Gone LED.
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Gone LED.
If anyone has been wanting to switch their car's bulb system over to LED, I would suggest this website.
www.Superbrightleds.com
I just ordered every bulb in my Vette, save headlights, for $130 after shipping. They have a bulbs for everything. Dash, floor, backup, marker...everything. Check them out.
www.Superbrightleds.com
I just ordered every bulb in my Vette, save headlights, for $130 after shipping. They have a bulbs for everything. Dash, floor, backup, marker...everything. Check them out.
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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
If anyone has been wanting to switch their car's bulb system over to LED, I would suggest this website.
www.Superbrightleds.com
I just ordered every bulb in my Vette, save headlights, for $130 after shipping. They have a bulbs for everything. Dash, floor, backup, marker...everything. Check them out.
www.Superbrightleds.com
I just ordered every bulb in my Vette, save headlights, for $130 after shipping. They have a bulbs for everything. Dash, floor, backup, marker...everything. Check them out.
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Originally Posted by HighHeat303
Did u stick with the stock color or did u change? let us know what it looks like when done.
I went with stock colors. Behind the red lenses are 24count red LEDs. Amber for the fronts, whites for courtacy lamps, rear plate bulb, center console bulb, gauge bulbs and such. Green for signals, blue for high beam indicator and so on. I picked bulb color based on teh color of the filter. Since the bulbs have 'True' color it will only help that they are the same color as the filtes. I will have to buy HD Flashers for the signal and hazard relays but that's something I've learned is good for anyone's car no matter what bulbs you run.
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Originally Posted by PatsLs1vette
Matt let us now how they look and some pics of them if you can when done.
Absolutely. I will actually start a new thread, with a full write up on what I did complete with pics. I'm hoping there will be no problems. The site is a little hard to order from because the bulb style numbers are changed. They try to help you with a conversion chart, and a list of all the stock bulbs that are in whatever car you are working on. It took me an hour to order them, but it was worth it. They should be here in a few days, and I can start playing with them.
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Some LEDS can be really bright. Are the bulbs, particularly the instrument gauge lights the correct brightness? Also, your current instrument lamp dimmer is a reostat (coiled resistance wire) built into the headlamp switch. Will the dimmer work?
One good thing about LEDS is that should last a lot longer than a filament bulb and also they don't use very much power and hence make a lot less heat.
One good thing about LEDS is that should last a lot longer than a filament bulb and also they don't use very much power and hence make a lot less heat.
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Originally Posted by 68/70Vette
Some LEDS can be really bright. Are the bulbs, particularly the instrument gauge lights the correct brightness? Also, your current instrument lamp dimmer is a reostat (coiled resistance wire) built into the headlamp switch. Will the dimmer work?
One good thing about LEDS is that should last a lot longer than a filament bulb and also they don't use very much power and hence make a lot less heat.
One good thing about LEDS is that should last a lot longer than a filament bulb and also they don't use very much power and hence make a lot less heat.
Yes, all these bulbs are designed for automotive use. They will dim just fine with the factory dimmer switch. Also, they are designed to spread light better than in the past.
The 1157 lights I got for the tail/brake/signal lamps are dual intensity, so they will work just like a bi-filiment bulb. Cool huh?
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The LED taillights that AutoZone has for sale work the same way.
Did they have the correct weird bulb for the HVAC control light? It's way up on top of the center console and has a lens on it so that light will actually hit the controls.
Did they have the correct weird bulb for the HVAC control light? It's way up on top of the center console and has a lens on it so that light will actually hit the controls.
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
The LED taillights that AutoZone has for sale work the same way.
Did they have the correct weird bulb for the HVAC control light? It's way up on top of the center console and has a lens on it so that light will actually hit the controls.
Did they have the correct weird bulb for the HVAC control light? It's way up on top of the center console and has a lens on it so that light will actually hit the controls.
The Autozone bulbs are twice the cost, otherwise, yes, they work just fine.
The spotlight bulb was there as well...it's a simple matter of finding the right mm size base.
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
That's a good deal on the taillights.
Now I'm sorely tempted to switch my lights over to LED...there goes more money...lol.
Now I'm sorely tempted to switch my lights over to LED...there goes more money...lol.
Correction...money well spent...
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Superbright LEDs
I've bought bulbs from this company before at work and we were VERY pleased with the quality and prices. We use a number of these in various control panels and they seem to last forever..
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Originally Posted by NuclearBob
I've bought bulbs from this company before at work and we were VERY pleased with the quality and prices. We use a number of these in various control panels and they seem to last forever..
Yeah, I had my box within the end of two days. They did give me two wrong bulbs. Instead of two 1156, single contact, 12LED...I got a set of 1157 dual contact 12LED. Other than that, which they are correcting immediately...everything went smooth.
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