travis1041

Replacing led in 08 door sills was wondering if any one knows what kind of led it is and how to get my hands on one i want to replace it with a red led

Ace83

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08s have leds on their door sills?

SicktC06

I think it's an option. I've seen something about it somewhere I think...

djpeaty

Here is a picture from Scion.com

SicktC06

...I kinda like... LOL!

DanielNC06

yeah that looks pretty awesome.....i dont know anything about whether the leds are board-mounted or not though..sry

Ace83

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lol i didnt know they have that option already.. but the only way to find out about the led is to open it, pretty sure its possible.. and yeah red will look nice!

travis1041

it a board mounted led but it mounts side ways as in the light shines from the side of the led don't know who would carry this kind of led i will try to take it apart this weekend and get some pics of the board

Ace83

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yeah do it.. could it be same leds we have on our window controls or our gauge cluster but we'll see

BZinn1

they are mounted to the board and I am sure someone like Garage1717 knows where to get them if he saw them.

yellowxhoodie

iTrader: (16)

i have yet to see anyone that actually has those on their tc.
im curios.
the only car ive ever seen them on in real life is the Mercedes G500

nominal_asu

its because 300 bucks is an aweful lot to have little lights on your doorsill

Hyghgynx

$300? What a rip. You can get them at trdsparks.com for way cheaper.
They also say MSRP is $195 not $299. What gives?

Ace83

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thats pricey, i'd rather get HIDs

SquallLHeart

odd... everytime i've seen them in person... it looks more to be EL than LEDs.... yet... the screen shot of the site says LEDs....

of course... they do have a history of making mistakes before...

the light just looks way more like EL... (at which point would be a big PITA to replace.)

travis1041

well i might be wrong but an el means that the whole plexi is the light source not a little led shining on it to make it illuminated i have looked at it and it is a little serfuce moundted i believe led that illuminates the plexi now i could be wrong about how a el works so i will get some pic in a few days thax

iKONA

Not worth 300 though.

wRadar

I actually installed this in my car last week, after buying it from TRDSparks.com ($165 plus shipping). Is it necessary? Not even a little bit. Does it serve some sort of purpose? Not really. But, I think it looks cool, and it was fun to install, so I think it was worth it.

I'd post up some pics if anyone was interested, but the one provided by TRD pretty much sums it up.

Just in case anyone's interested, it's installed to the actual door sill metal via an adhesive backing on the back of the thing. I thought it would snap in, or something, like the door sill plastic piece that you're replacing, but it actually sticks to the vehicle. Fine and dandy, and all, as long as the adhesive lasts, and I never have to replace the light inside.

Have a great weekend!
-Radar

SquallLHeart

hmm.. looking at it again.. it does seem thick enough to mount small surface mount leds in there... and it'll have to be a couple of them...

if you open them up and post pictures.. i can identify the sizes then...

but it looks to be pretty sealed shut for the most part... and i don't have a spare that i can actually play around with to take apart.

iKONA

It is real cool lol. If you can get it for under 180 its not a bad price. Other then that Id only get it financed with the car.