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Old 10-02-2008 | 12:49 AM
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LEDs installed for vanity mirrors, doors and license plate

i already know there is a thread about these bulb replacements, but i decided to make another one with my set of pictures i took. excuse the quality of the pics tho...i took em with my nokia n95 phone so the quality isnt too great.

i replaced the vanity mirrors with the Vanity Mini 3 Led SMT Festoon purchased here http://autolumination.com/festoon.htm.
here are some pics:
stock

LEDs



the doors lights i replaced with the WLED-x5 LED wide angle bulbs in cool white. i purchased them here http://superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

the license plate LEDs are the same ones i used with the doors

here are some other pics:
LED on the left and stock on the right



tried to get all the lights in one pic



i purchased the wrong color for the dome lights so ill have to wait for the right ones to come in. my stupid *** got the warm whites instead of the cool whites...i guess it was really late when i made the purchase. i read that some people were asking how to take the dome lights out. this is what i used:
a small screw driver with electrical tape taped to it. the dome light caps just pop right off.

i just wanted to say thank you to motor25, black betty and peterbanks for all the useful information.

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Old 10-02-2008 | 12:57 AM
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would of been easier to bump the other one but its all good.. Look great! i personally went with all warm white i like it better, except for my doors i went with cool blue cause i guess it look better. Hey you can change your trunk light too just let ya know if ya didnt
Old 10-02-2008 | 01:06 AM
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I also bought a couple of 31mm festoon LEDs for the vanity mirror lights and, I must say, they're definitely a TIGHT fit (I literally had to force them in). I also bought a bunch of 5-LED wedges (to swap out all of the bulbs) but they're MIA somewhere! Stupid ebay seller taking his sweet time...
Old 10-02-2008 | 12:46 PM
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those look great man. the festoons (and the one in the glove box) are the only ones i haven't swapped.
Old 10-05-2008 | 01:33 PM
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did you use white or blue for the vanity?
Old 10-05-2008 | 03:13 PM
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Looks Great.
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Hey looks like my car. LOL. Looks great but I see you did not crack he vanity mirror like i did so you fail
lol.
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Hey looks like my car. LOL. Looks great but I see you did not crack he vanity mirror like i did so you fail
lol.
haha i never heard a fail for success
Old 10-05-2008 | 05:10 PM
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^^^lol ya
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Originally Posted by jtaylor22
did you use white or blue for the vanity?
i used white.
Old 10-05-2008 | 05:19 PM
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Hey looks like my car. LOL. Looks great but I see you did not crack he vanity mirror like i did so you fail
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lol...i did crack a snap clip for the cover tho...nothing too serious.
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I now have a trimmed mirror out of a ford windstar
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lol...i did crack a snap clip for the cover tho...nothing too serious.
I cracked that little peg on one of them, too...
Old 10-07-2008 | 05:01 PM
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i dont see the x5 WLED bulb listed on the second website
Old 10-07-2008 | 05:48 PM
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Looking good. I replaced the trunk light too. I forgot which one I used, but it puts out far less light in a smaler area than the OEM bulb. There are large LED arrays that you can attach that have an adapter type connection that will fit as well. You can also easily wire come cold cathode tubes in there and mount them to the underside of the deck that will put out lots of light output. I did it on my Maxima but have been too lazy to do it on the G. Plus I don't want to splice the wiring. I haven't done the glve box yet but i'll get around to it eventually.



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