Redoing ALL my lights, 8/26/2010 update NEW PRODUCT! Options

[808celica]

Doing a FULL LED bulb swap. Only thing im not doing is the clock, climate control, and low beams.
Found 9006 Led bulbs, i want to know if anyone has played with something like that?? friends have them on their VIP cars and i kinda like it. rarely use my highs so this would be nice to have all lights on without blinding people.

Bought 16pc LED VIP Puddle lights. Was thinking about custom making clear side mirror lens' with 2 yellow LEDs for turns and 2 white LEDs for when i open my doors and unlock with alarm.

Ordered 20pcs or 194 leds. white color 5leds on one bulb. shoots 360`
3 for gauge(current leds dont cut it)
2 or sidemarkers
2 for rears
2 for courtesy lights

and the rest for my ideas

ordered 2 green and 2 white LED flexible and waterproof strips 90cm in length. will post my idea later
anyone know the replacement # for the Map 293 bulb in LED??? also the LED festoon # for the hatch courtesy light??

going to purchase 15 74 size led all white
1 for glove
1 for coin
1 for key ring
rest for gauge

anyone know if the 1157 Red LED and White and Yellow need that add on resistors??? i kinda like the Hyper-blinking with led turns. what is the 3rd stoplight bulb??
-4 yellow
-4 Red (i think, 2 each taillight)
-2 White for the backups
Confirm thats all i need for the tails and signals???

Wrap up
Exterior:
2 9006 white LED highs
front 2 yellow 1157 LED signals
front 2 194 white corners
rear 2 194 tail corners
rear 2 yellow 1157
rear 4 red 1157
rear 2 white 1157
2 194 white license plate
Interior:
3 194 gauge white
2 194 courtesy white
1 74 glove
1 74 coin
1 74 key ring
IIRC 12 74 in gauges

Ideas for the LED strips(will post later)
Change out CCFL green tubes for white 2 front and 2 rear

Still need to #size for:
MAP
Hatch festoon courtesy light
3rd Brale light



Might also try the LED Boards for the tails and Map

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 16, 2010 - 2:36 PM

[808celica]

K after some thread searching.........long searching.....i found a post that said the BA9 bulb (LED) replaces the 293 bulb in the Map. Confirm???? cant find anywhere that cross references. vleds.com doesnt show anything

Im gonna go rip in the 3rd brake light tomorrow or something.

[richee3]

Moneybags... Lol. Get some pictures up for us when you get this done. I want to do all of that to my car, exact same color scheme too. Not the LED headlights, but everything else.

[808celica]

lolz they're on order. I took advantage of the BestBuy site error, $10 for a 52" TV, total was $135 so that's out of my bank. the headlights will be on order soon

[DEATH]

ordered 2 green and 2 white LED flexible and waterproof strips 90cm in length. will post my idea later

I need some of these for an idea I had too - got a link?

[yagamius]

where did you order the Led for the interior, I'm in the process of changing the interior lighting, including the clock and climate control

[richee3]

where did you order the Led for the interior, I'm in the process of changing the interior lighting, including the clock and climate control

For the clock, you don't need new lights. You just need some light filters. Death has some in his FS thread.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=68322

[808celica]

ordered 2 green and 2 white LED flexible and waterproof strips 90cm in length. will post my idea later

I need some of these for an idea I had too - got a link?

pming you

[808celica]

where did you order the Led for the interior, I'm in the process of changing the interior lighting, including the clock and climate control

all on ebay. might have to go through vleds.com for some of the bulbs though

[808celica]

10 out of 10 194 leds are in!!! they came in little farraday cages too 5 led 360` directional ones are here. gonne go swap out my gauges soon as the others come in.

**update: gauges in! courtesy lime green lights replaced, license plate bulbs replaced, front sidemarkers replaced(clear lens and white led, garauntee cop magnet hahahahah). hyper white ftw!!!

