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I've noticed my front turn signal switchbacks stay on white too for awhile after I shut the car off but not the LED daylight running lights like on yours.
The CX-5 LED Lighting Thread
- Thread starter SayNoToPistons
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This happened to the pair I bought off of eBay. I guess accessory is still on after you turn off the car & the LEDs draw little power for them to light up very dim.So, it finally got dark outside and I decided to go take a look at the new LED bulbs I just installed. When I put my CX-5 to neutral, I get the full 6000K Xenon White shine 68 SMD LED. However, when I turn the park light on (hand brake on), I notice that the LED's are still running, but only 26 of the 68 were running.. not bright, but still running (shown below).
I then turned off the CX-5 and walked away, I noticed it was still on. It stayed on for approximately 1 minute and 38 seconds before shutting off. After it had completely shut off, I decided to lock it with the key fob (even though it had automatically locked as I walked away) and noticed it turned back on again (shown below).
Anyone else notice this? Is that common for these LED's?
As long as they stay off, you're fine.
I always checked mine to see if they were on.
They started flickering after a few months so I bought another pair from vleds, they didn't stay on after the car turned off.
I'll take a shot once it darkens a bit more in California.
SayNoToPistons
Wheels, not rims...
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- CX-5 GT AWD w/ Tech, RX-8 GT 6spd w/ 'goodies'
From base to tip, it should be no longer than 30mm.@SayNoToPistons - any chance you have taken the measurement of the stock 194 license plate bulb? I'm looking at some online but don't want to buy ones that are too oversized if they won't fit. And I'm too lazy to leave my desk right now and go measure them.Thanks!
Edit: These are the ones I'm looking at... any thoughts?
http://www.vleds.com/shop-bulb-numbers/194-168-158-led/6k-white-led/6-6k.html
J.Mike.CX5
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- '13 CX-5 Grand Touring w/ Tech Package, 2.0L FWD
Alright, cool. Thanks for the sharing.
Here it is (license blurred). These are the 2W/115 lumen lights from VLED at 5K colour temp (you can see the HIDs reflecting off of a wall for comparison)
As you can see they are plenty bright. Any brighter and they'd be awkwardly competing with the brake lights.
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- San Antonio, Texas
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yea I have cree drl's and sometimes on one of them the led in the projector will stay very dimly lit for a bit. Otherwise 1.5 years and no issues with my leds.
SayNoToPistons
Wheels, not rims...
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- CX-5 GT AWD w/ Tech, RX-8 GT 6spd w/ 'goodies'
Residual power in the circuit takes time to discharge for something with as little draw as small LED's. This is especially apparent in circuits with large capacitors.
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- 2013 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring Tech Package White
all your LEDs mean nothing if you havent installed vleds v3 tritons. best bang for your buck!
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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Let me return my $25 bulb and go grab a $100 bulb that isn't 4x brighter but 4x the price. Lol
SayNoToPistons
Wheels, not rims...
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- CX-5 GT AWD w/ Tech, RX-8 GT 6spd w/ 'goodies'
Not sure if you're serious.
It's not necessarily to make the license plate itself so bright. At least for me, it's just to get rid of the yellow tinted incandescent bulbs that come with the car. You could still have your dark plexi over the plate itself, just with a cleaner, whiter light emanating from the bulbs.
(iagree) What he said. It's about having the same color temperature white light all around. That's why I mentioned the LED lights I got were plenty bright.
I do hope you realize that the plexiglass cover over the license plate is 100% illegal in all of California. Any covering over the main plate is illegal but darkened it's even worse with police (they can cite you for intentionally trying to obscure and not just violating the ordinance.)
(five-0)
I do hope you realize that the plexiglass cover over the license plate is 100% illegal in all of California. Any covering over the main plate is illegal but darkened it's even worse with police (they can cite you for intentionally trying to obscure and not just violating the ordinance.)
(five-0)
Sometimes 1st world problems suck too... After having issues with the iJDMTOY DRL lights I received, I ordered some new ones from VLEDS and I have the same problem. The P13W bulbs don't fit correctly in the harness so it won't lock. It appears the pins are too long for the shallow harness. I tried modifying the iJDMTOY bulb and still couldn't get it to fit, then was only able to get half of my money back. Also, I ordered license plate LED lights from VLEDS and they sent me the wrong color.
Pain in the a$$...
Pain in the a$$...
The ones I got from vleds didn't clip in either so I dremeled the notch off & used electrical tape to secure them. They have not disconnected since last summer.
LED Strip lights from Japan
Check out what I found on YouTube. Thought this would be the appropriate place for it (2cents)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanLyATtymQ
Another video, with all permutations of headlight LEDs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQgJYD4Qew
I'll keep digging for more info, I'll post the details when I find it!
Edit: Found the product website, still trying to find if it'd even be possible to ship these to the USA. Doesn't look good at the moment (notcool)
http://www.amon.co.jp/products/topics/led/?tpl=motion
Check out what I found on YouTube. Thought this would be the appropriate place for it (2cents)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanLyATtymQ
Another video, with all permutations of headlight LEDs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQgJYD4Qew
I'll keep digging for more info, I'll post the details when I find it!
Edit: Found the product website, still trying to find if it'd even be possible to ship these to the USA. Doesn't look good at the moment (notcool)
http://www.amon.co.jp/products/topics/led/?tpl=motion
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OUCH!
I don't know why people go with iJDMTODY or VLEDS, I've been using http://www.superbrightleds.com/ for years, the quality is good and so much more cost effective. I hade some number plate and parking light LEDs running for years on my Subaru and am just about to replace my CX-5 interior lights now
Superbrightleds.com doesn't carry P13W
CX-5tormtrooper
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Never again am I trying iJDMTOY again: cheap products, poor customer service.
I will stick with VLEDs though. I'm not sure what happened with the newer editions of their P13W bulb bases, but my previous version plugged in perfectly fine.
