LED Puddle Lights & LED Interior MOD

[Lexicon740iL]

With the LED Angel Eyes out of the way I decided to go for the Puddle lights next.

I wanted something really bright that would illuminate the area around the X when approaching the vehicle at night.

I went with a 3W Cree T10 Wedge with a nice heat sink.







The larger design of the high output LED didn't want to seat in the bulb housing correctly So I used the Dremel to take off a few mm's of plastic to accommodate the larger bulb head. The bulb socket has a rubber O ring that still allows the bulb holder to seat correctly and make a nice watertight seal.

The instructions for removal of the mirror cover and access to the bulb to do this retrofit have been covered here before so I didn't document this part. It's very easy to pull the cover off.

Here's a link http://www.xoutpost.com/610136-post10.html

And on to the before and after.

Before






After








The light output looks 10X Brighter to me "It was hard to capture on my camera" It washes the ground and side of my X5 in a nice bright LED glow.

I am very happy with the result.

Now for the interior.

I swapped the Door/Courtesy lights, Footwell, Front Mirrors, Rear Headliner, and Glovebox With these 3 SMD 39MM Festoons



Some before and after shots









While I was at it I did the License Plate bulbs as well.

Before




All LED



The next to be swapped will be the interior tailgate bulbs that are a T10 wedge that needs to be a different orientation than the ones I used in the Puddle lights "Down firing only"

I ordered these


And the Maplights are super low profile T10's that won't fit my T10 3W Crees either so I've ordered these. Hopefully they will be low profile enought to fit in that little holder.



I really enjoy the crisp white look the LED's put out on the black leather!