LED Dome Light

[rxmclaren7]

i hate to beat a dead horse but i cant figure something out.....the map light for the front of my car (2006 M35x) is listed as a de3175 31mm festoon bulb....i took the little cover off to change the bulb to the LEDS and found a completely different bulb there what do i do????? is there an adaptor that i need or do i just have an f'd situation....any help will be greatly appreciated if need be i can post a pic of the bulb so you all know what i am on about!!

[rxmclaren7]

this is what i am working with here...

[MOWellsinVA]

Your map light bulb is a BA9 bayonet-type bulb. I purchased two 5000 Kelvin BA9's from V-leds two years ago and they work fine. The closest version that they carry now would seem to be this:

http://www.vleds.com/5k-white-3-chip-5- ... -pair.html

They are constantly improving these LED bulbs, so model numbers change and disappear, but the description of the one that I bought was "2 HID 5K WHITE SMT 5 LED LIGHT BULBS 1895 53 57 182 BA9s".

I'm tempted to try a set of some of the newer, brighter bulbs for my reverse lights; the ones that I bought two years ago are a bit weak.

[rxmclaren7]

thanks MOWellsinVa!! just placed an order for the ones at the link you put in the posting!!! again thanks!! i will post pics of the completed project in the near future!!

[MOWellsinVA]

Glad to be of help! Have you changed out the other interior lights yet?

[rxmclaren7]

doing that today!! they look to be really easy!!

[kontra-vers-E]

doing that today!! they look to be really easy!!

Have you received your lights yet? I went through 3 pair before I found ones that would work but they were so much dimmer than the panel LED's I have in the rear. Which was strange because they wouldn't work up front, but they worked in the rear. I'm tired of the brightness in the back and the dimness up front, just wondering if those worked for you so I can order them.

[rxmclaren7]

They did not work for me....i think i am going to try the universal pannel lights and see if that works....i do have a local guy that does leds on highend euro cars that is going to help me out...i will keep you all posted as to my findings

[06M4.5]

doing that today!! they look to be really easy!!

Have you received your lights yet? I went through 3 pair before I found ones that would work but they were so much dimmer than the panel LED's I have in the rear. Which was strange because they wouldn't work up front, but they worked in the rear. I'm tired of the brightness in the back and the dimness up front, just wondering if those worked for you so I can order them.

for the front map lights you may have to switch the wire in order to get the leds to work.

I use the 12 smd panels which comes with a tiny plug on the wire, easy to install

[rxmclaren7]

how do you switch the wire?? i would like to know as i really dont want to spend any more money on leds if at all possible....thanks again for the info...i figured it was a reverse polarity issue...i just got frustrated and finished the rest of the leds in the car and left the two dome lights alone for now!!

[kontra-vers-E]

Have you received your lights yet? I went through 3 pair before I found ones that would work but they were so much dimmer than the panel LED's I have in the rear. Which was strange because they wouldn't work up front, but they worked in the rear. I'm tired of the brightness in the back and the dimness up front, just wondering if those worked for you so I can order them.[/quote]

for the front map lights you may have to switch the wire in order to get the leds to work.

I use the 12 smd panels which comes with a tiny plug on the wire, easy to install[/quote]
See, what puzzles me is the same panel LED's I used for the back, I used for the front FIRST and they didn't work, so I don't understand what's going on. You still think I need to reverse the wire?

[06M4.5]

yes try to reverse the wires and it should work

doesn't hurt to try if you have a little time

[rxmclaren7]

i will try that on monday...again i will keep everyone posted to my outcome!!

[rxmclaren7]

ok so it looks like i will need a soldering iron and i will be switching the wires...i hope i can do this and do it right...or do you guys think i should try the 12 smd led panels first?

[rxmclaren7]

i got a hold of my local LED guy and he hooked me up with some led's that were the correct ones for my car...now i have a full set of led's only problem is now the airbag light on the dash is flashing i dont know what happened but it is quite annoying and i am afraid that now my airbags dont work....any suggestions oh mighty forum lords???

[The Bodyguard]

i got a hold of my local LED guy and he hooked me up with some led's that were the correct ones for my car...now i have a full set of led's only problem is now the airbag light on the dash is flashing i dont know what happened but it is quite annoying and i am afraid that now my airbags dont work....any suggestions oh mighty forum lords???

Check airbag fuses...

As for the led panels on the dome lights, I had a set with a plug in wire. Unplug the wires flip them to reverse polarity (red to black, black to red) and that's all it took for mine to work! Not sure about the soldering part

[rxmclaren7]

checked the fuse and it is good...i also called the dealer and they said that they will need to hook it up to their machine to see why the air bag light is going nuts! just not happy about this as it is a safety issue and i dont like to drive an unsafe car!

[rxmclaren7]

do you all think that pulling the negative terminal off for a few minutes will solve this issue or do you think i still need to go to the dealer and have them check it out??

[rxmclaren7]

got the light reset at the dealer....no cost to me...the code that it was throwing was B1023 any ideas on this??? the tech that cleared the code said he had never seen it before...any thoughts all mighty NICO forum members??

[The Bodyguard]

got the light reset at the dealer....no cost to me...the code that it was throwing was B1023 any ideas on this??? the tech that cleared the code said he had never seen it before...any thoughts all mighty NICO forum members??

Not sure but I just remembered I tripped some fuses while switching out to led interior and lost power to many things inside

Took it in to dealer with OEM lights back on so I wouldn't get the run around and it was similar thing covered under warranty since I was still under 4/60 full warranty!

It only happened with the dome lights so it's that reverse polarity issue...

[rxmclaren7]

thanks Bodyguard! yea they said it could be an issue with the lights but they said they doubted it!!

[The Bodyguard]

thanks Bodyguard! yea they said it could be an issue with the lights but they said they doubted it!!

My problem was I was changing out the light bulbs while the lights were on