INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
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Re: INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
i run an 08 xB and my lady has 08 tc i recently installed 2 wide angle SMD LED from oznium.com ...withing 2-3 uses the 10A tail light fuse blew i didnt see any flickering or n e thing they looked gr8!!! i didnt check with the sub on though...but that still shouldnt matter!!!!!!! what u think almighty LED guru??? please help
Originally Posted by CSOCSO
So... i seen so many ppl asking which LED to buy for the headlights, domes, etc.
i tried them all! ( ok maybe not all, but most of them) So here is a write up which one you should get:
info: okay.. i only bought leds from superbrighleds.com so far.. so there is another 300 leds out there on different sites, like ebay... BUT!!!!! You will find EVERYTHING here what you need for your tc... parking lights, license plate lights, trunk and dome lights and cubby hole. And even if you get something from ebay.. it might burn out fast.. or the color could be different... i had a color problem too.. just read further and you will see.
Im pretty sure that you will be happy with those leds what i recommend but it is possible that you will have a different experience with them!
T13-x6 Wedge Base LED bulb
white one was okay, not super white but i did really like it until i bought the 12 led one :D
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921-x9 Wedge Base LED bulb
it was pretty bright
but the blue is not royal blue... its greenish blue!! [ but there is a festoon bulb which has the same greenish-blue color!! so if you want to get this, match it with that festoon bulb ( for the rear dome) scroll down and to find that feston bulb
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WLED 1-LED bulb (WLED-x-x LED bulb - i think they renamed it)
i bought these for the licesne plate because this led has a 180degree of viewing angle.
BUT. the white is not white-WHITE.. its blueish-white and not really bright.... and this one was working for months! (it was harder to see my license plate with this one [ because this one is not that bright] but in the other hand you might want to get something just like this, if you know what i mean ;) [ i had no problems with the cops]
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WLED 5-LED Wide Angle LED bulb
Bright and the color is perfect ( blue, green and white) .
Best and brightest for the headlights (parking lights)! But when i installed them in the license plate they started to flicker.. i used 4 of them.. all of them started to flicker back there... i dont know why. Maybe it would work perfect in your car.
so maybe not for the license plate but for the headlights this one is the best!
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WLED 6-LED bulb
not super bright but its okay, white and blue has good color
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3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb
the fittment is so-so.. a little bit tight...
i ordered this for the rear dome and trunk.. the color (blue) is perfect (royal blue... not greenish)
i recommend this for the rear dome and trunk!
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3022-x9 LED Festoon bulb
i tought this is gonna be rock.. but not.
bright-bright but the blue one is greenish
so if u buy this one, get the 921-x9 Wedge Base LED bulb because they have the same greenish-blue color but dont mix it with anything else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb
THE WHITE and BLUE IS PERFECT!!! BRIGHT AS HELL!!!!
This is the one what u need for the front dome lights! white is superwhite and the blue is royal blue
buy this and the 3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb to get the same blue ( royal blue) color
get it in any other color ( red, green ,etc) im pretty sure all color is perfect, but always match it with the 3022-x4 led festoon bulb!
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cubby lights ( the lights below your A/C control , above the cigarette lighter....)
74 Wedge Base LED bulb
i got the blue one and its royal blue!!! so its perfect!
to install this you need to remove the center console...
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WLED-xHP6 Wedge Base Bulb
only got the white one and so far this is the best for the license plate
VERY bright and the cool white is really white-white! ( not blueish or yellowish)
no flickering yet i hope it will stay like this because i love it so far!
looks really tight!
[ djspectre told me that this leds didnt fit in his 08 headlights !! (??) i dont know why or how.... i only used the 5 led one in the 08 headlight and that was working!]
so... this is it.
i didnt get these yet but i would try them:
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74-xHP3 Wedge Base LED bulb
it must be super bright for the cubby whole, but to be honest the other one is pretty enough for me.
white and blue only!
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High Power 2-LED Festoon bulb
this one comes only white.... it could be brighter than the other ones, i dont know....
i hope u guys enjoyed me review
i didnt do any how to install write up.. but soon.... maybe!
i tried them all! ( ok maybe not all, but most of them) So here is a write up which one you should get:
info: okay.. i only bought leds from superbrighleds.com so far.. so there is another 300 leds out there on different sites, like ebay... BUT!!!!! You will find EVERYTHING here what you need for your tc... parking lights, license plate lights, trunk and dome lights and cubby hole. And even if you get something from ebay.. it might burn out fast.. or the color could be different... i had a color problem too.. just read further and you will see.
