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Thanks guys. The interior is AMAZINGLY dark at night compared to newer vehicles. The black leather doesn't help.  I also find it interesting that the map lights don't come on with the dome lights. This is no longer the case in modern vehicles. It would require some diodes, but it may be worth running a line from the dome light up to power them when the door opens.

 

We'll see if some nice 4100k LEDs in the domes help....

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The LEDs help a lot. Better make sure you have them OFF if you’re trying to preserve your night eyes though..

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I don’t have a pic of the front seats illuminated by the dome but it is more than enough light to do whatever.

 

If you haven’t already ordered your dome bulbs then look at these first. They’re a little higher priced but they are brighter than I expected, and I expected them to be bright.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B075MC9QTZ?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

 

It says they’re unavailable right now.. I literally just ordered mine last week. Maybe they’ll be available again soon. Anyway, the warm white color temp is awesome. It’s whiter than the stock bulbs but not blue at all.

 

Superbrightleds.com has colored BA9 bulbs for our map lights, if you’re looking for a solution to keep your night eyes. I got red LEDs for mine but now I’m reading that green and even blue are better than red for night eyes and enemy detection. Blue resembles the moon and green resembles moon light reflected from leaves, and red just resembles an uninformed person..

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I did put a neutral white BA9 in the passenger map light and it puts out more than enough light for the driver when I’m not trying to preserve my night eyes and I just need light.

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Edit: I turned down the exposure a little too much on this photo.. I was trying to match what I was actually seeing with my eyes and I went a tiny bit too far, not much but a little.

 

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The LEDs help a lot. Better make sure you have them OFF if you’re trying to preserve your night eyes though..
I got red LEDs for mine but now I’m reading that green and even blue are better than red for night eyes and enemy detection. Blue resembles the moon and green resembles moon light reflected from leaves, and red just resembles an uninformed person..
 
I did put a neutral white BA9 in the passenger map light and it puts out more than enough light for the driver when I’m not trying to preserve my night eyes and I just need light.

I still have red too but my military buddies told me they use green because it lets you see color on maps better than red.

I love that the map lights are independent of the door switch. One of the things I really like about Nissan & the Path is the ability to turn stuff off. I hate all the auto lights & seats that I don’t have the ability to override in my other vehicles.
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The neutral white map light LEDs I got were from Amazon. They have more LED emitters than the superbrightled ones. But that Amazon brand didn’t offer red LED map lights so I got those on superbrightled.com

Neutral White BA9S Map Light: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DNMX832?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

Red BA9S Map Light: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/bayonet-bulbs/ba9s-led-boat-and-rv-light-bulb-5-smd-led-tower-ba9s-retrofit-96-lumens/2543/4725/#/attributes/13

Warm White 31mm Dome Light: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B075MC9QTZ?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

74 Wedge Style Dash Light: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/instrument-cluster-gauge/74-led-bulb-3-smd-led-miniature-wedge-retrofit-car/228/1068/#/attributes/10820


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Okay. Based on your links I just ordered the ones from amazon.  That's the map lights and dome lights.  I ordered those previously from eBay and those were junk.  I'm excited to have your super bright ones!

 

I'll pick up a green, blue or red when I make up my mind on the color?  lol

 

thanks much dude!


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