rwf

so... can i pull the led out?

7thgear

i'm not too sure about those... but to be on the same side... probably stick with the blue incandescent. i'm pretty sure you can pull the led out, but don't depend on that too much.

7thgear

if you do order the led #74, tell me how that turns out. the incandescent bulb is a little dull, but it works. better than the yellow/amber stock color.

rwf

i got the led #74, installed it today, looks nice, fits perfectly =)

Poison

I just got mine done come take a look....


https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=91384


Thanks,

Rikki

7thgear

i finally got the dome/map lights changed to white led. took me a total of no more than 10 minutes to complete it. i didn't think it would be that easy, but boy... it was a piece of cake. no problems at all except the back dome light... i had a hard time getting the led in cuz it was slightly longer, but it went in no problem. just a little squeeze would do it.

then i changed the license plate light to white leds also. that was really hard cuz my hands were a little too big to turn the bulb so i tried everything. i finally took the wire that was connecting it and pulled it out, took a big enough flat driver and stuck it in the hole and turn it and pop right out. the only problem was one of the two prongs got bent by the flat driver so i had to find a small enough flat driver and re-bent it. works fine but when i went to turn the lights on, only one would work so i simply just rebent it and turn the led and then it worked. the bulb isn't exactly turned all the way in yet, cuz my hands are too big and it's really hard to turn it in, but it works.

the white leds are not as bright as the stock, but it gives a really nice white/blue glow to the car though.

does anyone know how to change the hatch lights? thanks in advance!

Poison

The Trunk/Cargo Light is sooooooo freaking small compared to the Dome Light. Does anyone know the damn correct size for the cargo light? If SO PLEASE POST!!! AHHH ITS DRIVING ME NUTZ.

rwf

sorry, i dont know, but i put an red neon tube in the trunk instead, and i think it looks good that way.

Sauron

I just finished this, the first mod on my new car. It took me an hour because I pushed one of the lamps up above the gray plastic piece, so I had to take the whole thing out...then another 10 minutes to remove the bulb from the socket. I ordered the LEDs recommended by the author...they are not quite as bright as the stock bulbs. The rear light was a piece of cake, took maybe 5 minutes to do. I have greens for the driver and passenger lamps, a blue in the middle, and a purple one in the rear. It looks absolutely sick and was well worth the time.

Sam_J84

that looks tyte, ima have to get me some.

Hypnotiq

Thanks for the write up. Ordered the bulbs last week and received them yesterday. Took me a grand total of maybe 10 mins to change the front, rear, trunk, and cubby hole lights out.

If anyone needs any of the map light or cubby LED, let me know I ordered extra in case something broke. Blue #74 for cubby and then 2 superwhite for maplight/1 blue for center light. I don't have extra for cargo/trunk though.

Ninja729

the trunk lights used the 4 LED Festoon bulb

jwaggz82

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what i would like to know is - some people have talked about the led's staying on when they shouldnt be on. can someone comment on this issue? I am looking to buy bulbs for the front dome and the rear - im not sure if i want to go blue or just get white.

Mmartin_47

Has never happened to me

Serialk1llr

never happened to me. Had them in for well over 5k miles and 6 months.

DarkApathy

took me 10 mins to install, looks great, easy simple straight forward, great write up, thanks for sharing.

GRYGHST

just ordered my bulbs in blue frnt n bck domes it does look hot thx 4 the insight.

WhiteWolfG

Ok- stupid quesiton related to the hatch light- could someone send in a pic of it? I have an '06 scion tC and i can't for the life of me find the hatch light (if there even is one). I plan to replace the maplights and dome lights with LEDs, and probably the cargo too if I can find it!! any help would be appreciated.

JOEinSD

open your trunk, look on the left side. theres a light there. thats your hatch light. you cant miss it.

WhiteWolfG

Thanks- when i picked up my car, all of my interior lights were set to "off"- including my hatch light. Problem was, the only time i remembered to look for the hatch light was at night, when, naturally, i couldn't find it. But, now I got it. Thanks much.