Im pretty sure that you will be happy with those leds what i recommend but it is possible that you will have a different experience with them!
T13-x6 Wedge Base LED bulb
white one was okay, not super white but i did really like it until i bought the 12 led one :D
--------------------------------
921-x9 Wedge Base LED bulb
it was pretty bright
but the blue is not royal blue... its greenish blue!! [ but there is a festoon bulb which has the same greenish-blue color!! so if you want to get this, match it with that festoon bulb ( for the rear dome) scroll down and to find that feston bulb
------------------------------------------
WLED 1-LED bulb (WLED-x-x LED bulb - i think they renamed it)
i bought these for the licesne plate because this led has a 180degree of viewing angle.
BUT. the white is not white-WHITE.. its blueish-white and not really bright.... and this one was working for months! (it was harder to see my license plate with this one [ because this one is not that bright] but in the other hand you might want to get something just like this, if you know what i mean ;) [ i had no problems with the cops]
-----------------------------------------
WLED 5-LED Wide Angle LED bulb
Bright and the color is perfect ( blue, green and white) .
Best and brightest for the headlights (parking lights)! But when i installed them in the license plate they started to flicker.. i used 4 of them.. all of them started to flicker back there... i dont know why. Maybe it would work perfect in your car.
so maybe not for the license plate but for the headlights this one is the best!
---------------------------
WLED 6-LED bulb
not super bright but its okay, white and blue has good color
------------------------------
3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb
the fittment is so-so.. a little bit tight...
i ordered this for the rear dome and trunk.. the color (blue) is perfect (royal blue... not greenish)
i recommend this for the rear dome and trunk!
-------------------------------
3022-x9 LED Festoon bulb
i tought this is gonna be rock.. but not.
bright-bright but the blue one is greenish so if u buy this one, get the 921-x9 Wedge Base LED bulb because they have the same greenish-blue color but dont mix it with anything else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-------------------------
921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb
THE WHITE and BLUE IS PERFECT!!! BRIGHT AS HELL!!!!
This is the one what u need for the front dome lights! white is superwhite and the blue is royal blue
buy this and the 3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb to get the same blue ( royal blue) color
get it in any other color ( red, green ,etc) im pretty sure all color is perfect, but always match it with the 3022-x4 led festoon bulb!
--------------------------
cubby lights ( the lights below your A/C control , above the cigarette lighter....)
74 Wedge Base LED bulb
i got the blue one and its royal blue!!! so its perfect!
to install this you need to remove the center console...
----------------------------
WLED-xHP6 Wedge Base Bulb
only got the white one and so far this is the best for the license plate
VERY bright and the cool white is really white-white! ( not blueish or yellowish)
no flickering yet i hope it will stay like this because i love it so far!
looks really tight!
[ djspectre told me that this leds didnt fit in his 08 headlights !! (??) i dont know why or how.... i only used the 5 led one in the 08 headlight and that was working!]
so... this is it.
i didnt get these yet but i would try them:
------------
74-xHP3 Wedge Base LED bulb
it must be super bright for the cubby whole, but to be honest the other one is pretty enough for me.
white and blue only!
-------------
High Power 2-LED Festoon bulb
this one comes only white.... it could be brighter than the other ones, i dont know....
i hope u guys enjoyed me review
i didnt do any how to install write up.. but soon.... maybe!
Re: INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
Originally Posted by hotboxn08
i run an 08 xB and my lady has 08 tc i recently installed 2 wide angle SMD LED from oznium.com ...withing 2-3 uses the 10A tail light fuse blew i didnt see any flickering or n e thing they looked gr8!!! i didnt check with the sub on though...but that still shouldnt matter!!!!!!! what u think almighty LED guru??? please help
btw i have no idea which led you are talking about, you should write or call oznium. they are really nice.
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update with OZNIUM!!!
I spoke with oznium today informing abputthe faulty LEDs they sold to me...
