless stopped

soontobrz · 01-20-2013, 01:14 PM

where can you buy the different color dome lights?

lbroskee · 01-20-2013, 01:20 PM

@Chris@Phastek is where im looking

Asphalt~86 · 01-20-2013, 01:26 PM

The blue/red night vision debate has been going on forever all over this forum and other forums.

Driving with blue hasn't affected me thus far and I drive at night all of the time. My biggest concern was my rear view mirror and I can actually see cars just fine if I or a passenger has to pop it on to search for something.

Cops around here use red dome lights in their cars and I also wanted to avoid that because they can get real pissy on "imitating an officer" charge. Even with dome lights....yeah.

01-20-2013, 06:37 AM	#6
Noob4Life 86 Noob Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: Firestorm FR-S Location: Yuba City, CA Posts: 596 Thanks: 153 Thanked 189 Times in 97 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My buddy has bright red LED lights inside his red mr2. I hate them, such a PITA to see with colored lights as opposed to white, but that could just be me lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2 __________________

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Asphalt~86 Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Asphalt AT Location: Midwest Posts: 813 Thanks: 324 Thanked 608 Times in 262 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The blue/red night vision debate has been going on forever all over this forum and other forums. Driving with blue hasn't affected me thus far and I drive at night all of the time. My biggest concern was my rear view mirror and I can actually see cars just fine if I or a passenger has to pop it on to search for something. Cops around here use red dome lights in their cars and I also wanted to avoid that because they can get real pissy on "imitating an officer" charge. Even with dome lights....yeah.

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