To feed my addiction this week, I decided to do what I would call one of the easiest and most valuable upgrades for the FJ; LEDs in the interior dome lights.
Very simple process really; jump on eBay and search for "48 SMD White LED Light Panel". If that's to tricky; I got mine from here: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/48-SMD-White-LED-Light-Panel-T10-Festoon-Ba9s-Dome-12V-/270965668356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f16cffa04
Since these are from China and I couldn't be sure on the quality, at $3 a panel I just bought 4 of them. 2 for the car and 2 for the spares draw just in case.
The kits come with everything you need; the panel which has a 3M backing strip and three different festoon adapters (as seen in image 1). We'll use the spring loaded one for the FJ.
To install:
- Pop the clear plastic cover off the dome light using a small flat bladed screwdriver.
- Make sure the light is turned off and cool; I cooked my fingers on the incandescent the first time I did this!
- If the incandescent is cool; take it out and put it aside in your spares draw.
- Insert the spring loaded adapter; positive goes to the side with the tab (you'll know what I mean when you see it) or worst case grab a multimeter and check before hand.
- Once you've got the spring loaded adapter installed (the trickiest part of the install); plug the LED panel in and test it works.
- If all has gone well; position the wires into the space the festoon goes into, peel the backing off the sticky strip and attach it.
- Re-install the plastic cover
- Admire your handy work!
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| 1. LED plate and components (ebay image) |
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| 2. OEM incandescent cab lighting |
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| 3. LED light panel installed |
1 comment:
I have tossed up the idea of improving the interior lights, however I like the dull yellow ( perhaps because I am older? and it reminds me of old cars! lol)
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