Notices
Lighting A place to ask questions about HIDs & other Lexus lights

has anyone put cree led in your city lights?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 12-27-11, 03:56 PM
  #1  
rselby
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
 
rselby's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: fla,jax
Posts: 455
Received 2 Likes on 1 Post
Default has anyone put cree led in your city lights?

saw these on ebay...they look like they may look good in there


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-White-Ca...item53ea5c8a2a
Old 12-27-11, 04:30 PM
  #2  
iJDMTOY
Former Sponsor
iTrader: (5)
 
iJDMTOY's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 802
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

Those types of LEDs are very similar to the ones we carry for the reverse lights for most Lexus vehicles. I would recommend getting these lights for the parking city lights instead:

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/SMD-LED-Doo...tm&click=35328

The lights you posted are definitely super bright, but due to the high power output, they create a lot of heat which may cause the bulb to fail prematurely. Since the parking lights are constantly on whenever the headlights are on, the heat build up would be greater than when it is used for reverse lights. The ones in the link above have been used by many of my Lexus customers and they have been real happy with it!
Old 12-30-11, 12:39 PM
  #3  
YviE
Lexus Test Driver
iTrader: (3)
 
YviE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: France
Posts: 1,111
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Default

Exactly, they get really hot. I had the same type of bulb for the license plate lights and they failed after only a couple of days.
Old 01-05-12, 04:50 PM
  #4  
iJDMTOY
Former Sponsor
iTrader: (5)
 
iJDMTOY's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 802
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

With any of the High Power LED bulbs, it's better to use them in lights where they are not on for long periods of time such as the reverse lights, interior lights, and turn signals.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Downtuned
IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)
7
06-16-24 09:19 AM
Garz
GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005)
9
03-14-17 07:56 AM
Fojo
Lighting
0
11-09-15 10:00 AM
sykocus
IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)
36
09-28-07 08:32 PM



Quick Reply: has anyone put cree led in your city lights?



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:23 AM.