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Old 08-24-06, 05:49 PM
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Hey everyone, I just installed hyper white led's for the parking lights in my 350. Check it out. feedback would be aprreciated.
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here are some more pics of it.
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now w/ the HID's on
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looks good!! what brand, from where and how much??
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sweet, but pls beware, LEDs tends to blow out more quickly
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LED lasts 10 times longer than regular blubs.

It looks blue in the picture. Maybe it's just the camera. Be aware that cops pull anyone over with blue lights on the vehicle.
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leds are supposed to last longer, but not in my case maybe
oem bulbs last much longer
myabe due to quality n also the W thingy?
Old 08-24-06, 11:23 PM
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LEDs take up less wattage, so I think it should last longer then halogen bulbs.

I have Polarg M4's in my parking lights and it looks good, not quite bright enough as compared to stock, what are your opinions on brightness?
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Thanks! yeah, these bulbs are actually white but the camera makes it look blue. They are inverted cone led's. I picked it up at a local pep boys for 8 dollars. As for the brightness, its almost as bright as oem but not quite. The light seems to be concentrated around the led but not through out the whole light fixture unlike the oem bulb. But the look is a lot cleaner now and the HID's look great with it.

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did you install theat LED inside the headlight frame or outside of the light?

did you replace teh OEM wires and hook it up onto the LED?
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they replace the original the light bulbs, i think they are the wedge bulbs. 168 or 194
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some focused night pictures of inverted cone LEDs on a 2005 RX 330:

*click to see larger view*

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...+parking+light

post #2 and 5.
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here these inverted leds are selling for abt USD 3 for a pair, but maybe the quality is not as good.
im currently using a LED with 5 firing directions, used it for a few months now, but one of it is blinking non stop...


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nice! i'm shopping around for an HID kit for the fog lights now and possibly upgrading the stocl HID to 6500K. Any suggestions or pics? Thanks
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Originally Posted by phiton
nice! i'm shopping around for an HID kit for the fog lights now and possibly upgrading the stocl HID to 6500K. Any suggestions or pics? Thanks
I am looking for something similar...when I spoke to Carson a while ago about this, they mentioned that there is a four-bulb LED fog-light kit that they can get. (I know its not HID, but its something different) You can have it so that It can supposedly change colors with a switch.

regarding a higher k for the stock HIDs, i saw that lextasy has some to upgrade to either 6000k, 8000k, or even 10,000k.


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