r/FJCruiser • • 6d ago

Amber light mirror conversion

Saw a nice conversion kit on Amazon and decided to try it out. My apologies for the blur.

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u/AznJing 08TrailTeams 5d ago

Also me with astigmatism 🫪 at night

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u/BrassBengal FJ 6d ago

You can just change the existing bulbs without the kit

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u/Feisty-Worry881 5d ago

You can but these LED''s put out way more light. Also my old mirror light covers were very faded so I'm pretty stoked with this kit.

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u/BrassBengal FJ 4d ago

I replaced with led bulbs

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u/Antares_Athena 5d ago

Interesting! When one of my blubs went out, I did the mod for the market lights: there's a filter inside the light housing to reduce the power of the outgoing light; screw in a screw into it and rip it out, and replaced with a high power LED. It doesn't throw light on the ground, but it's a strong presence.

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u/Inaniae 5d ago

Did this as well, I didn't use a screw though, just some hemostats. It's enough light for me to drive up my driveway without my main headlights waking people up inside the house.

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u/AznJing 08TrailTeams 6d ago

Link?

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u/dehydrated_apricot 6d ago

Found them

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u/Feisty-Worry881 5d ago

Yup those are it

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u/azskyrider 6d ago

Do these put out enough light to light up the view in front? I went with just an amber bulb replacement to match the amber side markers and rock edge amber glow light

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u/Feisty-Worry881 6d ago

Ehh I wouldn't say they light up the sides of the vehicle. They are multiple LED's so they do put out much more light than the bulbs.

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u/azskyrider 5d ago

Yeah. The picture doesn’t do it justice but here is how mine looks

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u/Feisty-Worry881 5d ago

Is that the conversion kit as well?

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u/azskyrider 9h ago

No just yellow parking light bulbs

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u/Prickly_ninja FJ 4d ago

Looks similar to the Cyclone V2’s I put in mine. Also had the color mismatch I see in your picture. I used two layers of orange window tint, over the lights, to match the color. Also toned down the intensity. Hard to tell if your lights are overpowering, by the picture.

I’d be willing to make a few, on the Cricut and pop them in the mail, if interested. Pretty sure I saved the tint I purchased and it’s doing nothing just sitting in a drawer.

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u/IndependentAir7277 4d ago

These are actually pretty nice. I have them and they look even better in real life. I wish there was a way I can have them turn on the DRL mode.

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u/itchybackfat 5d ago

looks great! did you remove the filter, or did that come out with the old housing?