Fun with LED interior lights.

[slomatt]

Recently I upgraded my interior dome light to an LED and added a separate hatch light. Total project cost was about $20. Full details including parts and measurements can be found at the following link:

http://wwww.blankwhitepage.com/autom...nterior-lights


The modified dome light.


The new hatch light.


And some pictures showing the results. All of these were taken with the exact same exposure settings so you can compare brightness and color.

Here's the stock 5w dome light.


And the LEDs.






- Matt

[Robinhood4x4]

Nice write up matt.

[YotaFun]

Holy $#!^ thats bright!!!
Thanks for the writeup Matt!
Gonna have to tackle this one soon!!!

[paddlenbike]

Looks good Matt!

[slomatt]

Thanks guys. This was a fun project and I can't wait to try it out on our first trip of the year, is it May yet?

- Matt

[Bob98SR5]

Matt,

AWESOME. I was looking to do this project this year and now you made it exponentially easier. Thanks for documenting, you rock.

Bob

[CJM]

Awesome, def bookmarking for when I get around to this.

[4x4mike]

Nice. I don' think I can own a car without led domes any more.

[slomatt]

Nice. I don' think I can own a car without led domes any more.

I agree. The only interior lights I'd leave as incandescents are the front map lights, the LEDs are too bright and would destroy my night vision at night if they were turned on while driving. Of course this can always be solved by running them at ~200mA to lower the brightness.

[Robinhood4x4]

Matt,

AWESOME. I was looking to do this project this year and now you made it exponentially easier. Thanks for documenting, you rock.

Bob

Yeah, the hard part is trying to figure out how to dissipate the higher current/energy that the Crees need. With the new off the shelf drivers, it makes it a little easier.