A Few Noob Lighting Questions

[built2burn]

I have a 99 le camry and only basic knowledge on cars. I also work 3rd shift at a hotel so i have 5-6 hours per night of internet browsing.

I plan on lighting the dash cluster dome light and ignition light right now and i have a few questions. I have read all the dyi's that i could find and i've kind of gotten confused about some things, and i dont wanna order something that won't fit or work correctly.

For my dash cluster
1. Should i use incandescent or LED lights(which are brighter/last longer/whiter)?
2. Do i have to do anything else or do i just replace the lights(any other modding)?
3. On Superlumination.com there are so many bulbs that seem the same is there a difference between and what are better
4. is 194 the correct size?

Ignition
1. Can i take the cover from around the ignition or can i only take the cover from below the steering wheel(where the fuses are)
2. is 74 the correct size?

Dome Light
1. Again from Superlumination.com what would be prefered.
2. All i have to do is plug it in(no other modding), right?
3. is 3175 the correct size?

MISC questions
Will these clear corners fit w/o modding?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-99-TOYOTA-CAMRY-EURO-CLEAR-CORNER-LIGHTS-W-BULBS_W0QQitemZ280133107406QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3370 8QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Same with these headlights and are these very bright/white?
http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10004.html
http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10003.html

Thanks for anyone that helps

[bigbird]

Originally Posted by built2burn

Same with these headlights and are these very bright/white?
http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10004.html
http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10003.html

Thanks for anyone that helps

these links wont work, and the clears should fit fine.

[built2burn]

I'm Sorry I copied/pasted from something else

http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10003.html
http://market.autopartsfair.com/toyo...tem-10004.html

or should i just get some bulbs(i looked in the manual and it said H4 or something and i cant find any good bulb for that so would there be a way to easily mod a diff light into it?)

[Stonegrave]

9003 and h4 are the same thing, which might help you find some better lights.

this site has alot of good lights.

if that link didnt work, then here it is again

http://www.automotivelightingusa.com...90ceb3abc25465

the dash lights are 194, and putting led lights into them will work. ive found that cheap ones from murrays or autozone have a deeper color, but dimmer. i dont remember what size the dome light is, but what i did was measure the OEM one and then just bought one the same length.

[Creeps228]

i blew out my dome light, well actually i broke it and blew a fuse, but its 31mm long and 11mm wide...i do believe that it was 3175 since i went to autozone to find some white ones, which they didn't have so i ended up buying the license plate ones which are 2825 but if anything you should go to autozone and look at their lighting book




1999 TOYOTA Camry

High & low beam headlamp
9003/HB2
9003SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen
9003ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen
9003XV XtraVision Halogen - The Brighter Light
9003CB Cool Blue Halogen - The Whiter Light

Parking light
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front turn signal
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Rear turn signal
3156
3156LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Tail light
3157
3157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp
904

Stop light
3157
3157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

High mount stop light
921
921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

License plate
2825
2825LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Back up light
921
921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
1157A
1157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style
1157ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Rear sidemarker
194
194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Glove box
37

Dome light
DE3175

Step/Courtesy light
DE3021
DE3175

Trunk/Cargo area
194
194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Instrument-general
194
194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp
74



FYI...if your going to change the color of your HVAC unit the two blubs are 74

[built2burn]

thanks for the help and i saw that list of bulbs on sylvania's website and it confused me with the H4/9003 but i got that straight.

and LED is bettter than incandecent for the 194s

I still would like to know if i should replace the bulb or headlight box or both