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Old 02-26-2008, 12:21 PM   #1
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Hello,
Winter is almost over and my hand's a bit itchy. Looking into replacing some bulbs with LEDs. What do you think of Princess Auto vs. Lordco for LED bulbs? I'm looking for 194 bulbs. Or should I go with US sites like vleds.com or autolumination.com?

thanks!
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:48 PM   #2
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Winter is almost over and my hand's a bit itchy. Looking into replacing some bulbs with LEDs. What do you think of Princess Auto vs. Lordco for LED bulbs? I'm looking for 194 bulbs. Or should I go with US sites like vleds.com or autolumination.com?

thanks!
I have about qty10-12 x 194 led's in white from the last group buy!
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Old 02-26-2008, 01:13 PM   #3
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Nice. Where did you get it from?
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Old 02-26-2008, 01:42 PM   #4
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OT: anybody using those leds 'panels' that replaces the map lights with LEDs?

this replaced by ? I've seen some in richmond but dont' know if I wanna shell out $30 for a set...
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Old 02-26-2008, 01:55 PM   #5
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Loomin and James have them... ricers!
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Old 02-26-2008, 02:23 PM   #6
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^^ are the lights bright though? I want something significantly brighter, and whiter than the filament bulbs I have right now.
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Old 02-26-2008, 02:52 PM   #7
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I have a 4 high power LED panel bulb for my dome light. They are a night and day difference compared to my old filament festoon bulb.
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:48 PM   #8
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dasnowman you have bulbs for the interior of the car?
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:14 PM   #9
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^^ are the lights bright though? I want something significantly brighter, and whiter than the filament bulbs I have right now.
You have seen mine before right? I think they are plenty bright with the 4 high power leds.
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:19 PM   #10
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I hosted a group buy off of www.superbrightleds.com a while back. Although, they're much better than "stock" bulbs, I don't consider them the best of quality. I'm happy with my lights, but I thought they would've lit up more area.

What do the others think?

And those are BRIGHT Darren - $30?
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Old 02-26-2008, 08:52 PM   #11
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dasnowman you have bulbs for the interior of the car?
No I just have the 168/194's which work for day runners and I think licence plate.

They look like this and can sell them for $2 each.

Select LED Color
Red WLED-RAmber WLED-AWhite WLED-W (+ $0.60)Blue WLED-B (+ $0.60)Green WLED-G (+ $0.60)UV-BlackLight WLED-UV (+ $0.60)







WLED-x LED bulb
12VDC 1-LED Wedge Base Bulb (194/168 type)with Wide Viewing Angle
Select LED Color
$ 0.79

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Old 02-26-2008, 11:03 PM   #12
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my dome has 36 LEDS. its VERY bright. each map light has 9 LED's.

i got mine from autolumination.com.
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Old 02-26-2008, 11:08 PM   #13
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Loomin and James have them... ricers!
But it's nice and bright inside my car isn't it Yan?

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my dome has 36 LEDS. its VERY bright. each map light has 9 LED's.

i got mine from autolumination.com.
I have 16 LEDs in my dome, but it's plenty bright inside.
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:12 AM   #14
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I'm going to get the loomin style 36 LEDs for the dome
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:25 AM   #15
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saw Loomin's car tonight. the dome was pretty damn bright. although it had a very blue-ish tint to it. either that or my eyes messed.
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:28 AM   #16
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It depends if you get the 'cool' white or 'warm' white, the 'cool' has a bluish tinge to it while the latter has a bit of yellow.
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:30 AM   #17
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^^ there isn't a 'white' white?
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Old 02-27-2008, 06:31 AM   #18
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I'm using 24LEd in my 94 accord
my gf doesn't want that in subie tho



http://www.revspot.com/index.php?cmd...fec34d74e32&p=
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Old 02-27-2008, 06:50 AM   #19
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other than dome lights, has anyone changed their brake and reverse lights to leds?
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:07 PM   #20
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Ok.... So Lordco or Princess Auto?
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Old 02-27-2008, 03:50 PM   #21
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Ok.... So Lordco or Princess Auto?
I know lordco carries LED, but not sure about LED for 194 bulbs
U can give them a call

or
go to Parket place in Rmd or Crystal Mall in Bby
I'm sure they have 194 bulbs
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Old 02-27-2008, 04:06 PM   #22
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dasnowman you have bulbs for the interior of the car?
Yes but not for sale!
I went with black lights in the map lights and the 6 High Powered festoon bulb for the dome light. I have 4 or 5 LED bulb for the trunk light and the licence plate lights and made my own 72 LED for the 3rd brake light!
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