rear view mirror
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From: houston tx
rear view mirror
ok so im like starting to do my leds in my car and everything went ok except for the hvac but thats a different post anyway i get to my rear view and all it has is a big bulb bout a inch or half and im light what the f...k? how am i suppose to put leds in there. its not everyone elses were you just take off the old leds and put new ones. its just one big, ugly, hairy, bulb on each side. anybody know how can i make the light be white and not yellow on these type of bulbs
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From: Brea CA
If I recall correctly you need a 212 festoon bulb. The online LED websites have these in various colors that will work in your mirror.
The Electro chromatic (auto dimming) mirror is the one that has the LED's.
Gary
The Electro chromatic (auto dimming) mirror is the one that has the LED's.
Gary
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From: United Kingdom England
I used 41mm festoon 8 led blue bulbs from Ebay like this one. They have to be in the correct way round to work as the have + and - side. They give off a good amount of light and come in different colors. They are just a straight swap for the OEM bulbs.
Here is a pic with the mirror lights on.
Here is a pic with the mirror lights on.
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Yes resisters on everything except the ones mention on the HVAC, Traction control button is a one off job. There is a good thread on here for LEDs and a guy by the name of bell came up with this one. Just putting 2 LEDs in the TC button doesn't really get it lit. So you have to take the button apart and drill a hole up from underneath and insert the LED directly into the button.
If you want to do the TC button as I have and it's really bright now compared with just putting two LEDs in there let me know and I will give you a link to the thread.
If you want to do the TC button as I have and it's really bright now compared with just putting two LEDs in there let me know and I will give you a link to the thread.
Last edited by 97vetteman; Aug 5, 2007 at 02:50 PM.
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Here you go this is page 12 of this thread there is a post by tstar about 2/3rds of the way down the page on how to do the TC button. This is how I did mine I used a 3mm LED and drilled a 3mm hole and the LED fits in there good.
This thread contains loads of useful stuff for anyone wanting to do LEDs, one word of warning it about 20 pages!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=hvac+LED
This thread contains loads of useful stuff for anyone wanting to do LEDs, one word of warning it about 20 pages!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=hvac+LED
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The LEDs looks very good - thanks for the info on the ones for the rear view mirror.
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From: centennial colorado
interior leds
I see you have the mag ride switch lite up in the stock location with a led. I did this but found it didnt light up iniformly with all the words. So I mounted a 3mm led directly under the TOUR and PERFORMANCE words directly into the clear plastic light wave. Siliconed them in place and went searching for how to power them up. I wanted to keep the stock location for a led to light up the SPORT word. Sooo I rewired a led into a base and left the leads long so I could use them to power the 2 new led locations.I also mounted a led in the trac button and added a new led behind the traction controll lettering. Turned out very uniform. Wont let me post the pics here?? Search nascar57 and I think you will find the pics