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Old 08-26-07, 03:57 PM
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These http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=141

or these
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=348

They are for the small little DRL's
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The second ones would probably work better. I have the first ones in my license plate lights.
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Do they look good there? or are they too bright? I wouldnt want my license plate to be too bright lol.
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The first ones are great for everything else besides the parking lights. For license plate lighting I would prefer the 4 or 5LED bulbs. For the front parking lights I have the 12LED bulbs there and they fill up the lamp nicely at night. You can get the same quality LED bulbs from warden_jp2002 on ebay, a buncha guys on CL bought from him and they were all satisfied, I know i am, he has the best price and fast shipping too.
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whatever you do, dont buy the polarg m4 in bulk from some guy in canada.. he's whack & wont ship it to you
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You think this one might shine brighter than the 12-LED bulb? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...spagenameZWDVW
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You think this one might shine brighter than the 12-LED bulb? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...spagenameZWDVW
hmm those were the first LEDs I've put into my parking lights, they worked fine and were bright enough, the 12LEDs are just as bright, if not brighter, but I just like the much wider look of the 12LEDs cuz it spreads the light more evenly thoughout the housing. But those 1Watt bulbs are perfect for replacement of your trunk light, door lights, and the 2 ceiling lights in the rear of the car. Oh, and also clear side marker lights =) those 1W LEDs are great but I wanted to go with a BLUE look in the parking lights so I went with the 12LED Blue's. Oh, jp_warden also has white 12LEDs u should probly check them out.
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You can find better prices here:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/
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Well i actually didnt get any of those, i decided to go BIG lol. I went thru warden_jp on ebay and bought 25 LED SMD lights from him, 25 LED !! lol that will fill the housing very nicely . Ill post up pictures when i get them in ...
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holy **** dude...25LED!!! ur insane, good luck getting it through that tiny hole and into the housing. I forgot to share my unfortunate story with u before u got them. The 12LED was a hassle to get into the housing, and its so heavy that the connectory doesnt hold the LED bulb tight enough, so what happened was that my 12LED bulb popped out and just laid in my housing. I had to drive up on a 45degree hills and literally punch my headlight to get the bulb near the hole again, it doesnt end there, I then had to take a hanger and try to maneuver it out the hole, while doing that I left a tiny "3" shaped scratch mark inside the housing of my driver side DRL housing!, but I was successful on my second try tho =P

o, another thing, are those 25LED bulbs made to fit 168 or 194 wedge bulb sockets? anyways, good luck with the mod and keep us posted!
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why would you want your inner lights to be so bright? if anything, trunk lights would be better but then again you don't have a lot of depth in the trunk lid to place long LED bulbs.

i just went with the polarg M4 bulbs - I forget who I bought them from though - probably some guy in Canada. haha - jk rayy.
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Here you go guys, this is the one i bought and yes it's supposed to be able to replace any stock 194 bulb in the car:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...QQcmdZViewItem
I kno its a little bigger than the bulb in now, but i think it can be made to fit, and now that i know to watch out for it popping off ill try to find some way to secure it in there better ... But yea this should be BRIGHT lol, I hope it will match the brightness of the my HIDs ... What do you guys think?
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I would go with the PIAA 194 led bulb
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