number of leds?

[SneakyFish]

im looking to order some leds for the interior of my coupe and was just wondering what number of leds everyone was using. also wanted to know what you guys thought of these since there what im planning to get:http://v-leds.com/Exterior-LED....htmlh ... htmlthanks in advance for the help

[Blackmobile]

the ones you posted are fine. if anything they may be overkill and too bright, but just barely. just so you know though, blue is the least usable light, they output the least lumens. they look badass but they're kinda useless when you're trying to read something in your car

[SneakyFish]

thanks for the heads up blackmobile. which ones are you using?

[Blackmobile]

i'm using some weaker one's right now from superbrightleds.com, however i just purchased a new set from vled, i got the 5 smt leds http://v-leds.com/Exterior-LED....html and the same dome light bulb. i had 4xsmt led blue's in my maps before and they looked really nice, but very weak, i couldn't even read a map with those things. i've got a 9xled in my dome at the moment, that's one's bright but i'd still want it brighter, which is why i'm upgrading.

[SneakyFish]

hey blackmobile, when you get your leds and put them in can you let me know if your dome light has anyone leds not working and if when you set the control to door does any of them stay on. thanks

[Blackmobile]

ya sure thing, however i'm getting them shipped to Canada so it won't be here for atleast another week. are you having an issue with some led's not firing up?? and none of them should stay on after the door closes, that's only an issue with non-surface mounted leds. my current map lights stay on a little bit because they're regular leds instead of the SMT. same with my dome. the one's we're looking at are all SMT's.

[SneakyFish]

yea two of them in the dome light wont fire up. all my other ones are fine. the one that stays on has very very little light coming from it, but its just the thought of me knowing that bothers me.

[Blackmobile]

return that bad boy asap! v-leds should refund any defective bulbs. just throw in your stock bulb until they send you a new one. you shouldn't have to settle for a defective bulb

[SneakyFish]

i sent them an email on whats the fastest way to get a new led and send the defective one back but i havent gotten a reply yet. do you know if i just send in the bad led in the original package or what?

[Blackmobile]

check out their return policy: http://www.v-leds.com/page/policies.html#3

1. Send back the defective, and we will send out the new one(s) upon receipt. 2. If you would like us to ship out right away, please request an invoice for the items. We will credit your account upon our receipt of the defective product.

The defective product must be shipped within 30 days of original purchase date. Please let me know which of these two options you prefer.

If your package was originally shipped to you via USPS please send the items in the original packaging, marked "REFUSED" "RETURN TO SENDER" with a copy of your completed return form. No additional postage is necessary.

[SneakyFish]

yea i read that this morning. gonna send it in tomorrow since mail already came. hope the next one gets here as fast as the last one.

[SneakyFish]

hey blackmobile, sorry for bothering you with all these question, but i was wondering if you could help me answer one more. i want to do footwell lights but dont know what i need except for a rocker switch and 2 led strips (thinking 9").

[Blackmobile]

no worries, always glad to help. i don't have any experience with led strips. however i would think that for the setup, all you would need it the strips, rocker switch, wires and a fuse. you can either wire them up so that they are wired right into the fuse panel via a fuse tap, or you can splice or t-tap into an existing wire coming from the fuse panel. however if you go the splice/tap into another wire route, make sure you have a fuse between the tap and the lights cause the current draw is probably going to be different.

[Blackmobile]

by the way, i got my dome light 16smt led in finally, works great, all leds light up and none of them stay on after the light is off. hope you got yours figured out

[SneakyFish]

just got my new dome light and put it in. good news is that all the leds light up. bad news is that 4 of them stay dimmly lite when i have it set to door. do you think it'll kill my battery if i leave it on door?

[maxentropy]

just got my new dome light and put it in. good news is that all the leds light up. bad news is that 4 of them stay dimmly lite when i have it set to door. do you think it'll kill my battery if i leave it on door?

Absolutely positively not. They use so little power even when they are on!

All of mine turn off with the exception of the center middle light that I have come on when the doors open. It glows very faint blue when the doors are not open.