LED interior lights

**john23** · 23-09-2010 02:10 PM

Hi all...

Just thought i'd start a thread, and bring all thoughts experiences and ideas to one place....

Just got my [CL9] Euro '06 Lux... and thinking of "pimpin it out" a little
I've seen a few threads on the 'Accurazine' board about people swapping their interior lights to LEDs, and just wanted to see what people here think/ have done!

Any suggestions as to other minor modifications also welcome... but you may need to spell things out, not all that mechanically savvy!

Would've loved it if the entertainment unit played mp3s... but alas, from what i've read, it's not to be

**elitee** · 23-09-2010 04:21 PM

iv done the doors and parkers to white led looks good

I'm also looking at doing the dome and map lights.

Do a search for Xcarlink also might help u

**richard_k** · 24-09-2010 06:50 PM

yeah i've got the door, dome and map lights done looks good

looking at getting some brighter parker LEDs than the ones i already have.

get a double din system in the compartment below..i just had it all done today (:

**white_ep3_civic** · 24-09-2010 07:42 PM

Ive dun the interior light with a 16 LED nice and bright and very white. Will do the rest tomorrow. Makes a massive difference.

**ricerockets** · 24-09-2010 08:09 PM

ive done the dome lights in both the front and back, also ive done my door lights and parkers makes a very big difference now when i see normal yellow lights i cant help but shudder haha i used normal T-10 single led bulbs in the parkers and doors while using 6 led festoon domes for the map/dome lights

**tylerjames** · 24-09-2010 10:39 PM

I love my interior LED's haha.
my previous car (98 Ford Explorer) was covered in them. had the entire rear set up as a light show pretty much.
also had LED: parkers, plate lights, 3 interior dome lights, aircon vent lights, footwells lit, cluster lit, billet grill lit, and down spotlights underneith.
with a DD dvd player.

Currently on my Civic,
I have, LED: plate lights, cluster lights, footwell lights, lights up the seatbelt pillar thing, daytime driving lights, and my entire boot lit as well.
You don't have to be all that clued on mechanically.
just know your basic rules of power/current.
get a whole lot of wires and crimp sets from supercheap
hit ebay up for some lights,
then spend your weekend lighting up your car

ALSO: if you're planing on replacing your stock dome lights etc. make sure you get multiple SMD LED's
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-X-T10-25-SM...item27b511bb3c
similar to these. SMD LED are brighter, last longer, and will produce more light, (because there's 25 of them on the one t10 as opposed to single led t10s)

hope this helps.
good luck with your light mods!

**elitee** · 24-09-2010 10:45 PM

What size led festoon domes should i go for ?

36mm ??

**Baboy** · 24-09-2010 11:02 PM

Im going to get a few from here......mainly the gauge cluster set

LEDautomotive.com

**euro1603** · 24-09-2010 11:55 PM

install the foot light led for the full effect, i have 2 6led festoon as the foot light, blue dome light and blue door light.. its frekin blue as hahah.. the foot light is very easy to install heaps of diy on tsx.com

**aaronng** · 25-09-2010 01:55 AM

Have a look here. There was a big discussion on it a few years ago, including bulb sizes: http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23339

**john23** · 27-09-2010 11:49 AM

hi guys,

thanks for the responses thus far...
Aarong, I've had a quick look at your linked thread...

But am a little confused... from reading the other thread i thought the bulbs can just be switched from stock yellow bulbes, but reading what Tylerjames says here makes me think it's not so simple...
As you can tell, not that mechanically minded, and haven't done anything like this before (thought new car, sexy; make it sexier!!!)

And from some of the pictures that i've seen on ebay and here and there... it seems as though the white LEDs actually make the interior much brighter, but read at the linked post that it's not "usable" as normal "yellow" light...

http://item.slide.com/r/1/139/i/rGA7...pli7gP2K7mahO/

links/pics appreciated