"UFO-UnIdentified Filipino Object"

1995 TOYOTA Celica vleds.com. bolded is already bought either white or green

Low beam headlamp
9006------HID 6k

High beam headlamp
9005----68 LED White

Front turn signal
1157-2 yellow

Rear turn signal
1156-2 yellow

Tail light
1157--4Red

High mount stop light
921

License plate
194-----2 360` white led

Back up light
1156-----2White led

Front sidemarker
194---2 white

Rear sidemarker
194----2white

Glove box
74-1led

Map light
293/BA9----2 boards

Courtesy light
194-----2 white

Trunk
DE3022-----1 led

Instrument-general
194------3white
74-----------counted 15

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 25, 2009 - 8:23 PM

[aznpnoiboi55]

nice jon.....got to c those pix....because im planning on doin lights in the future too.......shoots

[808celica]

You got it bra! It's more hid white than pure white, gotta turn down the dimmer switch half way

[CelicaST_CALI]

Post up or shut up...

[808celica]

wait for night time fool!

[CelicaST_CALI]

Go find a parking garage....like near the mcdonalds(bitch spilled my rootbeer)or something

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Aug 18, 2009 - 3:36 PM

[808celica]

dude there is NO clouds in the sky you cant see ****

[CelicaST_CALI]

in a parking garage that doesnt matter...

[808celica]

yeah it does. obviously you forgot how hawaii is already

just picture the license plate lights shining down and lighting up the whole rear bumper and the road Hahahahah

[808celica]

Want the SMD Chip type LEDs but those are expensive and no one had a 10pc lot on ebay. These will have to do and when night falls they bring a smile to my face






These License plate bulbs are from a different dealer so it isnt HID white, its super white, its the SMD chip LED type. The Flat bank ones so it only shines down


This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 18, 2009 - 4:42 PM

[CelicaST_CALI]

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

[Tigawoods]

baller. im doing this. well just the license plate lights

finish so i can seee!

[808celica]

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

depends on the person...................

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 18, 2009 - 10:27 PM

[solidxsnake]

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

depends on the person...................

I'm looking to make my gauge cluster white like that. I currently have the stock bulbs and taped gel over the plastic to make the needles red and the gauges whatever color the stock bulbs are (a really warm white, nearly orange). How much did those 194 drop-in LED bulbs cost?

All automotive LED replacements I've seen are absolutely inane. $8 for 5 SMD LEDs? No, thank you. Did you use the ones that are 5 standard LEDs, 4 in a circular pattern with one facing out? Or did you use the 5-way SMD LED bulbs that are all too common.

The 5mm LED style replacement looks real easy to make... just get 5 LEDs, bend the leads around to the right shape and glue them together. Wire them up in series and solder them into the cluster... much cheaper than paying whatever ridiculous amount most places charge for the replacement, seeing as how LEDs are anywhere from $.10-$1.00 a piece.

The white looks great on those gauges though. I want mine to look the same, except with red needles (just need white bulbs/LEDs).

This post has been edited by solidxsnake: Aug 21, 2009 - 8:04 PM

[CelicaST_CALI]

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

depends on the person...................

Do u unplug the other bulb and plug this one in....

wheres the night pictures???

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Aug 22, 2009 - 2:20 AM

[808celica]

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

depends on the person...................

I'm looking to make my gauge cluster white like that. I currently have the stock bulbs and taped gel over the plastic to make the needles red and the gauges whatever color the stock bulbs are (a really warm white, nearly orange). How much did those 194 drop-in LED bulbs cost?

All automotive LED replacements I've seen are absolutely inane. $8 for 5 SMD LEDs? No, thank you. Did you use the ones that are 5 standard LEDs, 4 in a circular pattern with one facing out? Or did you use the 5-way SMD LED bulbs that are all too common.

The 5mm LED style replacement looks real easy to make... just get 5 LEDs, bend the leads around to the right shape and glue them together. Wire them up in series and solder them into the cluster... much cheaper than paying whatever ridiculous amount most places charge for the replacement, seeing as how LEDs are anywhere from $.10-$1.00 a piece.

The white looks great on those gauges though. I want mine to look the same, except with red needles (just need white bulbs/LEDs).

This bulb is a 5mm led facing straight and 4 3mm leds shooting 360`. these are called refractors?!?!? dunno why. i didnt get the smd leds because of the price. the smd ones are the chip looking leds which have a better glow, but they're like $2.50 more for each compared to these. Im happy with the glow on this set.

nice,are the courtesy lights plug and play??

depends on the person...................

Do u unplug the other bulb and plug this one in....

wheres the night pictures???

yeah and you will get the polarities wrong and you would have to unplug and switch it. i say depends on the person because sometimes you have trouble doing easy things

night pics will come sunday

****replaced my keyring bulb with a 5mm led 74 size. its hella bright!!! also took out the green 74 led i had in the glove and put a white one there too. next will be the coin light. green to white led exchange.

