Has anyone changed there wedge bulbs in there headlights to a colored LED bulb?
IE: blue, Red, etc.?

please post pix.

i'm thinking of changing mine to blue.

Thanks

 

Dont fit. At least from what ive seen.

 

What, do you want to get pulled over?

 

I was hoping that maybe the headlights would kinda drown out the Blue LED bulb and make the whole head light have a blue tint.

 

I am going to be changing my parking light wedge bulb to an amber LED soon. I picked ground shipping when I ordered them so it looks like it is going to take some time.But it sounds like the LEDs that I ordered, and some others from this site will fit. I'll let you know if they fix when I get them.

 

what web site did you order them from? do they have colored bulbs?

thanks Nereus

 

I got them from http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

I ordered the 6LED 168/194 bulbs, but like I said I havn't got them in yet.

I made a post https://www.i-club.com/forums/interior-exterior-lighting-69/parking-lights-85768/ about buying some. It looks like BillJC and Meilers have them. I think meilers got them for his side markers.

 

cool thanks.. i'll prob end up buying wedge bulbs and rear light LED's

Thanks again

-E

 

Wedge bulbs do fit. I've got them.

Let me know how the rear light LED's look. The one's That I have seen just don't disperse the light that well and it ends up looking a lot more dim than with standard bulbs. But, it also depends on the LED bulb used. Some have radial LED's that throw the light out in a circular pattern. Anyway, let us know it looks. Post pics if you can.

Bill

 

Well just an update and so I can share a pic of my car with the leds in the parking lights. I know the pic didnt come out as well as I want it to. But you get the general idea.

 

You are right, the LED bulbs do NOT disperse light well; they end up being a focused point of light rather than a glow that lights the entire tail light or side marker. I solved this problem by using a side marker which had lots of diffraction (the plastic has tons of little tiny prisms, essentially). If you use a tail light or side marker which is transparent or has very little in the way of "lensing" you will indeed get a bright point of light and not a glow.

AFAIK, the few cars that do use LED lighting from the factory tend to use entire "banks" of LEDs that take up a wide area, rather than a single LED cluster or bulb -- probably to avoid the problem we are discussing.

 

I replaced my parking lights (the ones in the headlights) with amber LED bulbs. That way, I won't have to go to the trouble of ever having to replace them (hopefully). I did have blue LEDs in there, but then I wised up (plus, the car wouldn't pass state inspection like that).

I will also agree that LEDs don't disperse the light well, so you might as well leave the side markers as the factory incandescent bulbs...