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Old 01-05-2016   #501
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

Looks good! Where did you order the leds?
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Looks good! Where did you order the leds?
Thanks! I am happy with how they look, I know its always tough to tell what a light bulb looks like in a picture.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

There are much cheaper available, but these ones tend to get good reviews with minimal DOA unlike the ones sold in bulk packs.
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Domestic rice = corn?

More LED hotness, this time the trunk cargo bulbs

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LED's are so nice. so much more crisp.
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trunk LEDs FTW, see all of those hookers laying back there
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I read this whole build thread the other day. I like how you approach mods and your attention to detail. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you, I appreciate the words!
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

I did some LED's in my Lexus, but the driving bulbs in the headlights keep going out. Also one in the drivers side foot well. Also it feels like they get really hot and can almost smell the heat in the interior. I'm wondering if I ought to get rid of them and go back to normal bulbs. I guess it makes sense that if the LED bulbs have a much lower resistance, that a lot more current is going through there and things maybe are getting a lot hotter. Is it a bad idea in general to put LED's in spots where regular bulbs were meant to go.
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

I don't know about Japanese or American cars, but literally thousands of people have changed all of their interior bulbs to LEDs on all of the BMW sites. I haven't seen any complaints about them, or hearing people complain about them running hot or burning out sockets.

I swapped my bulbs to LEDs in the BMW, and the difference is amazing.
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It's pretty common for the C7 guys to swap the trunk and license plate bulbs to LED. I've seen a few guys complain about them running hot, burning out, and/or flickering, but it mainly seems to be the guys buying the generic multi-packs vs. the more expensive bulbs. From my limited research, the $5+/each bulbs are the ones that tend to be of higher quality, while the "20 for $10" type deals typically are not, with the mentioned issues and DOA.
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

JDM! I need to order a few new bulbs for the DD, been procrastinating.


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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

There are much cheaper available, but these ones tend to get good reviews with minimal DOA unlike the ones sold in bulk packs.
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JDM! I need to order a few new bulbs for the DD, been procrastinating.
For a few extra bucks, you probably can't go wrong with a Philips product. I'll get these if the ones I ordered/installed burn out.

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Bright...illips+led+t10
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

You prick. Now I went and ordered up license plate and vanity bulbs to go with my new low beam bulbs. Diode Dynamics actually has a real nice easy to use site and tiered package deals if you're looking to convert your entire car.
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You prick. Now I went and ordered up license plate and vanity bulbs to go with my new low beam bulbs. Diode Dynamics actually has a real nice easy to use site and tiered package deals if you're looking to convert your entire car.
Cool site, very easy to use with lots of options.
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Re: Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter!

I've been contemplating switching to a lot of LED's for my Tahoe as well starting with the license plate lights. I also thought about doing the headlights and tail lights on the GSX, but I'm a little nervous after B's review.

I just got done doing all LED can lights in the garage and it is AWESOME! They are my new favorite, I always hated CFL's.
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I'm a little nervous after B's review.
Just buy quality LED bulbs and you shouldn't have anything to worry about. That $5/each mark really seems to be the magic number.
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^^And knowing Brandon, he probably bought the cheapest ones available haha
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^^And knowing Brandon, he probably bought the cheapest ones available haha
QFT - I just bought some bulk pack of LED's off amazon.

I will have to try some other ones I think. But hard to know what the good brands are and what the bad brands are. But something like Philips yeah probably a safe bet if they put their name on it. But if there was like one site that was a known really good LED place, that'd be nice. Like the FP of LED's or something. That Diode Dynamics place you named, are they a known good LED place or just another random site that sells random LED's?
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^^And knowing Brandon, he probably bought the cheapest ones available haha
I was thinking this the whole time. LOL
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I was thinking this the whole time. LOL
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