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 22, 2009 - 5:24 AM

[808celica]

LED strips in!!

[CelicaST_CALI]

NIOCE!!!where are those going?

[match220]

Nice, dude, I'd like to see it..if you're in Kaimuki one evening give me a call, or I should say just send me a text..you're a textin fool..lol. I had no idea you were doing this, I just got my leds today! I got one white flexible strip of 9 leds, and 3 blue flexible strips of 9 leds. The white is going to be my bike license plate light, and the blue are all going around shiny stuff in my engine bay!

[808celica]

PArt 2 done!!! Key ring and The Secret is revealed!!

[CelicaST_CALI]

dammmm GUN SHOWWWW hahaha that is SEXY...nice mod

[Rusty]

wow really impressed your guage cluster, 3x 194LED (5 led in 1 360*) and just white for the colour??

[808celica]

wow really impressed your guage cluster, 3x 194LED (5 led in 1 360*) and just white for the colour??

yups 3 194 HID white refractor type is what its called. 4 3mm leds shoot 360 and 1 5mm led shoots straight.

[808celica]

[Ruroniarc]

Looks good. I love the door panel courtesy lights. I'll probably end up doing that to my car too. Great job.

[samir0189]

Wow! Nice job man!

I didnt think the door LEDs were gonna look good at first, but they look awesome at night!

[yagamius]

that's a nice job, the gauges and door looks awesome, not a big fan of the green lights but an overall looks great

LED lights always do a nice job

[jimmykay]

wow, good job. I've been wanting to do LEDs too but couldn't decide on a color. this just sealed it for me. I won't be doing the purple/green look though. If you throw in some gold accents, you'll have a mardi-gras car

I'm just playin' it looks good. and i love the doors.

[808celica]

lolz thanks guys the green is just for that filipino acent

[RoyO]

Wow! Looks very good man!
Keep up the good work

[spy00005]

hey were u get the clear covers for the regular cortesy lights i wanted to put led in it for the longest but mine has a red cover so no matter wat color led i got itll look red.

by the way looking real good. i have a similar idea with led strips but never paned out urs look kool thoo

This post has been edited by spy00005: Aug 28, 2009 - 3:49 PM

[808celica]

Clear lens where from a Lexus ES. I'll go hop over the Club Lexus forums and get the part number

This thread shows this part number:

81230-30140 $19.32


This thread shows thispart number:

81231-50010


Go to a lexus dealer and ask them for an ES300 clear courtesy lights and see if these numbers match

This post has been edited by 808celica: Aug 28, 2009 - 4:22 PM

[808celica]

Also you can get clear lens' from the 2002 Model Sienna vans. i have those in my van but im not gonna take them out Hahahah

[spy00005]

thanks a lot both those part # are right. WTF you say? this is why

i went to toyota part zone .com i can look up almost any part and part #

81230-30140 OEM Toyota LAMP ASSY, COURTESY Retail Price: $17.38

81231-50010 OEM Toyota LENS,COURTESY Retail Price: $7.21

one is lens and other is assembly i think gonna double check the assembly includes lens but im gonna buy just 2 of the lens thanks a lot 808 ima prob do mines blue or white.

[808celica]

no probs. post pics when you're done

[match220]

I've been thinking about doing a LED corner lens conversion from the new Porsche's. I hope the contour of the bumper is the same in that area, I can plastic weld the rest to make it look sweet. I have to wait for $$ though..

[gt_driFFter]

Did you have to sand your gauges or do anything else to get them that white?

[808celica]

Did you have to sand your gauges or do anything else to get them that white?

its actually hid white. the camera just made it like that. its a little dimmer and with a hint of blue

[Tigawoods]

it looks puuurty at night

[yagamius]

dude how did you removed the lens to change the bulbs, I'm stock trying to remove those so I can go shopping and start my lights change

[808celica]

dude how did you removed the lens to change the bulbs, I'm stock trying to remove those so I can go shopping and start my lights change

i have a pick set you can either pry it with a pick or a flat head screw driver (carefully) or take your door panels out and take out the whole assembly from the back.

[MrAyasli]

Hey nice lights.
How did you do the courtesy door light white?

[Marc6818]

how do you change the color of the key ring? is there a place i can go to show me how to access it?

