teotwaki
Excelsior!
These LED interior lights are switchable between bright white and red and require some mechanical skills and patience to install. No instructions are provided!
For $66 they are a good buy and save you $279. You'll get two rear hatch light assemblies, one passenger dome light assembly and one dual LED array assembly for the driver-passenger map lights.
Most of the pictures and build details are at my blog: http://suntothenorth.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-expedition-vehicle-trailer.html
Circuit board quality is good. The wires cannot be endlessly twirled and bent as you'll break them off at a solder joint.
https://cartrimhome.com/Reading-light-replacement-4Runner
Map light assembly installed after modifying the type 194 lamp plugs
Note how the lens has to be drilled to allow the pushbuttons to poke through
Rear passenger dome light with a squared hole to allow the switch body to fit
Hatch lights
The results
If you prefer a more subdued "tacti-cool" red light you could desolder a few chip LEDs to lower the total light output.
It is also interesting to note many insects don't see so well in red light. Most insects have only two types of visual pigments .
One pigment absorbs green and yellow light (550 nm); the other absorbs blue and ultraviolet light (<480 nm).
Disclaimer: If anything about this Chinese clone product offends you please start a thread in Fireside Chat
For $66 they are a good buy and save you $279. You'll get two rear hatch light assemblies, one passenger dome light assembly and one dual LED array assembly for the driver-passenger map lights.
Most of the pictures and build details are at my blog: http://suntothenorth.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-expedition-vehicle-trailer.html
Circuit board quality is good. The wires cannot be endlessly twirled and bent as you'll break them off at a solder joint.
https://cartrimhome.com/Reading-light-replacement-4Runner
Map light assembly installed after modifying the type 194 lamp plugs
Note how the lens has to be drilled to allow the pushbuttons to poke through
Rear passenger dome light with a squared hole to allow the switch body to fit
Hatch lights
The results
If you prefer a more subdued "tacti-cool" red light you could desolder a few chip LEDs to lower the total light output.
It is also interesting to note many insects don't see so well in red light. Most insects have only two types of visual pigments .
One pigment absorbs green and yellow light (550 nm); the other absorbs blue and ultraviolet light (<480 nm).
Disclaimer: If anything about this Chinese clone product offends you please start a thread in Fireside Chat
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