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interior lights?
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:00 pmby Joseph K
Hey guys. My girl has a 2007 convertible solara. I'm going to replace all the interior lights and stuff with purple led's. I was wondering what the map lights were? I looked on sylvania and it said 168 or something, but I looked at them and they were two bayonet base bulbs with round housings??? I know the rest of them (license plate, trunk, and rear courtesy light) are all 194's, but I'm not sure on the map lights... Can anyone help me here? Thanks a ton
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:59 pmby kingkakyle
map light as in right by the rear view mirror?
if so they should be exactly the same bulb as the trunk light
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:34 pmby michaels artic frost
Check out the sticky thread
Gen 2 Replacement Bulb Part Numbers
http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=26132
Map light
168
I've replaced mine awhile ago with some brighter ones, my memory doesn't serve me well, but I remember they came from Advance Auto Parts.
Good luck with your project and keep us posted with pics.
-Michael
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:28 pmby Joseph K
Yes, they're the ones above the rear view. Her's is a convertible, so it has no dome light. But I looked at them, and it's a round housing with what looks like a boyonet base, so I don't have a clue what kind of led bulb to order for them? Because they don't look like regular 168/194 bulbs...
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Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:05 pmby michaels artic frost
Have you checked the dealership, perhaps they can help?
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:18 amby kingkakyle
they are not the wedge type?
mine were exactly the same as my trunk light.....
but i do have a coupe and it is an 05
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:21 amby mazen222
i bought a dome light off ebay and it came with 3 adapters... so you can basically stick it anywhere.
and replacing 1 bulb with 1 led is not such a good idea... the light output will be lower... you might want to buy one with as much leds in it as you can fit in your housing
my dome light is a 40 white leds matrix... bright as hell
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:38 amby Joseph K
mazen222 wrote:i bought a dome light off ebay and it came with 3 adapters... so you can basically stick it anywhere.
and replacing 1 bulb with 1 led is not such a good idea... the light output will be lower... you might want to buy one with as much leds in it as you can fit in your housing
my dome light is a 40 white leds matrix... bright as hell
What do you mean by the 3 adapters?... yea I've learned this lol. Single led bulbs are not bright at all
If anyone that has a CONVERTIBLE gen 2.5 solara could go look at their's and let me know, that'd help me a ton lol. Thanks
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:53 amby mazen222
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:35 amby Joseph K
I think they're BA9's...
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:24 pmby Pogs
..where did you find purple lights.... I swapped all the lights in the gf's 2000 camry with pink leds. Couldnt find pink leds so had to buy white ones, red and white translucent paint, mix the paints together and paint multiple coats on the leds. very time consuming but turned out good.. i guess.
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:25 pmby NightRider
Or you can take out the existing lights you have now and go to your auto store and compare the ones they have there.