Gearing up for a DIY all your OEM factory lights to High powered LED lights

[sleeper si]

I finally bit the bullet and got myself a whole lot of High Powered LEDs for both honda civics. The conversion from your regular bulbs should be very easy and straight forward. Just remove and replace.

I hope I bought the correct bulb bases and enough to swap all the factory oem lights to these high powered ones. If i am missing anything just feel free to chime in and let me know so i can go and buy the missing ones.



got these 7440 7 watt CREE white for the reverse back up lights.













These are 1157 amber












T5 11 watts white licenese plate and rear side markers














T20 red stop and tail lights









these for the dome, map and trunk lights.

 

[lethal6]

Rule of thumb, if you are using the same color bulb as the housing it is in it will wash the color out. Example: amber bulb in an amber housing will wash out, red bulb in a red housing will wash out, etc.

It defeats the purpose because it lowers the intensity dramatically and that is what you are going for is more intensity.

You want a clear housing if you are using amber or red and clear bulbs or white if you are putting them in an amber or red housing.

 

[sleeper si]

so if using stock housing with color should just get all white leds

 

[sleeper si]

anyone know what kind of relay or model i need so my turn signals don't blink hyper fast??

 

[00siboy]

Where did you buy all these at?

 

[sleeper si]

Where did you buy all these at?

bought all that at the locally autoparts market about 30 minutes by bus.
it was cheap that I bought a set for the misses civic too.

 

[sleeper si]

anyone know what kind of relay or model i need so my turn signals don't blink hyper fast??

really need to know what kind of relay i need to stop the hyper flashing guys. gonna make a trip this weekend to the auto parts market.

 

[gummer]

I liked the cree leds, take some pics installed and share with us

 

[sleeper si]

I liked the cree leds, take some pics installed and share with us

those suckers are 7 watts white lights that are going to be installed for the reverse lights.

 

[sleeper si]

okay yesterday was a good sunny day to install some of them LEDs i bought in La Chine. lol!








original bulb is dim

used these LED bulbs to replace the old ones, a bit longer so need to mod the terminals a bit



installed and wow, super white and super bright




now for the rear brake and backup lights

 

[gummer]

Hey where are the backup's shots?

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[sleeper si]

Hey where are the backup's shots?

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didn't really have time to take backup night shots. passenger door not opening was a real pain as the temps at night are cold.

 

[Hecz]

awesome. Please take before and after pictures. Try to keep the camera at the same exact location, same field of view, and same time of day for after and before.

The dome light looks nice white, but i can not tell if its illuminating more than before. Can you please take a picture in the the darkest posible from the outside of the car, with only the dome light on , you have to be several feet back from the car, to capture the entire car in the picture. This will give you a good idea of how much illumination there is.

This is something i would like to do to my car, is to change all the oem bulbs to led bulbs

 

[sleeper si]

yes the dome light is super white and brighter than before. you can see it illuminate everything inside during night.
the bulb was a bit longer than and i modified the metal terminals to accomodate.

 

[cgpEJ6]

I have LEDs for my dome, map and license plate lights, it's a really nice upgrade.

 

[sleeper si]

I have LEDs for my dome, map and license plate lights, it's a really nice upgrade.

yes the color is a big improvement over stock and much brighter at night, i like.
oh i got to take them night pictures up

 

[sleeper si]

sorry it took a while but here are my LED back up lights picture taken a few nights ago. Makes visibilty at night while reversing much easier to see.