dome light picture request
09-30-2009, 02:52 PM
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dome light picture request
Anyone have a dome light that has been replaced with a NON-LED light such as Polarg or PIAA Hyper Whites?
reason I'm asking is I'm planning to upgrade all my lights to LEDs, but after reading about the "glowing" issue with the LED dome light on the door setting, I want to see what one of these hyper white lights look like? I keep my setting on door setting, and I like that lights turn on when you unlock your car or when you turn off your car... I just don't want to deal with the glow.
reason I'm asking is I'm planning to upgrade all my lights to LEDs, but after reading about the "glowing" issue with the LED dome light on the door setting, I want to see what one of these hyper white lights look like? I keep my setting on door setting, and I like that lights turn on when you unlock your car or when you turn off your car... I just don't want to deal with the glow.
09-30-2009, 04:57 PM
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Anyone have a dome light that has been replaced with a NON-LED light such as Polarg or PIAA Hyper Whites?
reason I'm asking is I'm planning to upgrade all my lights to LEDs, but after reading about the "glowing" issue with the LED dome light on the door setting, I want to see what one of these hyper white lights look like? I keep my setting on door setting, and I like that lights turn on when you unlock your car or when you turn off your car... I just don't want to deal with the glow.
reason I'm asking is I'm planning to upgrade all my lights to LEDs, but after reading about the "glowing" issue with the LED dome light on the door setting, I want to see what one of these hyper white lights look like? I keep my setting on door setting, and I like that lights turn on when you unlock your car or when you turn off your car... I just don't want to deal with the glow.
I know because I tried one of those 5-bulb LED's that have one forward facing bulb, and 4 splayed out around it at an angle. As I said, the light was very interesting, but not practical.
Then I tried the Polarg filament bulb, but the light was too much like the OEM bulb. Definately better, but not white enough.
What I ended up using was a single, large SMD. (Note the picture.)
The light is extremely bright; brighter than the Polarg. It also has that LED flavor, but not so much as to be impractical. It was the perfect middle-ground. They cost virtually nothing. Like $5/pair or something.
Man, this is deja vu. I just wrote about this like a week ago. Those are BA9S flank bulbs. Go to ebay and search on "ba9s flank".
They also make them with 2 SMD circuits, one on each side. Given how bright these are, another one bouncing off the aluminum back panel would be insane. I bought the single-SMD model.
Last edited by Rochester; 09-30-2009 at 05:07 PM.
09-30-2009, 06:04 PM
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i have the LEDs in my dome light and the constant glow is not an issue. It really does not nother me at all. Doesnt drain the batter because they use so little power. I love them, would never go back to regular bulbs.
09-30-2009, 06:33 PM
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i have a 12 led board that plugs into a fake festoon bulb it works great! no afterglow or whatever at all rite on and off no problems just the average flickering like IHAVEA2KMAXIMA said, i paid $5 for it at autozone
09-30-2009, 06:46 PM
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from paradox-systems.com. i LOVE it. its wicked bright, and gets everybodys attention. ill post pics in a few
how much did u pay for that mother fornicator?
09-30-2009, 07:59 PM
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i want to get LED, I just don't want the stupid thing to glow like some people said. I remember reading several people saying that when the dome light is on "door" setting, there's always a tiny amount of current going through, which makes the LEDs "glow" slightly.
If someone has an LED dome light that doesn't "glow" on the door setting, do you remember which one you got? Since V-led has like 10 different types of the dome light for our cars.
If someone has an LED dome light that doesn't "glow" on the door setting, do you remember which one you got? Since V-led has like 10 different types of the dome light for our cars.
09-30-2009, 08:17 PM
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I also get that slight amount of light coming from the LED dome light, that is because there is a constant 1.2v supplied to the switch even in the off position as well as a constant ground.
wtf??
09-30-2009, 09:18 PM
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10-01-2009, 09:35 PM
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I have 2 36 (IIRC) in the map lights, 6 or something in the dome, and the same single leds in the visor lights....
I also get that slight amount of light coming from the LED dome light, that is because there is a constant 1.2v supplied to the switch even in the off position as well as a constant ground.
I also get that slight amount of light coming from the LED dome light, that is because there is a constant 1.2v supplied to the switch even in the off position as well as a constant ground.
if Im gonna do LED, thats what I want!!!!
what brand are you using, cuz DATS DAT CHIT RIGHT THERE!!!
10-02-2009, 06:28 AM
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paradox doesnt seem to carry the 36 or 24 led anymore. where else can they be found? I couldn't find it on ebay...also, is it a bulb like oem, or a board that you hardwire to the + and -???
10-02-2009, 06:33 AM
#28
I KNOW! it sucks i looked too, most of the ones that i know about the boards plug into a fake festoon bulb that u put in like normal.
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