Refurbed Badges, LEDs and HIDs

[ridds]

Here's a few pics of my updated lights and refurbed badges and new gear knob and handbrake sleeve.

















HIDs top Philips 90% brighter bottom. The Philips are a LOT hotter.



Exscuse the shoddy touch-up paint...

[Killer Rhubarb]

How to change all 3 interior lights and to what, written here please

thank you in advance <3

[ridds]

3 off 36mm plain LED Festoon bulbs purchased off ebay (although buy 4 and you can do the boot too).

Small screwdriver into the end, push gently and leaver out, take care, if it doesn't come out try the other end.

Slot new bulbs in, no light, try it the other way round. .

[Mr Cerbera]

ridds said:

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HIDs top Philips 90% brighter bottom. The Philips are a LOT hotter.

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Hi ridds,

Sorry to be my usual, dull, self but when you say 'hotter' do you mean 'brighter' or just that the surrounding bodywork gets substantially warmer ?

Ta !

Paul

[ridds]

Hotter as in radited heat. People always suggested that HIDs ran hotter and could present issues with bodywork etc but with the Philips bulbs you can feel the heat from them nearly 18" away from the light! HID's you can touch the lense quite happily.

[Mr Cerbera]

Thanks for that !

Sooooo, which would you recommend ?

[ridds]

Not used the car in the dark yet so will report back this weekend.

[markh1]

Looks good mate, the dials look nice and bright! I tried LED's on my dials but with the yellow background it was actually worse than the normal filament bulbs.

[sweeper]

Like the bright dials, too. Fits perfectly with the alloy/ silver dash (how did you do that actually?) also.

[ridds]

sweeper said:

Like the bright dials, too. Fits perfectly with the alloy/ silver dash (how did you do that actually?) also.

Dash is fine corrugated aluminium with a Carbon Fibre pod cover.

Dials are Magnolia so the white LED lights them nicely, not too bright either.

[schimg]

markh1 said:

Looks good mate, the dials look nice and bright! I tried LED's on my dials but with the yellow background it was actually worse than the normal filament bulbs.

Thanks Mark...saved me another job

[Mr Cerbera]

Is it mandatory to have spare wheels and exhaust systems strewn on Cerbera garage walls coz mine is exactly like that too

[Killer Rhubarb]

ridds said:

3 off 36mm plain LED Festoon bulbs purchased off ebay (although buy 4 and you can do the boot too).

Small screwdriver into the end, push gently and leaver out, take care, if it doesn't come out try the other end.

Slot new bulbs in, no light, try it the other way round. .

Didnt know about these! All 3 for 3 quid off fleabays. BOUGHT.

Thank you!

[GT4 Baz]

Killer Rhubarb said:

ridds said:

3 off 36mm plain LED Festoon bulbs purchased off ebay (although buy 4 and you can do the boot too).

Small screwdriver into the end, push gently and leaver out, take care, if it doesn't come out try the other end.

Slot new bulbs in, no light, try it the other way round. .

Didnt know about these! All 3 for 3 quid off fleabays. BOUGHT.

Thank you!

These are also the same bulbs in the rear number plate if you wanted to change those too

[Tyre Smoke]

Did my interior and dash with blue LEDs about six years ago. Looks so much better.

[ridds]

Mr Cerbera said:

Thanks for that !

Sooooo, which would you recommend ?

Took her out last night and the difference is night and day! HIDs are great and the 90% brighter Philips main beams are amazing.

Just ordered another Festoon bulb for the boot and some of these for the number plate....

Yellow LEDs

[Jimii]

What rear lights do you have they look different to afterburners,lexus and later spec?

[sweeper]

ridds said:

3 off 36mm plain LED Festoon bulbs purchased off ebay (although buy 4 and you can do the boot too).

Small screwdriver into the end, push gently and leaver out, take care, if it doesn't come out try the other end.

Slot new bulbs in, no light, try it the other way round. .

Brilliant, ordered as per your infos and they arrived safely today. Looking really, really good (definitely not showing in the pics though). I also put two behind the license plate, including a home-made "light amplifier" to get them pates bright.

The boot light is 42mm on mine as I learned today, so I placed another order.







Thanks again for sharing Ridds. Still need to get around one day having my dash&dials done like yours as well...

[ridds]

Arse, I ordered one for the boot this morning. Guess I'll be ordering another.

I have a rear plate 'amplifier' too (recess lined with aluminium tape).

Rear lights are custom, I made them myself a couple of years ago.

[ridds]

Jimii said:

What rear lights do you have they look different to afterburners,lexus and later spec?

Link to old rear light post