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Old 03-28-2007, 12:50 AM
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how are those ebay ones? any decent? if so ill order then rite now and i dont even have the car yet lol.

they are quite nice matches the color well.. the original yellowish lights suck..
 
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Old 03-28-2007, 02:02 AM
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But they are getting a slight amount of power that's why they are glowing. I've noticed that too on the cheap festoon leds, some would glow even tho the light was off. I was baffled at first then did some research and testing. The way the dome light works is that both leads normally have +12v applied to them, and when the door is opened or you turn on the light one of the leads switches to ground. What is happening is that there is a slight voltage difference between the two leads, either due to the length/path of the wiring or the switch itself and this slight resistance is causing a voltage drop across one lead. It's very minute and is not enough to light up a regular bulb but since LEDs are so efficient this minimal amount of voltage difference is enough to get it to glow a little. I measured the voltage across these leads in respect to ground and there is a few millivolts difference. This is what is causing the LED to glow.
 
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Old 04-23-2007, 11:32 PM
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woowwwww lmfa0 thats what the thread said about one left over light, the trunk! I put my leds in today, the bulbs from ebay and I had 2 left over. So i figured hmm lets go with the vanity lights...dont fit. Then i think oh its the glove box light, 30 min later and my whole dash apart i find out thats not the right bulb either! lmfa0. Well now i know where that last one goes lol. And btw these lights look fkin sick, everyone at my job asked me 1 sec after they seen them "can i get these too".
 
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Old 04-23-2007, 11:46 PM
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woowwwww lmfa0 thats what the thread said about one left over light, the trunk! I put my leds in today, the bulbs from ebay and I had 2 left over. So i figured hmm lets go with the vanity lights...dont fit. Then i think oh its the glove box light, 30 min later and my whole dash apart i find out thats not the right bulb either! lmfa0. Well now i know where that last one goes lol. And btw these lights look fkin sick, everyone at my job asked me 1 sec after they seen them "can i get these too".
grats

i am having a small issue ... my passenger side back ceiling light doesn't completely dim out like the other lights.. it has a slight glow to it even when they are suppose to be completely dimmed out... does this happen to you? i switched it out with another LED light and it still does it..

but when i switch back one of the original bulbs.. it does dim out completely
 
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Old 04-23-2007, 11:49 PM
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i am having a small issue ... my passenger side back ceiling light doesn't completely dim out like the other lights.. it has a slight glow to it even when they are suppose to be completely dimmed out... does this happen to you? i switched it out with another LED light and it still does it..

but when i switch back one of the original bulbs.. it does dim out completely
yes i noticed this on my drive home...i looked once and it was on...like 5 min later looked again and it was off. No biggie.
 
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Old 04-24-2007, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by GoofyG28

there are 10 different types on each site. which ones are best. They range from one to 6 leds per deal.

nevermind I couldn't wait I bought from the ebay guy.
 

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Old 04-26-2007, 08:23 PM
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For G35, you will need LED replacement bulbs for DE3175, they are called D31mm LED bulbs.

You can find them at www.iJDMTOY.com or http://stores.ebay.com/MotoringMax.
 
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Old 04-29-2007, 03:22 PM
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I ordered from the ebay guy and it has been a week. I have recieved two paypal messages stating that he cancelled shipment. So I had to cancel the payment. I emailed him 4 times and never got a response.
 
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Old 04-29-2007, 10:14 PM
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I sent 3 emails after waiting one week between him taking my payment and him NOT sending my bulbs.
He never responded to my emails, but I received an email on Friday stating that my stuff has shipped, and I should have it in another 5-7 days.

If he's looking for good feedback, this isn't the way to get it.
 
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I ordered my LEDs from Superbrightleds.com last thursday evening and I got them in today. Installed it all in about an hour. I ordered 12 bulbs altogether, wanted to try some blue ones in the doors, and they all look great and work fine. The cost with shipping was about $33 for 12 bulbs, 10 white and 2 blue. Maybe cost a little more than the ebay guy, but not a whole lot and worth the piece of mind.
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 02:03 AM
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he emailed me today and said that the parts are backordered
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by h2mann
I ordered my LEDs from Superbrightleds.com last thursday evening and I got them in today. Installed it all in about an hour. I ordered 12 bulbs altogether, wanted to try some blue ones in the doors, and they all look great and work fine. The cost with shipping was about $33 for 12 bulbs, 10 white and 2 blue. Maybe cost a little more than the ebay guy, but not a whole lot and worth the piece of mind.
post pictures of the blue door lights
 
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Old 05-01-2007, 10:37 AM
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I just got my lights from the ebay guy yesterday. I was starting to worry a little bit but there the package was in the mailbox.

It took me about an hour to get 8 bulbs in. FWIW, the screwdriver I was using to remove the covers to maps light was too small. That plastic is very soft and I did leave a very slight indentation in the edge of the plastic. Yes I was using a towel like it's illustrated in the manaul. Again that plastic is very very soft even malleable to some extent.

Once I switched out to a wider and larger screwdriver I was able to pop the covers out relatively easily. I was thinking that smaller was better but not in this case.

Just be careful not to mar up the trim edge of the map lights.

Oh yeah, the LEDs look great. Very different glow to them and I think it complements the HIDs immensely.

-Frank
 
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