[808celica]

how do you change the color of the key ring? is there a place i can go to show me how to access it?

i can do a step by step write up if you want

Hey nice lights.
How did you do the courtesy door light white?

hid white 194 led bulb and Lexus ES300 clear door lens

[lagos]

where did you order all of these from again?
have you had any of them blow out yet?

[808celica]

where did you order all of these from again?
have you had any of them blow out yet?

most off ebay, a couple from Vleds.com, and like 2 from my friends shop.

and no *knock on wood*

[MrAyasli]

Hey for the Lexus ES300 door lens it's hard to find.

Where did you get yours?

[808celica]

im part of Club Lexus Hawaii so i got hook ups

[navseal345]

Dude that is ballin'!!
I do have some LEDs for under the dash for lighting up the feet, that I got from StreetGlow.

For any one else I used this web site to get some of my leds (dome and License Plate Lamp).
http://www.putco.com/
Then bought from...
www.summitracing.com

[808celica]

Official!!!! 1156 LED bulbs DO NOT FIT in my reverse tails location. The bulb is slightly bigger and wont fit in i could enlarge the hole a little but i dont know if water will get in. So im leaving that, i might also have to leave teh rest of the tail bulbs alone if this is the case.

[RoyO]

81231-50010 OEM Toyota LENS,COURTESY Retail Price: $7.21

Is this partnumber of WHITE/CLEAR lens wich could be mounted in our 6GC doors?
Are the left and right door lenses the same? Are they plug and play?
Thanks in advance!

[808celica]

plug and play its only the lens.

81231-50010 OEM Toyota LENS,COURTESY Retail Price: $7.21

Is this partnumber of WHITE/CLEAR lens wich could be mounted in our 6GC doors?
Are the left and right door lenses the same? Are they plug and play?
Thanks in advance!

Sept. 28 update**

K i got lazy and im saving up for my Vegas trip. LED tail light bulbs I WILL NOT BE GETTING because the diameter of the bulb will not fit through the stock tail socket. it needs to be enlarged a for the bulb to fit, this i dont think i want to do because it might not have a water tight seal anymore. At $25 each bulb 1157 and 1156, i just dont feel like wasting that much $$$$. The LED headlights i will buy eventually

My friends shop just got LED boards with a universal pigtail for festoon type and other different types. 16 led board at $25 each unit. I will buy atleast 5 boards and sell them if anyone's interest.

This post has been edited by 808celica: Sep 28, 2009 - 3:19 PM

[Random_Stranger]

Hey Jon that is looking really good. I especially like the gauge lights, and those are not SMD or they are? I just looked at the pics to be honest. You did some nice work there though, I love the white.

[FunkySR]

nice

[96stgreendemon]

hey i really want those white leds behind the tach, how do you do that? and what size bulbs go back there? how do you access them?

[schmooot]

K after some thread searching.........long searching.....i found a post that said the BA9 bulb (LED) replaces the 293 bulb in the Map. Confirm???? cant find anywhere that cross references. vleds.com doesnt show anything

Im gonna go rip in the 3rd brake light tomorrow or something.

did you ever find this out yet? I've got a BA9s on the way to see if it will work

This post has been edited by schmooot: Mar 26, 2010 - 12:06 PM

[808celica]

LOL nope as soon as i lost sight of this thread on the first page i stopped caring.

[spy00005]

i can confirm
look

[JasonTX]

hey i really want those white leds behind the tach, how do you do that? and what size bulbs go back there? how do you access them?

x2
pics and suppliers on the bulbs?

This post has been edited by JasonTX: Mar 29, 2010 - 1:57 AM

[808celica]

hey i really want those white leds behind the tach, how do you do that? and what size bulbs go back there? how do you access them?

x2
pics and suppliers on the bulbs?

