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Old 05-08-11 | 10:40 AM
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I have been thinking about upgrading all the interior lights, puddle lamp lights, and back up light to LED. However I have read in the threads before that some others are having trouble with V-LED's that door won't lock and unlock after install rear dome light, so I have thought about getting them from Sewell as a kit, however, it does cost more, what do you think? If I go with their kit will that eliminate the problems?

Have anyone used this kit before? Thanks
Old 05-08-11 | 11:53 AM
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I have full V-LED brand LEDs throughout and never had an issue.
Old 05-08-11 | 01:03 PM
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I have been running the kit from sewell since day one. I had few bulbs that didn't work but we got it replaced and everything functions just fine. Not too bright and not too dim.
Old 05-08-11 | 01:07 PM
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when I do mine, it will be V-Leds
Old 05-08-11 | 01:10 PM
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I got the kit from Sewell and it was crap (for lack of a better word). Overpriced LED's. They barely lasted 4 months. I went with V-LED and no problems, still going strong.
Old 05-08-11 | 02:35 PM
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V Led's are a good product. I don't think you need to spend that kind of $.
Old 05-08-11 | 04:08 PM
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I ordered the sewell led kit and the puddle lamp from them about a month ago and it work out nice. No problems so far......I would recommend it.
Old 05-08-11 | 05:26 PM
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Sewell's LED kit is way too expensive. I brought 9 LED boards and 4 T-10 LED bulbs from eBay for $35. The quality is great and they are just as bright as V-Leds.
Old 05-08-11 | 06:05 PM
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yeah ebayrs r fine, but some of the V-LEDs are better.
Old 05-08-11 | 11:28 PM
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i have a brand new interior set in the classifieds if youre interested.
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This thread help me a lot
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...de-w-pics.html
Old 05-09-11 | 08:52 AM
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I have the kit for a while now and it's ok, had problems with the 3 light for the front dome, they started flickering after 7-8 months but Sewell replaced them for free ( I went ahead and upgraded them to V-LEDs since they are brighter) the rest still working fine since day one. My .02
Old 05-09-11 | 09:38 AM
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i got my puddle lights from V-LED's and everything else on the interior from Sewell no problems and it has been about 2 years now.

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Old 05-09-11 | 08:32 PM
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Thank you all for your input it helped out a lot!
Old 05-09-11 | 09:26 PM
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Sewell makes a decent kit for medium brightness. Not sure if their prices have dropped lately, but they used to be way too expensive.


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