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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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2 of the leds from my puddle lights stopped working so what better time to mess with it?

not sure this has been done before or not. i didnt make a formal write-up but i could if anyones interested.

basically i popped off the mirror, unscrewed the 4 screws, took off the painted cover and seperated the plastic housing to get to the led board.

the board is surrounded by a plastic water tight housing that i dremel'd open. then i replaced the leds which i found on www.digikey.com (great support for people that dont know shit about led's )

then i used 1min epoxy to re-seal the plastic led board housing and put the mirror back.

i went with red because i have red halos and red sidemarkers on an all blacked out car. the red stands out and shines way brighter on the ground then the OEM white does.

sorry for the bad pics. what do you guys think? looks way better in person obviously...

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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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Nice dude that looks sick I like it!!
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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Nice work. Those LEDs are bright!
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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I like it!!! might do that mod?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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congrats on the mod, it definitely compliments your headlights!
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 06:30 AM
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nice it works well with your red/black theme

i wouldnt do it on my car though simply because i have blue
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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Is that an LCI thing? I swear I have never noticed these puddle lights on my car!
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by D33ZNUT5
Is that an LCI thing? I swear I have never noticed these puddle lights on my car!
I have an 07 pre lci
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by D33ZNUT5
Is that an LCI thing? I swear I have never noticed these puddle lights on my car!
I have an 07 pre lci
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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Whoops. Phone issues haha sorry for extra posts
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