Deeznuts
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hey guys, been pondering about on the net looking for just replacement/blue globes for the center map light on my VE calais.
took the unit off the roof to have a look what size festoon bulb i needed.
not a festoon bulb at all. took it out sized and took a pic of it and tried some googling. there is jack all on parts for VE commodores, well the lighting side of things anyway.
thought i'd check with any of you if you have some knowledge on lighting specs
really want to change tail lights,indiccators,driving lights and interior lights to LEDs for something different. they say theyre alot brighter. i would even think it makes the car look that more newer or whatever.
going to put a nice setup of neons (LEDs) in the interior, probably the footwells and change just the middle map light a different colour too. BLUE or GREEN are the final ideas.
finally bought a little $20 set of those 6 inch neons (purple) and tried them. to be honest they are shithouse. not to mention the neon inverter is a fire hazard with all the crap soldering. anyway it wasnt bright enough for me or safe/practical enough. i have better visions.
i have read about that there could be problems with LED installations, beacause LEDs use less energy and the original setups are high powered for the standard globes. LED conversion kits exist apparently so ill work that out once i get some specs so i actually know what to buy online..
so my questions are what are the globe specs for the tail,rear/side/front indicators,reverse light,driving lights,interio lights(maps/footwells)?
also is it worth trying out the whole Halogen lamp thing?
Cheers again!
took the unit off the roof to have a look what size festoon bulb i needed.
not a festoon bulb at all. took it out sized and took a pic of it and tried some googling. there is jack all on parts for VE commodores, well the lighting side of things anyway.
thought i'd check with any of you if you have some knowledge on lighting specs
really want to change tail lights,indiccators,driving lights and interior lights to LEDs for something different. they say theyre alot brighter. i would even think it makes the car look that more newer or whatever.
going to put a nice setup of neons (LEDs) in the interior, probably the footwells and change just the middle map light a different colour too. BLUE or GREEN are the final ideas.
finally bought a little $20 set of those 6 inch neons (purple) and tried them. to be honest they are shithouse. not to mention the neon inverter is a fire hazard with all the crap soldering. anyway it wasnt bright enough for me or safe/practical enough. i have better visions.
i have read about that there could be problems with LED installations, beacause LEDs use less energy and the original setups are high powered for the standard globes. LED conversion kits exist apparently so ill work that out once i get some specs so i actually know what to buy online..
so my questions are what are the globe specs for the tail,rear/side/front indicators,reverse light,driving lights,interio lights(maps/footwells)?
also is it worth trying out the whole Halogen lamp thing?
Cheers again!