dome light conversions?, any way to take the ugly yellow light and swap to some kind of blue? Options

[mgnt232]

I have a 94 celica ST and want to change the dome lights out. has anyone done this before? i look started taking out the dome light, and it got dark so i haven't had really a chance to look at it good,but i was thinking maybe i could swap and LED in there?
thanks in advance.-

[Espo]

Okay, this is really easy.

1. Go to your local Autozone.
2. Buy the Super Bright L.E.D. dome lights in the customization section (By all the shift knobs and interior neons and whatnot.)
3. Go home, take apart your dome light assembly, take it all the way out, remove the harness.
4. Open L.E.D. package, choose any size adapter, smash it open with a hammer so the soldering on the wires and metal ends comes apart. You won't need the adapters, they won't fit anyway.
5. Take out the stock bulb, also take out your dome fuse in the engine bay or it will blow - don't ask me why, mine did.
6. Cut the white wire with the loop on it - this is your power wire. Also, cut the black wire going to where the bulb was. This is your ground. Strip those - BE CAREFUL when stripping them, when I did I accidentally pulled out the three way switch and it was a major hassle to get back in and working.
7. Cob the red to the white and the black to the black, wrap it with electrical tape or heat shrink (I chose heat shrink), use the adhesive to stick your lights in, have fun. I'll have pics in a few.

Edit/Pics are uploading to photobucket at the moment, should've resized them in Photoshop first.

Edit/Okay here we go:

Final product/starting point for me:


Remove cover:


Unscrew dome assembly, remove this harness:


I had to squeeze the two wires through the back very carefully before I did this, you can see them coming out from the front of the assembly. Connections already made:


More of same connections - moved my wiring so you can see exactly where they came from and where the previous wires were:


Front side of assembly at this point:


Lights!:


Easy as pie. They are REALLY bright too, lights up your entire car, makes the back trunk light almost obsolete lol - I bought a smaller one from Pep Boys that I'm replacing the trunk light with today.

This post has been edited by Espo: Aug 23, 2009 - 3:13 PM

[mgnt232]

Okay, this is really easy.

1. Go to your local Autozone.
2. Buy the Super Bright L.E.D. dome lights in the customization section (By all the shift knobs and interior neons and whatnot.)
3. Go home, take apart your dome light assembly, take it all the way out, remove the harness.
4. Open L.E.D. package, choose any size adapter, smash it open with a hammer so the soldering on the wires and metal ends comes apart. You won't need the adapters, they won't fit anyway.
5. Take out the stock bulb, also take out your dome fuse in the engine bay or it will blow - don't ask me why, mine did.
6. Cut the white wire with the loop on it - this is your power wire. Also, cut the black wire going to where the bulb was. This is your ground. Strip those - BE CAREFUL when stripping them, when I did I accidentally pulled out the three way switch and it was a major hassle to get back in and working.
7. Cob the red to the white and the black to the black, wrap it with electrical tape or heat shrink (I chose heat shrink), use the adhesive to stick your lights in, have fun. I'll have pics in a few.

Edit/Pics are uploading to photobucket at the moment, should've resized them in Photoshop first.

Edit/Okay here we go:

Final product/starting point for me:


Remove cover:


Unscrew dome assembly, remove this harness:


I had to squeeze the two wires through the back very carefully before I did this, you can see them coming out from the front of the assembly. Connections already made:


More of same connections - moved my wiring so you can see exactly where they came from and where the previous wires were:


Front side of assembly at this point:


Lights!:


Easy as pie. They are REALLY bright too, lights up your entire car, makes the back trunk light almost obsolete lol - I bought a smaller one from Pep Boys that I'm replacing the trunk light with today.

thanks... i guess. but i already did it, and i went with blue LED's. my way... was a bit more simplistic. and comes on when the door is opened, and off when its closed. push the little button the normals are on. but not soo much of ur wiring