I informed them that I would try to install a new fuse and see wht happens
sure enough as soon as I turned in the plights... pop webtthe fuse again telling me that the cheap cold solders they do on their products is junk!!!!
a resistor shouldn't go bad tht quick!
they told me that they would send me out new ones and jus throw out the old ones!
so we will see wht happens!
what other LED/cathode companies r recommended by most peps???
I informed them that I would try to install a new fuse and see wht happens
sure enough as soon as I turned in the plights... pop webtthe fuse again telling me that the cheap cold solders they do on their products is junk!!!!
a resistor shouldn't go bad tht quick!
they told me that they would send me out new ones and jus throw out the old ones!
so we will see wht happens!
what other LED/cathode companies r recommended by most peps???
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Wanted to chime in with some of my experiences and opinions on some of this stuff.
I started out with all superbrightleds.com products.
WLED-W6 in the front dome and map lights
3022-W9 in the rear dome
3022-W4 in the trunk
WLED-W5 in the parking lights
These all worked well and I was pleased with the look.
UNTIL... One of the W5's in the headlight began to fail. One of the LEDs failed causing the others the flicker wildly. This was after about 6 weeks. So I replaced them with the stock bulbs for the time being.
Next I got a set of W5's for the back license plate lights. These were a little bluer than I wanted for the exterior but looked pretty good.
They lasted for several months, until one began to fail, flickering like mad. I found out about it by getting pulled over for it. The cop complained about the flashing and the color. I pulled out the bulb, he wrote me a warning and I was on my way.
Around this time I found the Oznium superflux dome light arrays. I wanted to check them out as well as try Oznium's fancy-looking wedge bulbs for the exterior lights. The dome arrays were great.
They're wicked bright and I haven't had any trouble with them. I got the 1.5x1.5 for the front and the 2x2 for the back.
The Oznium wedge bulbs however were a big disappointment. They looked kind of junky compared to pics on the website, one had a module die while I was reinserting the socket back into the headlight housing, and they were a touch too large to fit into the rear license plate housing. I think I damaged one trying to make it fit and it blew a fuse. Another one in the parking lights blew a fuse without any extra work on my part. I contacted Oznium and they refunded my money no problem at all.
I want to stress here that I think Oznium is a great company with great products. I have several other parts from them that have been very good, this is the first time something was less than expected and they took care it very much to my satisfaction. I would (and plan to) buy from them again.
So at this point I was back on the hunt for something for the exterior lights. I was done with LEDs. They couldn't handle the abuse, and between that and the blueish color they were likely to get me pulled over again. I went looking for incandescent bulbs that would give me the white color I was looking for. I settled on these PIAA Xtreme White bulbs:
http://www.optionsauto.com/prodinfo....mber=PIA-19172
Couldn't be happier with them, nice neutral white color and the traditional bulbs should last longer than the LEDs had been.
I started out with all superbrightleds.com products.
WLED-W6 in the front dome and map lights
3022-W9 in the rear dome
3022-W4 in the trunk
WLED-W5 in the parking lights
These all worked well and I was pleased with the look.
UNTIL... One of the W5's in the headlight began to fail. One of the LEDs failed causing the others the flicker wildly. This was after about 6 weeks. So I replaced them with the stock bulbs for the time being.
Next I got a set of W5's for the back license plate lights. These were a little bluer than I wanted for the exterior but looked pretty good.
They lasted for several months, until one began to fail, flickering like mad. I found out about it by getting pulled over for it. The cop complained about the flashing and the color. I pulled out the bulb, he wrote me a warning and I was on my way.
Around this time I found the Oznium superflux dome light arrays. I wanted to check them out as well as try Oznium's fancy-looking wedge bulbs for the exterior lights. The dome arrays were great.
They're wicked bright and I haven't had any trouble with them. I got the 1.5x1.5 for the front and the 2x2 for the back.
The Oznium wedge bulbs however were a big disappointment. They looked kind of junky compared to pics on the website, one had a module die while I was reinserting the socket back into the headlight housing, and they were a touch too large to fit into the rear license plate housing. I think I damaged one trying to make it fit and it blew a fuse. Another one in the parking lights blew a fuse without any extra work on my part. I contacted Oznium and they refunded my money no problem at all.
