AMMO_tC

no prob here. i have the same set up.

WhiteWolfG

That is an awesome walkthrough! Do you know which size of LED the cubby light takes? Same as the maplights or..? Thanks again.

OpTiMi5t

iTrader: (-1)

i love mine i just got mine installed earlier today at Pepboys for 20 bux, a little pricey for a simple installation but it was worth it cuz it looks SWEET at night

TCAV8R

how come you didnt do this yourself?
sorry but that is a lot of money for a simple bulb switch.

I got mine in the mail today and switched one of my map lights to red.

OpTiMi5t

iTrader: (-1)

becuz it was a pain in the neck tryna to pull the bulb out itself, and i really didnt want to mess up the lights, fuse, or anything of that nature, i had the money to get it done so in all it was alright. again it was pricey but i dont regret it, the lights look really nice, im attracking alot of attention, not any negative yet, but i know alot of cops where i live so i know they wont give me a ticket

MTcX

I don't have time now to go back through it but if you go back throug these pages it was talked about the type of LED to get and thats the one that works. You don't need the one with the housing, you can get just the regular LED bulb that plugs in. To answer your other question.....NO.....the cubby light is not like the head lamps and cannot be used on the cubby light.

mdljukka

THANK YOU FOR A GREAT POST, JUST ORDERED 2 SETS, ONE FOR MINE, ONE FOR GF'S, I GOT WHITE TC, SHE'S GOT A RED ONE 2500 OUT OF 2500

this_nikki_tc

ok So I ordered those same bulbs and installed mine today and I have a GREAT tip for you guys.

TO GET THE STOCK BULBS OUT ( Slippery lil suckers ): Get one of those big thick rubber bands and wrap it around the bulb once. The rubber sticks to the glass and makes it easy to grip rather than feeling like you're gonna break em. Theeen just pull straight down on em.

I was prying on em for about 20 mins ( drying off the finger tips/ trying some more ) Got frustrated, gave up, went back to my desk at work and saw the nice big pile of rubber bands. Took me 10 seconds after that

otkeeper

when i reach in from behind to pull the cubby hole light out do i just pull on the wire that it is connected to? i got back there and felt the wire but i was scared to yank to hard cause i didn't want to break anything

MTcX

man I didn't have this much trouble pulling out my bulbs, I wonder what the difference is

otkeeper

aright well i went back to try again and got a good hold on it and pulled it out rather easy. so i just ordered the bulb its on page 4 of this thread for anyone interested. ill go back and get it and post it here. i actually cut up my arm pretty bad but its all good

otkeeper

heres the link to the cubby hole bulb as posted earllier in this thread..for those who didn't feel like searching.

WhiteWolfG

Thanks for adding additional info about the cubby light- this thread is getting pretty long and has jumped over a number of topics. I wonder if anybody has any information about how the incandescent bulbs for the cubby ("#74 (T5, T1-3/4) bulbs are 3/4" x 1/8" diameter ") match color wise with the LED's? I wouldn't want to get a drastically different blue going on in my car...

otkeeper

well ill tell you in a few days cause i just ordered the blue cubby light and i put in the blue led dome lights a few days ago..soon enough im getting the blue interior lights..so when its all done ill telll you how it is

mdljukka

I got blue front and back dome lights for my white TC, and red for my girlfirends red TC. The reading lights are white on both. I installed them in both cars. Everything worked fine except for the back dome light in my TC, also it was hard to fit it in. When I close the doors and the lights fade out, you can see in the rear dome there's a slight blue fade that stays on, I haven't checked how long does it stay on. I tried taking it out and putting it back again, not helping. My gf's car does not have this problem. So I figured I'd call the www.superbrightleds.com and tell them about the problem. They're sending me out a replacement bulb with prepaid return postage, to send this one back.

mdljukka

I did the same setup as the guy who posted this. I ordered a blue light for the cubby, and just in case I ordered a white one. Got the lights yesterday installed the, first I tried the blue, then I tried the white for the cubby. The blue didn't match the dome lights, and honestly didn't look that great in there, so I swithched it out with the white, and I think it looks much better. I also saw somebody on here saying that you can sand the tip of that light a little bit to make it kind of spread out, that also worked. I tried it with both of the lights.

P.S. For my gf's RED TC I did the red led setup, except for the map lights, those are white. Looks Great, and cubby in red looks good.

mdljukka

HERE ARE MY PICS

otkeeper

i tried using a blue sharpie on the light in the hatch. it looked great for about 2 minutes and then it got kinda hot and it looks like the sharpie just cooked off. did i not let it dry long enough before i put it back in?

AMMO_tC

nice try, but it'll prob keep burning off.

otkeeper

i thought i read on here somewhere about someone successfully doing this.