My LED Project

[cdoyle]

Re: Dashboard Led

I found this U.K. based website that sells these bulbs....I don't know if they would even fit into a Toyota 4Runner, but just thought I would share...anyone know how to do this or where the bulbs are to change???


http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Neon_LED_Lighting/Dashboard_LED_Bulbs/dashboard_led_bulbs.html

The dash cluster has surface mount LEDs that are soldered onto the board. The only way to replace them, is to unsolder each one and then replace them with ones that require the same voltage.

Not an easy task!!

 

[06-4ReeDiver]

shucks

Darn, Baja makes it seem so simple..he must be awesome in this stuff...oh well..thanks for the info..But man it would look soooo cool!!!!!

 

[06-4ReeDiver]

Older 4runner

Darn it, I just took a closer look at Baja's vehicle and it's either not a 4runner or a older model one...that's probably why he was able to modify it in 2 hours...oh well..I can dream!!!

 

[toytrukn78]

.4

Did you ever finish this project? If so, which bulbs did you use? My Jag had this and really got used to it.

 

[broncosi]

nope, never even got started, work and vacationed instead, that was a small mod that would have taken alot of time and money. I was kind of throwing it out there to see what the response was to it. I figure if i had of done it i probly would have torn something up or half assed it.

 

[riceandpho]

i changed out the 3 158 bulbs in my guage cluster to some 6 blue led, wen i changed the one that lights up the empty fuel to led, it would stay on, so i had to put back the regular light, i also changed the light on the ignition ring to #74 blue led, since it was a #74 bulb, i had to sand it down a lil kuss it was too long, also i changed out the heater control #74 bulb to a #74 blue led. i also changed out the bulb that lights up the gears on the auto with 6led blue. , i changed out the maplights and the dome light both front and back with 9 led blue ones, the 4 led blue was not bright enough so i had to do 9, so now most of the light in the car matches my pioneer 8600 deck, bought all the leds from superbrightleds.com. its all nice and blue lol, this is on a 96 base 4runner.

 

[Stopha311]

LED turnsignal causing fast blinking?

I understand that the LED's consume less power so they cause the system to think there is a bulb out so the resistor or flasher mod needs to be done. My question is has anyone replaced the flasher relay and had it work? If so, which one did you buy and where did you get it?

 

[810moto]

Well, I finally got some of my LEDs put together and installed on the Runner.

After a couple trial and errors, I'm pretty happy with the results.

Here is a photo of one of the completed LED wedges.

This one has 3 5mm superwhite LEDs epoxied into a empty wedge that I
bought here

The LEDs themselves I bought from HERE

I did try some of the already built ones that they have, but the LEDs that they used seem to have a more 'purplish' color tint to them, I was looking more for a blushish/white tint. Plus the LEDs I used for the parking lights have a rating of 22,000mcd, which seem to light up the housing better.

Here is a shot the headlight assembly with the LEDs on.

I think it looks so much better then the stock orange colored bulb that was in there.

Here is another shot with the headlights on too.

It does make my Silverstars looks a yellow doesn't it. Would look even better if our Runners came stock with HIDs.

The parking lights weren't the only ones I replaced. Here is shot of the map lights. Here I used 4 3mm superwhite LEDs.

These sure light the inside of the Runner up. Plus it has that cool superwhite glow to it.

I also replaced the bulbs in the doors too,

It's pretty neat now, it not only lights up the door, it lights up ground too. The stock bulb never did that.

Now on to the Running Boards
Here you can get a good comparison on how bright they are.
Here is a shot of one of those 'Xenon' bulbs that were posted on here a few months back.

Ya, it's OK but not very bright. Actually less bright then the stock bulb.

Now look at this.

I still need to buy some more LEDs to finish the rest of the running boards. Plus I want to do the License plate lights too. I'm also going to construct something to replace the dome lights too, they look so yellow compared to everything else now.

If you decide to do this, and order the wedges, one thing I noticed. The first time I ordered them, I got white ones like pictured above. The second time I ordered them, they were a clear wedge (which at first was cool) but then I also noticed that they are slightly smaller. So it's alot harder to fit everything into it. Especially when using the 5mm LEDs. So if you order some, see if he has any of the larger white wedges left.

So what do you guys think?
I know awhile back there was a thread about those 'xenon' 194 bulbs, and I have to say these LEDs are way brighter then those.

where did you get the ones for the doors and what is the part number?