I want to stress here that I think Oznium is a great company with great products. I have several other parts from them that have been very good, this is the first time something was less than expected and they took care it very much to my satisfaction. I would (and plan to) buy from them again.
So at this point I was back on the hunt for something for the exterior lights. I was done with LEDs. They couldn't handle the abuse, and between that and the blueish color they were likely to get me pulled over again. I went looking for incandescent bulbs that would give me the white color I was looking for. I settled on these PIAA Xtreme White bulbs:
http://www.optionsauto.com/prodinfo....mber=PIA-19172
Couldn't be happier with them, nice neutral white color and the traditional bulbs should last longer than the LEDs had been.
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Originally Posted by CSOCSO
those big a$$ oznium dome lights are really bright, but if you read the reviews you would see that it burns out really fast.
http://www.oznium.com/thin-led-domelight/reviews
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We do not remove reviews. Perhaps you were thinking of this product which we took off the site because of a bad batch.
Go to the above product link and you can see a bad review right on the page:
"Bought the LED UV Dome light about 2 weeks ago or so, recieved it and i was super happy with the brightness/color, however after 1 day of running it (only when my doors open or i unlock my car) only about 6 of the 16 LED's work now, i will be asking oznium to replace it, HOWEVER, oznium has a reputible reputation with being customer friendly and i will be buying more of their products."
Go to the above product link and you can see a bad review right on the page:
"Bought the LED UV Dome light about 2 weeks ago or so, recieved it and i was super happy with the brightness/color, however after 1 day of running it (only when my doors open or i unlock my car) only about 6 of the 16 LED's work now, i will be asking oznium to replace it, HOWEVER, oznium has a reputible reputation with being customer friendly and i will be buying more of their products."
Originally Posted by Oznium_com
We do not remove reviews. Perhaps you were thinking of this product which we took off the site because of a bad batch.
Go to the above product link and you can see a bad review right on the page:
"Bought the LED UV Dome light about 2 weeks ago or so, recieved it and i was super happy with the brightness/color, however after 1 day of running it (only when my doors open or i unlock my car) only about 6 of the 16 LED's work now, i will be asking oznium to replace it, HOWEVER, oznium has a reputible reputation with being customer friendly and i will be buying more of their products."
Go to the above product link and you can see a bad review right on the page:
"Bought the LED UV Dome light about 2 weeks ago or so, recieved it and i was super happy with the brightness/color, however after 1 day of running it (only when my doors open or i unlock my car) only about 6 of the 16 LED's work now, i will be asking oznium to replace it, HOWEVER, oznium has a reputible reputation with being customer friendly and i will be buying more of their products."
i will not come up with this again! Sorry guys!
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Re: INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
Originally Posted by CSOCSO
WLED-xHP6 Wedge Base Bulb
only got the white one and so far this is the best for the license plate
VERY bright and the cool white is really white-white! ( not blueish or yellowish)
no flickering yet i hope it will stay like this because i love it so far!
looks really tight!
Re: INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
Originally Posted by crg5990
Originally Posted by CSOCSO
WLED-xHP6 Wedge Base Bulb
only got the white one and so far this is the best for the license plate
VERY bright and the cool white is really white-white! ( not blueish or yellowish)
no flickering yet i hope it will stay like this because i love it so far!
looks really tight!
perfect for license plate and for the headlight
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Re: INFO : which LED to buy !!!! - the big write up / review
Originally Posted by CSOCSO
921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb
THE WHITE and BLUE IS PERFECT!!! BRIGHT AS HELL!!!!
This is the one what u need for the front dome lights! white is superwhite and the blue is royal blue
buy this and the 3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb to get the same blue ( royal blue) color
get it in any other color ( red, green ,etc) im pretty sure all color is perfect, but always match it with the 3022-x4 led festoon bulb!
THE WHITE and BLUE IS PERFECT!!! BRIGHT AS HELL!!!!
This is the one what u need for the front dome lights! white is superwhite and the blue is royal blue
buy this and the 3022-x4 LED Festoon bulb to get the same blue ( royal blue) color
get it in any other color ( red, green ,etc) im pretty sure all color is perfect, but always match it with the 3022-x4 led festoon bulb!
Well...you can see how many leds they have by the name but u can look them up on the website... does it matter how they look like?u never gonna see them anyeay. :-)
