Rear wiper blade conversion and LED's!

[CDJuda]

Need some help making sure everything listed in the first link has all of the parts I need for the conversion. Thanks guys!

Rear wiper conversion kit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/130815265561?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

LED's for interior domes: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251350269673?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[CDJuda]

already purchased the LED's as I was pretty sure those were the ones I needed.

Still waiting for advice on the rear wiper blade conversion.

 

[Blckshdw]

You've done enough research and gotten feedback on these mods already. Trust yourself, take the plunge, and let your mod bug feed!

 

[CDJuda]

lol fair enough
gottem both bought, all the parts should be here by august 5th.

I'll take a bunch of photos after the install and post any questions if I've got any.

 

[Fen65]

It does, I bought the same kit earlier this month and it comes with everything you need. I just need to find 10 minutes to install it.

 

[Midnyteryder196]

+1 on that kit! They are bright!

 

[CDJuda]

+1 on that kit! They are bright!

unfortunately the adapters are pretty poor quality so I'll need to mod those a bit.

 

[CDJuda]

LED conversion finished!!!

My face when they first turned on*

 

[CDJuda]

Still haven't finished the cargo light as it seems it comes off differently than the rest of them. Anyone know how that pops off?

 

[Midnyteryder196]

Still haven't finished the cargo light as it seems it comes off differently than the rest of them. Anyone know how that pops off?

Mine is just like the rest of em.. Lil notch to one side that you pry on and it pops out..

 

[CDJuda]

Mine is just like the rest of em.. Lil notch to one side that you pry on and it pops out..

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yeah the cargo light will not pry out, almost looks like its going to snap for some reason.

 

[CDJuda]

Mine is just like the rest of em.. Lil notch to one side that you pry on and it pops out..

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Got it open. Any chance you could post a picture of how you got those connected? Mine aren't lighting up for some reason....

 

[Midnyteryder196]

Got it open. Any chance you could post a picture of how you got those connected? Mine aren't lighting up for some reason....

Its kinda hard to see since they are tied up, but I just took 2 of the festoon adapters, cut one of the the adapters and spliced, soldered, and heat shrinked them together

 

[CDJuda]

All done!

 

[Midnyteryder196]

All done!

Looks pretty bright! Haha looks good man!

 

[Mounce]

Is that with just one panel in each of the "map lights?" Looks great man.

 

[Blckshdw]

Looks good Chase, now it's only a matter of time before you start itching to mod something else

 

[Shdwdrgn]

I gotta ask... could those lights be too bright? I'm curious how these compare to regular lights while driving at night -- do they interfere with driving any worse than the bulbs? Love the crisp color and would like to change mine over to LED, but my eyes are pretty sensitive to light. I don't even run my dash lights at full brightness.

 

[Midnyteryder196]

I gotta ask... could those lights be too bright? I'm curious how these compare to regular lights while driving at night -- do they interfere with driving any worse than the bulbs? Love the crisp color and would like to change mine over to LED, but my eyes are pretty sensitive to light. I don't even run my dash lights at full brightness.

if your eyes are pretty sensitive, i prob wouldnt recommend the led panels then. or you could do panels in all the lights to the rear of front seats, like i have.. but how many times do you have your dome lights on while driving??


The wifey doesnt like bright light up front, and when i had panels in every light she complained about it being tooo bright, which i didnt think was possible... lol. So i replaced the 6 front lights with 5smd 194 bulbs.. mellows out the front, but still bright enough to see.

 

[Blckshdw]

To determine if the LED panels could be considered too bright while driving, I have 2 thoughts. First, how often would you have the dome lights on while driving at night? Most people use the reading lights (push buttons) Which brings me to the second thought. Just about everyone who converts their dome lights to LEDs, who uses the reading lights, immediately complains about how the LEDs aren't nearly as bright when using the reading light function, compared to when they open the doors, or flip the dome light switch.

So I'd say get a couple of panels, or a full set if the cost isn't too big of a deal, and try them out. If they are still too bright on reading light mode, you could do what Matt did and downgrade the dome lights up front. Either that, or talk someone you know into getting the panels in their ride as an experiment so you can see how they look for free.

 

[Shdwdrgn]

For the price of the ebay link above, I'm not above experiementing, but yeah I would have to agree that I'd prefer lower lights over the seats and a much brighter light in the rear. Realistically with GPS software in the phones these days, there's not much reason to turn on the lights at night anymore. My only (real) reason for going to LED would be for ease on the battery. If I'm out somewhere and have the lights on for a long period of time, LEDs are far less likely to drain my battery. And since batteries always seem to suddenly go bad at the worst times, this would be one less problem for those occasions until I can get the vehicle started again.

 

[CDJuda]

To determine if the LED panels could be considered too bright while driving, I have 2 thoughts. First, how often would you have the dome lights on while driving at night? Most people use the reading lights (push buttons) Which brings me to the second thought. Just about everyone who converts their dome lights to LEDs, who uses the reading lights, immediately complains about how the LEDs aren't nearly as bright when using the reading light function, compared to when they open the doors, or flip the dome light switch.

So I'd say get a couple of panels, or a full set if the cost isn't too big of a deal, and try them out. If they are still too bright on reading light mode, you could do what Matt did and downgrade the dome lights up front. Either that, or talk someone you know into getting the panels in their ride as an experiment so you can see how they look for free.

I haven't found any reason to turn on all of the interior lights at once while driving, punching in the light above my head to turn on one of the panels above me provides a safe amount of light in my area while driving.

thanks again everyone

 

[Mark20]

Any tricks on getting the rear wiper arm off? I'm guessing almost 10 years of road grime and salt have it glued down pretty well. The nut came off pretty easily but I could tell it had thread locker on it by the feel and it does.

Edit:
Figured it out. Saw the two "tabs" that reach almost down to the motor mounting nut. Slid a screwdriver in the gap and tapped lightly until I felt it give.