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Old 08-23-2009 | 03:33 PM
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I made my trunk light brighter by pulling the white plastic thing off of the light. It lights up the whole trunk just fine.
Old 08-23-2009 | 03:41 PM
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why didnt you just put a led for the trunk light lol
Old 08-23-2009 | 06:46 PM
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Do you mean an LED strip or just an LED bulb. As mentioned previously, an LED bulb doesn't work if you've got a spare tire. The tire just covers up the light, even without the stupid white cover on it.

I went with the cathodes over an LED strip because the cathodes were less expensive than most LED strips I could find and I figured they would give better all-around lights, since some LED strips tend to not have a very wide illumination pattern.

Unfortunately, I broke one of the cathodes, so I will probably go with an LED strip in the future, since I have found some with a decent spread for a decent price. The main point is just to get the light source relocated so it wasn't blocked by the spare.
Old 08-23-2009 | 07:03 PM
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broke one of my cathodes also
had trouble keeping them attached to the top of the trunk
and broke it with a guitar case
Old 08-23-2009 | 07:14 PM
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just take out the spare tire, most rx8 dont have them
Old 08-23-2009 | 11:49 PM
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The video for the cold cathode kits was hilarious!
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