what side door bulb are you folks using? where do you folks order colored bright bulbs? Thanks

 

I just ordered these for my doors in RED from superbrightleds.com. I think it'll look nice when the doors open and they had the cheapest price, lower than eBay.

 

what number are they? 194?

 

i believe they are 194. I got the Polarg ones from Custommaxima.com. They are a nice Superwhite color. Slight hint of blue, but with time, it turns to more of a white. Now when I open my door, it lights up the ground outside my doorstep.

check it out these are the ones I have:

 

here's a chart for your reference:

http://www.customenterprise.com/TEST...largAppMax.asd

 

Ya im just using some of the blue Piaa bulbs looks good

 

WARNING:

the PIAA Dome bulb looks really blue at first, but after usage, it turns more into a white. it is a real bright white now.

 

thanks Igobuk good info, i curious why you are installing red led into your doors while your dash is white? is your white dash too bright for night driving?


BaiCheSE, according to Lamp Replacement Guide, the Courtesy light (door light) is 161. is that correct?


http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm

 

I have walfart bulbs in there now. dont mean to ***** your thread but hte drivers side door light is out. its not the bulb or fuse. Could the wire be fried? If so how would i fix it? What type of LEDs would fit in the doors? ohh 1 more quick question. Can the 96s just swap in leds for the gauges?

 

from Polarg, I used an M4 bulb. I'm not sure what that translates to in other forms of bulb sizing. I only know that it is a nice white...very easy to do. I'm very happy with it.

A note tho, Polarg makes their glass with the blue color in it. This will rarely fade. I have learned that PIAA dips their glass in a blue dye....this color will fade.

 

Well...I did all the other stuff in my car with white LED's soldered in place of stock bulbs, etc. I tried putting these same LED's in my gauges but I got some bad hot spots and decided to look for 194 LED's that would just plug in without hotspots and found the ones I pictured above.

They are from superbrightleds.com They have a picture of them in white on their web site and all the info about them but not for ordering, just a picture. I've tried asking them about it but they haven't responded about it. I've had Polarg hyperwhites and bulbs like that and they look great in the cluster but I don't want to ever open up my gauges again so I want LED's that I know will last indefinitely.

So I decided to try out RED ones in my gauges, doors and dome light. I think the combo will look nice but if I'm not happy with it then I'll continue my search for a wide dispersing 194 LED. I've heard about the inverted cone LED's but they are very dim in comparison to the one's above.

superbrightleds.com has both types and their respective mcd's and the ones pictured above are always tons brighter than the inverted cone ones.

 

Blue PIAA LED Bulbs, just like my dash.

 

Im having the same problem my passenger side door light works but my drivers doesnt? I changed the bulb took the door panel off and still cant get it to work?

 

it's funny. i have the same problem.

 

Sounds like another common problem just like 4th gen trannys!

 

why do you choose to WLED-5 Wide Angle LED bulb not WLED-6 LED bulb for your side door. is WLED-5 Wide Angle LED bulb brighter?

 

mine doesnt work either....it worked fine till i tried to change the bulbs to the polargs...drives side works but passenger side doesnt

 

i think the 5 led has a wider angle of light and i think it uses 2 types of leds. With the 5 led pattern the 4 around the middle act as a flood light and the 1 in the middle is more of a direct path light.

I learned that from a customer at my work who was talking to me about this LED flashlight. It has 7 LEDs around the outside to act as a flood light to see a wider angle of things, then the one in the middle is more for shinning it on 1 direct object.

Or so thats what i heard...

 

good info sean. thanks.


Our problem with the door light, could it be the circuitry got shorted?

 

Sean05 answered the question about the 5 vs 6 LED question. The 6 LED has them all pointed forward as where the 5 LED has one forward and 4 to light up all around the sides.

As for the door light, test the wires to see if they are getting power. This way you can start figuring out if it's the wiring or the little light door itself and start troubleshooting from there.

 

does anyone know what the map ball is refered to besides m26, and also the dome light?

edit: they charge $5 no matter how many bulbs u order. so i plan on gettin all white bulbs. please help me fill out this chart so i and others can order

Map Light: M26 (????)
Door Lights: M4 (194/168 type)
Dome light: ???????
Sunvisor Lights: ???????
Glovebox Light (where owners manual goes):????????
trunk light:???

 

Can't help you on the map light... but I have seen them at AutoZone in "mood" colors if you like.

The dome light is called a festoon bulb apparently at superbrightleds.com and they have an LED version pictured below.

 

yes sir, but what size fits our car ?

 

Well they all seem to be the same size round-wise... the only thing that seems to differ is the length in mm so I would guess, just measure it's length and see which one from the website matches. It's measured from tip to tip, not just the glass portion.