[YLA]

TOPIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION

(Waiting for different leds to compare, I am posting this so I don't forget stuff)

Difficulty: Easy
Costs: You can get nice leds on eBay starting from 4 dollar till..
What you need: little screwdriver, textile for protection, ..
Not under my responsibility

1. When your door is open, put a small screwdriver with a bit of textile (for protecting the plastic) in the holes at the bottom of the transparant plate.
   
2. There are 2 x U shaped clips, so you have to push that black doorpanel a bit away with your hands or a other screwdriver.
   
3. After that you can tilt it over towards the inside of the car a bit in a certain angle (see picture) and then pull it down.
   
   
   
4. Press the door controller (name?) to cool of the light
   
5. After that you have to wiggle the light, its rotated in 45 degrees clockwise (so wiggle in that way, north east - south west)
   
   
   
6. Now you can replace the T10 bulb with a other colored bulb or led. Max +/- 4 cm, so a lot of space left to use leds

 

[YLA]

Reserved this space for adding led comparison in the near future

 

[YLA]

Please post or rate the topic if you used or like this tutorials

 

[Hei1001]

After the great success with your floor light tutorial, I'm replacing the door lights to blue

Do you have any ide if theese should work?
NEW BLUE LED 501 T10 W5W ULTRAVISION BULB 12v on eBay (end time 08-Sep-10 17:44:11 BST)

I'm kind of worried about the info: "Will not work with cars made after 2002 with canbus wire system."

I have no idea if the CR-Z is wired with canbus system?

 

[YLA]

A canbus system is to control if the lightbulb is broken, but its normally for your headlights, indicators, brakelights etc.
So I expect that the canbus is not implanted on the door lights.

My collection should arrive next week!

Now about your led. That kind is the weakest in there sort. SMD is the strongest.

So if you want to flash out the blue lights I would go for something like this:
2 X 5 SMD LED T10 168 Blue Side Wedge Car Light Lamp on eBay (end time 24-Aug-10 08:58:47 BST)

For your info.. I ordered also a set of dome led light (xenon white blue), gone post the results to

 

[YLA]

Tutorial: Door lights replacements

They arrived!
Already tested a few but gone test more at night!

 

[Hei1001]

Can't wait for the result opcorn:

 

[YLA]

Tutorial: Door lights replacements

And what a difference! Damn!

I will post pics but you need 3 different LEDs (door, license plate and trunkdome) + festoon SMD led

Because of the angle and space used. Will post them asap

 

[Hei1001]

Changed the LED's yesterday to theese blue guys.
2 X 5 SMD LED T10 168 Blue Side Wedge Car Light Lamp on eBay (end time 24-Aug-10 08:58:47 BST)

It looks awesome now with the blue light. Especialy when you open and close the door. The blue light that shines so nicely on the white paintwork

Easy guide, street credit ++ for YLA :hi5:

 

[bizzybear]

awesome thread... the title of this thread should be changed from "Tutorial" to "DIY" which is standard for most forums as it stands for "Do it Yourself"

 

[a2011crz-ex]

Is it possible that LEDS would get hotter then the stock bulbs and cause melting or burning on some plastic? also which lights did you use specifically? can you post pics of them because I seem alot following that link and they look kind of large. Thanks

 

[bizzybear]

Is it possible that LEDS would get hotter then the stock bulbs and cause melting or burning on some plastic? also which lights did you use specifically? can you post pics of them because I seem alot following that link and they look kind of large. Thanks

LEDs stay wayyyy cooler than regular bulbs... not to mention they use less electricity probably resulting in a tiny increase in mpg...

 

[tsh]

The interior mods I've done in the past have been replacing the ~32mm long festoon bulbs, and I found 4 5mm white LEDs gave better light than the original 5W bulb. Any T10 bulb ought to fit in this location, but be aware that LEDs are quite directional, they only fire forwards (hence the SMD T10s having LEDs facing in 5 directions).
In this fitting, there is no reflector, so most of the light going sideways will reflect off the black plastic. Depending on the effect you want, that might soften the bright spot in the centre - or maybe a simple foil reflector might work.

In this location, I'd probably build a custom bulb to mount several SMD emitters on a flat PCB, with maybe 4 or 5 all facing forward. LEDs run cool, and like to stay cool, so it is an issue if you wanted really bright lights in there, so if anyone has ideas for how the standard 5SMT T10 doesn't look right, I can maybe knock together a design. (don't have mine yet to play with)

 

[lucian]

Are the door light bulbs the same size as the ones in the rear for USDM spec?

 

[gnawhdivad]

Great DIY. jss plugged red leds on my doors:]]

prob gonna buy some more leds for the rear interior lights.
are they the same bulbs? is there a diy for that too?
thanks

 

[DragonZORD]

2x 501 W5W T10 Blue LED Side Light Bulbs Interior 12v | eBay

Would these be the same ones in the older link? And are they the only ones for the door lights? And can someone tell me which LED's to use for the interior lights and the license plate lights? It'd really help me out.

 

[wintermute]

Where are the pictures? Guess I'll have to play around with the door light panels.

 

[Ludercrz]

this is a year old thread. there's other threads on bulb replacements, look those up.

 

[wintermute]

Checked them out and this thread features great pictures of all the panel removal/bulb replacement but not the doors. No matter thought I was able to figure it out by just looking for the notches and popping the panels off. Super easy install and looks badass after the swap.

 

[Varmint]

I just replaced all the lights in my interior. The bulb location lacking pictures is the door illumination. Removing the lens from those isn't tricky.

I used a screwdriver (taped, of course) along the edge of the underside. Gently press upward near the notches until the lens "pops" a bit. It won't come loose all in one shot. After you have it loose, use your fingers to lift and pull the bottom of the lens. Once the bottom comes free, swing the lens outward away from the door. The top edge will drop out.