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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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can i put LED bults up in my dome lights that come on when the door is opened? i just put them in the foot wells and they look alot better then the stock yellowish lights
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can i put LED bults up in my dome lights that come on when the door is opened? i just put them in the foot wells and they look alot better then the stock yellowish lights
Just about every interior light can be replaced with LEDs. Here is the link to the LED interior install thread.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1996579

Which rear view mirror do you have, the auto dimming or manual? The auto dimming already uses LED's which are soldered onto a small circuit board. The other mirror takes a festoon style light. All of this is covered in the link above.

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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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ive got the little manual flip one, its a 02 Z06
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i need the 212 Festoon 2 LED bulbs is what the article says but do i need 2 or 4 total?
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i need the 212 Festoon 2 LED bulbs is what the article says but do i need 2 or 4 total?
I have the same rear view mirror and like you just installed the footwell LEDs. Are these festoon bulbs a direct plug in to whats already there? Where do we buy them?
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thats what im trying to figure out as well

http://autolumination.com/festoon.htm

they are 212 type 44mm
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lets just hope they plug directly in like the footwells from corvettemods...couldnt have been easier
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i know, i just did that one last night.. im very happy with it and thats the reason im looking at doing these now
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For the manual rear view mirror it takes 2 festoon type lamps. I have not looked closely at one, but should be an easy plug-in replacement.

The link I provided in my first post has the complete parts list and pictures of completed installs. There is also a much larger LED interior thread that goes into great detail of tweaking the installs to get the best results.

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