LED Lights
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Heel & Toe
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LED Lights
Looking for information on LED dash replacement lights for a 73 stingray. Does anyone have experience with changing out the stock lights.
Recommended replacement LED light #?
Recommended replacement LED light #?
Le Mans Master
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Le Mans Master
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mine looked like this but im not sure if these are the right model or not..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-BA9S-Xen...wAAOSwrSpdNBR7
im fairly certain these are the ones I used,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-BA9S-....c100005.m1851
they are brighter and blueish compared to stock.
I just replaced my headlights with led lights last week, HUGE difference. stock wiring is more than enough for the 30w they draw rather than the 60w the old stockers drew for dim light.
the amber turn signal halos are nice at night.
And no these are not blinding to oncoming traffic, they are DOT and are projectors with a nice sharp beam cutoff to keep them out of on coming traffics eyes.
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What headlamps did you install? Did you have to modify the headlamp buckets? Those look very nice and probably work a LOT better than my original bulbs.
P.S. Is that Ontario Orange or Atomic Orange paint?
P.S. Is that Ontario Orange or Atomic Orange paint?
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Le Mans Master
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The paint is called molten orange pearl..very similar to the atomic orange. Came out pretty good for doing it myself and being a $600 paint job..
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I ordered these from superbrightleds.com for my ‘72. They are the cool whites. They offer another white that isn’t as bright, as well as other colors. These particular bulbs are not dimmable, but they do offer others that are. I don’t ever use that feature, so it didn’t matter to me.
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I bought warm LEDs from superbrightleds.com. They preserve the period feel, but are much brighter. They have all the part numbers and cross references you need.
For the later interior (77 and up), the orientation matters, and half of the LEDs won't work unless you test them first, but for your car, they are bulb in socket, so it should be an easier replacement, if you can reach the sockets.
For the later interior (77 and up), the orientation matters, and half of the LEDs won't work unless you test them first, but for your car, they are bulb in socket, so it should be an easier replacement, if you can reach the sockets.
Le Mans Master
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Pretty sure the ones im using that I linked from Ebay are dimmable and you cant beat 50 cents each shipped. They all come from the same factories in china..
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For the center gauge bulbs, my added tip would be to replace the sockets all (6) with 2-wire versions, and then join all the grounds together to a good ground source.
My issue was random flickering individual bulbs, and was always to due shaky grounding from those single-wire prongs to the back casing of the gauge cluster.
LEDs all burn nice a bright now, and 100% consistent!
My issue was random flickering individual bulbs, and was always to due shaky grounding from those single-wire prongs to the back casing of the gauge cluster.
LEDs all burn nice a bright now, and 100% consistent!
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/4pcs-DOT-5-...72.m2749.l2649
Last edited by augiedoggy; Aug 6, 2019 at 04:39 PM.