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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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no no... i mean should i use the 4 led or 6 led or 9 led or 12 led in front parking lights. mind u i have a '08 tc which the lights are in different spots than the 07
Old Feb 22, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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If you want bright, either go with the 1 watt LED or a size 921 LED bulb for the parking lights.

I have the 1-watt 168 bulb with built-in heatsink for the parking lights and have lasted for several months now (05-07 tC's tend to burn out LEDs when used as parking lights).

Oznium has LED arrays for the domes that work pretty good. I used a red one for the rear dome. I used white 12-LED 921 bulbs for the map lights which are pretty bright (originally tried them for reverse lights, but not enough useable output). I used a 1-watt LED for the front dome and it's decent.
Old Feb 23, 2008 | 04:14 PM
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12 led for the front dome... its the best. brightest so far!!!
Old Feb 23, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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^yep Oznium 12 LED in the front is very bright........I also gothte flexable one for the back and it is bright as well..........
Old Feb 23, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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flexable? so u can use a 12 led for the interior dome too? how about the front led parking lights? how many leds is right? because i use 1led for mine now.
Old Feb 24, 2008 | 06:14 AM
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this is the 12 led what im talking about:


921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb


*whoops inserted the whole damn msg.. .sorry...*
Old Feb 24, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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Thanks that helped a lot!
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 03:10 AM
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after I switched the bulb in the trunk/hatch, the LED in my front dome light now flickers. Its the main dome light, not the pilot lights, and it flickers when its on, not when its fading in/out. I dunno if its a pure coincidence, or some how I caused a short or something, but its annoying to have that light flicker.

I guess i'm going to get more LEDs and replace that one. Hope that does the trick. I need to swap the lights in my license plate anyways....
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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so for the front dome light i'm looking for something superbright and white.... this is the right one yes?

http://www.oznium.com/led-domelight

im looking for the same thing for the map lights as well... i was going to go with a couple of these from superbrightleds.com

921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb

what about the front parking lights.. the little tiny bulb, which bulb you guys recommend?
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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which led did you have?
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CSOCSO
which led did you have?
the 6-LED super white, as described in the OP.

Yea, it would appear that *one* of the 6 LEDs in the bulb is flickering.
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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front dome lights?? white?? try this:

921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb


dont look in it with naked eye... :D:DD:D its bright!!!!!
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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so its normal for these LED bulbs to start flickering after a few months?
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Yanki01
just went on superbrightleds.com to check them out. Havent been on in a while. Saw a couple of bulbs that look interesting to me and i might try them out....

for the rear.....


for the fronts (they come in 3300k and 8500k. Ill get one of each)


im gonna order them, should get them sometime next week. Ill post some pics of the difference.
got them in today, very bright. The one for the front are pretty bright (8500k). Not so much on the 3300k, very yellow. The rear is super bright, i like it. Ill check them out as it gets darker.
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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You, sir, have made superbrightleds.com a good little score in the past couple years, from the looks of it. I'm about to buy 'em myself. Thanks a lot for the simple, well-written instructions.
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cpt_Buttchin
You, sir, have made superbrightleds.com a good little score in the past couple years, from the looks of it. I'm about to buy 'em myself. Thanks a lot for the simple, well-written instructions.
:D no problemo!
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Yanki, which do you recommend for the front domes (all 3 sockets) for the whitest, brightest output?...

in 8500k


or these:

WLED-WHP Pure White High Power


or these...

921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb
Old Feb 26, 2008 | 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tCeeder
Yanki, which do you recommend for the front domes (all 3 sockets) for the whitest, brightest output?...
i have yet to try the last one but out of the 2 i would say the 2nd (1 LED) bulb. if you look back a couple pages you'll see my interior night shot and thats with all 3 of the 1 LED bulb.
Old Feb 26, 2008 | 02:04 AM
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^ yup i saw that thats why i was asking if you think those or your newest 8500k ones were better. thanks! gonna order some
Old Feb 26, 2008 | 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by tCeeder
Yanki, which do you recommend for the front domes (all 3 sockets) for the whitest, brightest output?...

in 8500k


or these:

WLED-WHP Pure White High Power


or these...

921-x12 Wedge Base LED bulb

1) i wouldnt go with the first one because that has nothing to do with the front dome lights........... that light has a 360 degree viewing angle.. its the best led for the parking light or the license plate.. but you dont need wide viewing angle in the dome lights.

about the other two........ i got the one with the 12 led.. i never seen so bright led like this.. the only brighter is the one from oznium with 20 or 25 led or so...................

for the front dome lights get the 12 led one!!!!!!!!!!!! for the license plate light get the wide viewing angle one!



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