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Blue interior lights
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:19 pm
by Zaphod
Hi All,
I've seen a couple of members have blue interior lights in their Lancers and I want to do the same myself - do I need to make sure these will be canbus-compatible, or will any ol' light do?
If someone has 'blued' theirs, what type/size did you use? - will the big 16-LED ones fit, or should I buy the dimmer, more expensive festoon-style?
Let me know!
Cheers!
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:53 pm
by SammyH
If you're talking about the dome light then yeah any old LED will do. I just picked up a 16 LED from Super Cheap the wiring is just an adjustable festoon so you just twist to size then pop it in.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:01 pm
by lantourismo
It's actually not hard just tapping a positive to the right source and a ground negative, there is a YouTube video with a US lancer, same idea though
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:05 pm
by turbogirl
I used these:
http://m.ebay.com.au/itm?itemId=180965122419
They are brighter than some of the cheaper ones
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:09 pm
by belle_tb_ES
The one in the middle of the car im pretty sure have to be a certain type? Cant help much more sorry as mine were done for me
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:19 pm
by BlueWRX
I had mine changed, it took my ex about 2 minutes to do it. and there was some shit stuck behind the stock lights too.
white LED lights is all i had, i will never get them again always flickered and drove me nuts !
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:37 pm
by Zaphod
Thanks for the tips guys - the super-bright ones on eBay look ok (plus Nerang's not that far from me, so I might try & hit him up for a cash price!
Sorry to hear about the flickering Stacey....
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:52 am
by KaiKat
When your looking for one I would recommend making sure the LEDs are 5050 type. They produce a brighter light.
Here's the one I got for my dome light and it fits perfectly:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/15LED-SMD-T1 ... 0729179168
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:33 am
by Zaphod
^^^ thanks!
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:33 am
by jordan.fuchs
Yep, just any old festoon will do, not 100% sure what size the lancer takes, I think the ones I bought were slightly too big but I squeezed them in haha.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:45 am
by lantourismo
My cabin has a 31mm in, fits though bit tightly
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:49 am
by lantourismo
delta_fragma wrote:[quote:c8f6850842=lantourismo]My cabin has a 31mm in, fits though bit tightly[/quote:c8f6850842] Yeah, thats because its meant to be 29mm :p
At the time I read a thread in here saying 31mm, Ohwell works fine I think 29mm is uncommon the smallest I found was 31mm