Map Light #293?..., Dome light? Options

[JoKeRkId613]

I just fixed my car's horn and am about ready to go from regular factory bulbs to LED bulbs all around the car. Every light will be replaced, except of course, the headlights, in which case I just upgraded to Nokya bulbs and harness. I'm a little confused when looking at the Sylvania Replacement Guide for my lights... There's a thing there that says "Map Light" and the bulb number is 293. I assume they're talking about the Dome light... I would need 2 bulbs. And if so, where can I find an LED 293? I checked autolumination.com and I didn't find anything. If there are no 293 LEDs, where can I find a 293 bulb in blue? Thanks...

EDIT: The light in the ash tray box is a 74, right?

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: Nov 24, 2005 - 11:58 PM

[JoKeRkId613]

what i found works best for the dome light is a series of 3 leds and a resistor on perf-board inserted into a ba9 base. this way you can have all the leds point downward.

in total i've made 3 of these, and it can be sorta tedious to solder, but they put off allot more (usable) light than the matrix leds because none of them are pointed into the ceiling.

for my ash-tray i had to modify a num74 led to face outwards at 90 degrees for it to provide a decent amount of light. ended up breaking the connection and having to re-solder it, but it works now.

I'm not too good at the soldering thing so I'm probably going to go witht he Matrix's for the dome light. I was looking through your profile earlier. Can you really see the PRND2L lights? You did it with a 74, right? was it inverted LED or what type of light did you use?

[Zimluura]

I'm not too good at the soldering thing so I'm probably going to go witht he Matrix's for the dome light. I was looking through your profile earlier. Can you really see the PRND2L lights? You did it with a 74, right? was it inverted LED or what type of light did you use?

i've tried every prefabricated ba9 i could find for the dome light and the matrix one was useable. could be a good idea to order a few cheap ba9 bulbs as well so you could disasemble them to use the base in a custom light should you decide to try that route later. it's tedious but nice when it's done.

it was a single num74 led in the automatic transmission. i haven't found 74's in anything but a standard "up-to-100-degree" lens. i had to file the front of the lens down allot for it to fit. it's plainly visible at night (not as bright as my gauge cluster easy to see). the neutral indicator is a blue green, still totally visible. but the reverse light is hardly visible at all (not that it matters soo much). if i were to modify that led to bend 90 degrees it'd probably be allot brighter. might be something i'll do a little later, but space restrictions in the auto-trans light are tougher than in the ashtray.