instrument panel lights: LED or hyperwhite? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

brungold · 03-15-2004, 11:53 PM

going to order some bulbs to do some work on the cam this weekend.. i believe the ones I care about changing are the 194s..
what do you guys think? white LEDs or hyperwhite bulbs?

DrewsCam · 03-16-2004, 09:37 AM

i got like 6 or 5 hyperwhites in my gen 4, much better than the green 194 bulbs

luisitol · 03-16-2004, 10:35 AM

drew in which spots did u replace the bulbs with hyperwhites?

CorollaKen · 03-16-2004, 10:44 AM

I have posted my views on LED's and where I buy them.
Here is a search where I posted my 2 cents

http://forum.toyotanation.com/search...der=descending

Tubbyc · 03-16-2004, 10:56 AM

the only 194 bulbs I bought that is bright enough for the instrument panel are from PIAA.. all the others I found them too dim

DrewsCam · 03-16-2004, 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by luisitol
drew in which spots did u replace the bulbs with hyperwhites?

Just behind the gauges, like the tach, spedo and gas and battery gauge

luisitol · 03-16-2004, 11:12 AM

hmm so if those are 194 which are the ones that are 74/37 sie? Are those the ones behind the and all that?

Camryken, i plan on going LEDS for hte most part, jsut a few spots will be colored bulbs

brungold · 03-16-2004, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by CamryKen
I have posted my views on LED's and where I buy them.
Here is a search where I posted my 2 cents

http://forum.toyotanation.com/search...der=descending

Thanks ken, those were really cheap! i got a dozen of these for what less than a half dozen of them would have cost me at other online places!

I'll take some pics this weekend when i work on it.

rich

CrawlingEye · 03-16-2004, 04:00 PM

Not to thread-jack, but what size bulbs with the corner lights require? I'm thinking of getting some clear corners and going with colored bulbs.

luisitol · 03-16-2004, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by luisitol
hmm so if those are 194 which are the ones that are 74/37 sie? Are those the ones behind the and all that?

any comments on this? thanks

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Originally posted by CrawlingEye
Not to thread-jack, but what size bulbs with the corner lights require? I'm thinking of getting some clear corners and going with colored bulbs.

turn signals - 1156
sidemarkers - 194/168

CrawlingEye · 03-16-2004, 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by luisitol

turn signals - 1156
sidemarkers - 194/168

Thanks, luis. I went to sylvania's site shortly after I posted that and found the bulbs required for the car.
I have one other question, are there any brighter front parking lights available for the Camry?
Mine are like a very dull yellowish color, I've read some posts which indicate that this is common. I don't recall having read anything saying there's a replacement/upgrade for it.

brungold · 03-17-2004, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by CrawlingEye
Thanks, luis. I went to sylvania's site shortly after I posted that and found the bulbs required for the car.
I have one other question, are there any brighter front parking lights available for the Camry?
Mine are like a very dull yellowish color, I've read some posts which indicate that this is common. I don't recall having read anything saying there's a replacement/upgrade for it.

yea, mine are too, thats why im going to change them out.
heres what mine looks like now, but not for long.

change them to LEDs or HyperWhites or Xenons or something, 194 bulbs for the parking lights

JadeButterfly · 03-17-2004, 03:51 PM

i tired to mod my gauge lights earlier and encountered a bulb i couldn't replace.

on the gen 3 (1994) gauge, there is this bulb that you have to turn the screw in order to take it out...its a small bulb that lights the speedometer from 200km-220km

Does anyone know what type of bulb that is?

can someone take a pic of their gauge with modded leds that CamryKen suggested? The ones I got were too dim...

luisitol · 03-21-2004, 12:17 PM

i think that is the 37/74 size bulb i was referring to.

brungold · 03-21-2004, 03:09 PM

ok so i got these white LEDs that i ordered from the place ken suggested.. they came in 2 days, i was totally suprised about that..
so i installed them in the daytime yesterday, and i couldnt even tell they were on.. i thought they werent working at first!

but they are, so whew..
too bad they arent really white though, and they arent that bright.. seems to be only good for interiors.
rear corners are dimmer than regular bulbs, and the fronts look purple!

so i guess i dont need as many 194s as i bought haha.

Here's the interior with these LEDs, not bad, still a little puple-ish..
now to match the other smaller bulbs..

and here's the front corners.. doesnt it look girly?