was thinking of putting city lights on my crx this weekend.. a quick little project just for fun... but i've never seen it on a crx before, or at least i haven't noticed.. has anyone else done this, or seen it done?

 

what size bulbs are in the crx?

 

i have no clue... why do you ask? my understanding of a city light was just drilling a hole and adding an amber bulb to the headlight housing, but i could be wrong

 

Would be easy to do. I would look into larger LEDs for it. I would also use a rubber dough nut from the hardware store to hold it in place of the corresponding hole you will have to drill


brought this back to see if anyone else had insight as I am doing the same

 

if its a h4 i believe ebay has a kit that just sleeves onto the bulb

 

I wouldnt want to put anything that sleeves over a bulb.. Just doesnt seem like a good idea..

I'd drill small hole and put like a 5 watt LED in there.. Maybe even one that isnt so bright..

 

You trying to do something like this? just use a 5w wedge bulb. but youd have to figure out a way to mount it, the e34 has a long tube w/ a socket that the bulb plugs into. the tube then plugs into the headlight

 

city light illuminates the whole bulb.

With led's the issue is heat, those 5 watt's burn up quick

 

depends on how the light is made, bimmers have a partition in them so that it doesnt illuminate the entire light. W5 filiment bulb should not burn up too quick at all and an LED will be even cooler

 

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I'd drill small hole and put like a 5 watt LED in there.. Maybe even one that isnt so bright..</TD></TR></TABLE>


It is not an actual sleeve. It is a protruding piece that sticks out below the bulb. Actually a nice piece but it does not allow for a 194 bulb... so you could not put an LED in there.

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With led's the issue is heat, those 5 watt's burn up quick</TD></TR></TABLE>

What heat issue do you speak of? I had city lights built into the housings on my GTI and I had LEDs in there with no trouble. Plus there is no filament to burn out


Only problem I had was LEDs are pretty directional and you could not see it well at all angles. So I was hoping someone knew of a LED that spread the light more

 

The heat issue was in reference to my 5 watt LED idea. They are some of the newest LED's out and are also the brightest. They can also get quite hot..

I see what yuo mean about the sleeve now, kinda cool. Might be worth making something similar for an H4 bulb..

Also, about the LEDs, angle it back towards the reflector and it should work great. If you point the LED out towards the front of the car it wont work well at all, as little, if any light will be bounce around the reflector.