FUll list in the first post well atleast the stuff i was changing

This post has been edited by 808celica: Mar 29, 2010 - 2:34 AM

[808celica]

Got some new LED boards from my friends shop.
LMK if you guys want a set. THESE ARE REALLY BRIGHT 6 SMD chip LED boards for 194 or festoon type

[Diice]

"Official!!!! 1156 LED bulbs DO NOT FIT in my reverse tails location. The bulb is slightly bigger and wont fit in i could enlarge the hole a little but i dont know if water will get in. So im leaving that, i might also have to leave teh rest of the tail bulbs alone if this is the case."

hey man were you able to get any led for the parking/reverse lights? if so what size and where. by the way nice led board

[ChfNix]

"Official!!!! 1156 LED bulbs DO NOT FIT in my reverse tails location. The bulb is slightly bigger and wont fit in i could enlarge the hole a little but i dont know if water will get in. So im leaving that, i might also have to leave teh rest of the tail bulbs alone if this is the case."

hey man were you able to get any led for the parking/reverse lights? if so what size and where. by the way nice led board

What brand did you buy? The ones I got from superbrightleds.com are a tight fit but they work in both the USDM and the JDM tails and they have 12 LED'S so they are pretty big!

[match220]

This would solve the problem with bulbs not fitting in the housing, and I'd rather post the idea in the thread where a lot of people have subscribed that are obviously interested in LED lighting in their celicas, just to see what everyone thinks of my idea.

Since I know how to plastic weld, I've been thinking about getting a bunch of 12v LED's and using my coupe lights as a test bed for a complete redo of the bulb housing for the lights, putting in rows of bright LED's for everything. Of course the lens would not be touched or melted at all, and since it's a modified stock taillight it would still have the DOT stamp on it. And then possibly selling mine for cash + trade for more coupe lights, and then make another set and keep making them and selling them to forum members. I would have to get a set of hatchback lights too so I could set up those. It's been on my mind for about a year now, maybe sell them for $100 a set with the trade, or maybe $150 w/o trade. I would just need to find a good place to get good LED's from. Ones that can fluctuate between 12.5 - 14.7 volts without burning out and are crazy bright. And if I can get a long enough list of people that are interested then I can buy LED's and other materials in bulk and cut cost a bit. I would of course try it on mine first and research some stable LED's to use in cars.

And I would have to figure out if I should try a design or just go with rows. For the coupe I thought about two half circles for the running lights which would get brighter for braking, and the bottom half of the circles would be 1 reverse and one turn signal, but I haven't even drawn it up to see what it would look like, that might be a bad idea all together. Maybe I could do rows, anyone have any LED placement ideas that might look good and could they can photoshop dots on a picture of the taillights of their car and email me? I'll give a discount..lol.

This post has been edited by match220: Aug 26, 2010 - 4:15 AM

[nwizzle]

Whoo, late reply (:

I'm lovin that. The LED's really look better than the stupid, bulky neon tubes I have. So are those strips from Vled? I want to have door accents like that. I'm also tryin to find some in purple for under the dash and a couple other places, but I'm hesitant to use any website with no reference. And are the holding up ok? Just curious

-Neil

[BonzaiCelica]

how much of a difference is the wed 5 WED Led bulbs vs the 5 SMD Led bulbs?

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-veh...62-341--108181/

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jul 15, 2014 - 9:20 PM

[Keiri]

how much of a difference is the wed 5 WED Led bulbs vs the 5 SMD Led bulbs?

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-veh...62-341--108181/

Which models in particular?

[The_enD]

Get whatever spreads the light better. SMD's are better in this case with their 120 angle of view.
You can see hot spots in all colors, but some are more noticeable, so be prepared.

[Special_Edy]

Get whatever spreads the light better. SMD's are better in this case with their 120 angle of view.
You can see hot spots in all colors, but some are more noticeable, so be prepared.

The lens will scatter the light, any viewing angle should work with the oem lens to diffuse it. I would actually suggest something lower like 45 to 90 degree depending on how deeply they sit in the housing and how much they cover the entire lens, a wider angle will waste more light illuminating the black sides of the housing. Ive been using 15 degree LEDs no problem.
SMDs are more powerful for their size and consumption, probably because they are cooled better by using the board as a heatsink

[BonzaiCelica]

ah now I understand what you guys mean. the 5 SMD LED cover 360 degree and the 5 LED Wide cover 220 degree

im deciding between the 194 LED Bulb - 5 SMD LED Wide Angle Wedge Base and 194 LED Bulb - 5 LED Wide Angle Wedge Base

edit: yes box i noticed it. but why creat a new thread when this one already exists.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jul 16, 2014 - 4:48 PM

[Box]

I guess no one else noticed the last post was 3.5 years ago.

[Special_Edy]

Go with the 220, it will be many times brighter than the 360. Like I said 90% of your output is going to be wasted shining on the black insides of the housing, the lower the viewing angle the better.