T5 Halogen Light

Used these for the dash cluster of my 05 Honda CRV. I had ordered these because I was missing some warning lights, VSA, CEL, Airbags, “Green Key” low gas light, etc… Honda made two different instrument clusters for these guys. Visteon, and Nippon Seiki. I have the Visteon meter. Apparently the warming lights are not these bulbs, and are deeper into the cluster and soldered into the board. However, these lights were still useful because they brought back my “green key” light, low fuel, and the backlight of my cluster is all bright. I re-used the bases by wiggling out the old bulbs, and pushing these in until I heard a click. It will be slightly taller than the oem bulbs when it’s fully seated in the bulb base. My cluster is bright, it dims like it’s supposed to when using the dimmer switch, so im happy. They probably won’t last as long as oem bulbs, but they’re so much cheaper so I think it’s worth it.

The lights are bright perfect. Sit well, good quality

Bought these as a replacement for my center console light on my aveo and they fit perfectly and are the same level of brightness as the oem. Only time will tell if they last, but im not too worried since they came in a pack of 10.

Fit and work

I got a 2003 PT Cruiser and after 21 years only one spedometer bulb keep working, so at night I wasn't read the fuel and temp gauges and barely read the tach. After replace the burned bulbs with this ones now the cluster lighting looks like when new. The power rating is 3 watts, so they are little brigther than the original. The size T5 is the most common for cluster lighting. One bulb came defective but with the package of 20 that is no issue, I use 7 bulbs and keep the others as spare. Time will tell about the longevity of the bulbs. Impotant, use gloves and check the bulb connections before installing to avoid issues.

Bulbs had irregular sizes, coloring, and brightness. Length can vary by around 2mm. Brightness overall is poor. A few bulbs also had weirdly installed contacts, so expect to do some fiddling. Wedge base molding was also inconsistent; some were a bit loose in socket while others were very tight.

Buenos

With the dimmer turned all the way up I can barely see it at all in the dead of night. Bulb-type and voltage is correct for my Toyota Echo, just too dim for all the blue paint on the bulb. There's not much blue light coming out of the filament, so when you put on a dark blue filter there is very little light coming out. Waste of money.