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I decided to buy one after seeing them in BritMok's ride.  Ordered it from Amazon.

 

Initial impression --

PROs:

Easy to install, nice and bright.  Sometimes too bright. 

 

CONs:

Replacing both with LED lights makes the cabin super bright.  For me, it was too much.

 

 

Conclusion -- Buy it.  It's better than the dimly lit incandescent alternative.

 

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UPDATE since original POST - Snapped two pictures this morning unadulterated shots --

 

This one is the "modded" front one.  Touched up with the RED dry erase pen.  You can notice a little violet color, but definately not white anymore.

 

There is the shot of the rear dome lights, stock PUTCO, with no mods or coloring.

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i thought the white was too bright as well, so i went with blue which still lights up things better than the stock bulbs. i may eventually revert back to my original plan of using red or green, which is good for night vision or do a half-and-half with red or green in the front and a white in the back switched on whenever needed, not with the doors.

How did you mod the LEDs? I used dry eraser pens to test out colors.  It works OK, and if you don't like it, just wipe it with a paper towel.

 

I will try your half-and-half idea.  Thanks for the idea.

interesting...hadn't thought about using pens to color the lights. i bought colored LEDs from oznium.

I'm Chinese, therefore cheap. always looking for the shortcuts. ;)

Necessity is the Mother of Invention............

 

The magic of painter's tape.

 

BAM!!!!

You could look at running a couple resisters in line to the lights, that would be a cheap and easy way to dim them. Or if you wanted to get even fancier you could put a variable resister (aka potentiometer) inline and that would all you to dim on demand.

 

I've been thinking about doing this with my white Oznium leds I've been running for 4 years.

 

dimmer switch...oh, yeahhhh!

bown chicka wown wown!

Sorry, this thread is turning from a review to a mod -- I hope that's ok with the Admins.

 

 

it's a review that was modded. :-)

the admins here are lollygaggers anyway...they won't mind.

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