Bulb condoms

[chrischiou]

Does anyone know where to get the "bulb condoms" for the a/c controls???

[Oo DaRk StAr oO]

Do they actually work? I heard they dont look good.

[X-EVIL-X]

the stock bulbs use these.
there green
if you take them off its just a normal bulb.
anybody know if they have these?

[Peab0dy]

this what you mean?
http://www.autobarn.net/xxxaum32series.html

[IceManFX]

if these work im all for them

[Tronix]

autometer sells some for thier bulbs, you can probably make those work. We have some, just havent tried them yet. I put Blue LED's in mine instead.

-Tronix(blue everythang)GT

[Lamar Vannoy]

I used those autometer ones in mine. The problem is that they are 3-4 times bigger than the bulb and it's not easy to get them to work.

[X-EVIL-X]

how did you get them to work.
i ordered the red ones.
does it look good, bright?

[TheHammer]

I tried using the blue ones, and with the cutting, rubber banding, and everything else that I tried to get them to work (as Lamar said, they are WAAAAYYYY too big) I gave up and went the route of Tronix. I think going the route of putting leaded led's in there is the way to go, but, you'll see what we mean once you get the covers in.

[CSteckel]

When these come in,
PLEASE post how they worked. It looks too easy to be done. My old stereo (sanyo) had these. It was easy to change the color.

[F22-Raptor]

Personall I hated wiring up some more stuff to my fuses so I checked and I am not sure how bright they are all in because my firend helping me lost the other light base but I found a light that you can jerry rig to get it to work. Radio Shack Part no 272-335 you can hook the wires up to the base and hook the base in and they will light. You can get 4 diff colors and they looked brighter than the originals. They are a little big so they wont fit inside the base but they will work. Just don't have any friends holding the little grey base. He dropped mine in the center console and then we think it slid under the carpet. So there is another solution. You can buy the string neon at Wal-Mart for 17$ or at the Flea market for 10$ and wrap that around the white cutouts on the back of the controls. These come in different colors and are just about as bright as the LED leads Hammer was talking about.They look good as well. Plus you can deal with Wal-Mart instead of Ebay and shipping. Here is a pic, BTW props to Hammer for doing the LEDs for me. This is before I finished so it is a lot brighter now but just an idea of it working. The pics don't really do this mod any justice..

http://www.ukwildcatz.com/pics/blue.jpg

[mangoboy7]

try http://www.import-trader.com/products/listproducts.asp?carmake=&category=1&subcategory=6

They have these condoms also and in varying sizes. I dunno how bright they come out.

[F22-Raptor]

Those are still too big. They are the same size as the others.

[BlueNaGA]

Hello, just wondering about those that use LEDs for their a/c control. Could someone take a picture of how they wire them or how it look like, the set up and all. I tried LEDing mine with 2 5mm LEDs and they shines only in two places. Thanks in advace.

[F22-Raptor]

The people that have used LED have used 4-6 in order for it to be brighter and it sill is not real bright.

[BlueNaGA]

wow, 4-6 of them...I tried 4 and still only four area are light up...got any pics between the Neon strip compare to LEDs?

[F22-Raptor]

Here is with the neon string. It looks a little brighter in person.

http://www.ukwildcatz.com/pics/blue5.jpg

[BlueNaGA]

Thanks a lot. Now if I could just see the LEDs and see if it looks the same as mine. Do you know if those neon strip comes in white?

[F22-Raptor]

They come in black light, purple, green. blue, and red. If you want white just take the condoms off the stock ones...

[BlueNaGA]

You take the condoms off and it becomes cream...very picky huh?=)

[F22-Raptor]

hehehe well it is your car you have a right to be picky.I am not sure I grounged on the net and called some places up and nobody sells that light buld the closest one is a 37 from Sylvania-they say it will fit but after looking at pictures I aint too sure. The other way is to get them from toyota but they only sell them with the whole circuit board for 80$

[BlueNaGA]

Hmm...no way, I still have my stock bulb and I put two leds in place of those bulbs. If I could, I'll try to put some picture up. The white leds looks so...nich, but just really limited in areas.

[djslik]

i ****ed my bulbs up tryin to paint them and toyota sold me the bulbs for like a buck...they came off a camry but were the exact same bulb

[Pinoyspd17]

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/pinoyspd17/lst?.dir=/My+Photos/Blue+Stuff&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/

the voltmeter and a/c were done with those indiglo wires....

im still tryin to figure out what to do bout the cig lighter color....anyone got ideas?...

thanx...

[BlueNaGA]

what year camry are we looking at that you got the bulb from? I wanna try something else with it, but could never find another set...don't wanna damage the only once I have after all.

[djslik]

i think it was a camry...i just took off the bulb from my car and walked into the parts department. They went to the back and came out with a bag of replacement bulbs, and i think they said it was a camry...forgot now though. Toyota should have this part though.

[J3adSeed]

i've been trying multiple different things including leds and filters. as soon as i get something thats the best and lights EVERYTHING up and lights it all up evenly i'll let you guys know.

[BlueNaGA]

Kewl, I would love to know. Thanks J3adSeed, djslik and Pinoyspd17