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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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Has anyone removed his/her Map Lights?
I think they are very bright. Anyone try to remove these Leds and put them anywhere else in the car, like in the eyelids? If so, then I would buy some from a dealership.
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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I put an interior led in the eyelids and got an error code... Your best bet is E-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/White...171|240%3A1318
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^ ^ Order yourself 3 sets . . 2 for the eyelids, 1 set for the license plate.
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Originally Posted by gmako74
I put an interior led in the eyelids and got an error code... Your best bet is E-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/White...171|240%3A1318

Thats not what I meant. Lol. I am talking about the Lights in/under your Rear View Mirror...
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Originally Posted by Robbio204
I think they are very bright. Anyone try to remove these Leds and put them anywhere else in the car, like in the eyelids? If so, then I would buy some from a dealership.
Originally Posted by Robbio204
Thats not what I meant. Lol. I am talking about the Lights in/under your Rear View Mirror...
The map light bulbs are not LED, they are ordinary W5W bulbs. They are yellowish and are not that bright. I replaced them with the 4300K leds from the past LED group buy. Now my map lights are white and bright.
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Originally Posted by louiet3
The map light bulbs are not LED, they are ordinary W5W bulbs. They are yellowish and are not that bright. I replaced them with the 4300K leds from the past LED group buy. Now my map lights are white and bright.

Hes talking about the rearview mirror reading lights, not the front dome lights.
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Originally Posted by GHAZAN
Hes talking about the rearview mirror reading lights, not the front dome lights.
Originally Posted by Robbio204
Thats not what I meant. Lol. I am talking about the Lights in/under your Rear View Mirror...

I was also referring to the same thing, the map light is under the rear view mirror as the OP has mentioned. I did change the lights under the rear view mirror to 4300Ks as well.
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Originally Posted by louiet3
The map light bulbs are not LED, they are ordinary W5W bulbs. They are yellowish and are not that bright. I replaced them with the 4300K leds from the past LED group buy. Now my map lights are white and bright.
odd. mine are super-white and are quite bright.

it made me wonder too, when i first got the car and noticed the difference between the map lights (white) and the dome lights (yellow).
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odd. mine are super-white and are quite bright.

it made me wonder too, when i first got the car and noticed the difference between the map lights (white) and the dome lights (yellow).
Exactly. haha
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