led light bulb comparison

1/4milecrazy · 01-24-2009, 06:42 PM

i gotta poop

**travy** · 01-24-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 1/4milecrazy

i gotta poop

Don't hold it, man.

SlamBlackSdime · 01-24-2009, 07:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by orangesonoma

glad to see shipping is back on track...did you hit up autozone for the cluster plugs?

I went to a local autoparts store and he pulled a container from under the counter with all different ones in it and I got 6 for 3$, the bulbs fit into them, hope there the right ones

***orangesonoma*** · 01-24-2009, 07:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime

I went to a local autoparts store and he pulled a container from under the counter with all different ones in it and I got 6 for 3$, the bulbs fit into them, hope there the right ones

you have to make sure they twist the right way..if they dont they will not work

ßɭĬƮƵ · 01-25-2009, 12:55 AM

I went to the junkyard a few weeks ago and got 200+ 194 and t1.5 sockets...

LilMike · 01-25-2009, 01:19 PM

soooooo i just ready all 13+ pages of this thread, and im convinced i have to start putting led's in my truck

my truck is a 95' single cab, im planning on doing 2 of the 48 led's for my dome light, license plate lights and signals on the front. ill post up comparison pics when i get them swapped

also great write up on the comparisons brian, look forward to pm's from me in your inbox

***orangesonoma*** · 01-25-2009, 01:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LilMike

soooooo i just ready all 13+ pages of this thread, and im convinced i have to start putting led's in my truck

my truck is a 95' single cab, im planning on doing 2 of the 48 led's for my dome light, license plate lights and signals on the front. ill post up comparison pics when i get them swapped

also great write up on the comparisons brian, look forward to pm's from me in your inbox

haha glad you liked it...and sure ask away

SlamBlackSdime · 01-25-2009, 05:02 PM

hey brian, if some of the actual LEDs are touching the cover to my dome light, will it melt it?

slonlow2000 · 01-25-2009, 07:49 PM

No leds dont produce heat like a normal bulb

***orangesonoma*** · 01-25-2009, 07:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime

hey brian, if some of the actual LEDs are touching the cover to my dome light, will it melt it?

i hope not...they do get warm but no where near as hot as the bulb that was in there...

SlamBlackSdime · 01-25-2009, 08:01 PM

Do you have any pics of them in your dome light, I was thinking of placing them in there and just placing a few beads of hot glue around the edges to keep it from moving in the housing.

***orangesonoma*** · 01-25-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime

Do you have any pics of them in your dome light, I was thinking of placing them in there and just placing a few beads of hot glue around the edges to keep it from moving in the housing.

the one in my blazer is just sitting on the lense..

but the one that i did for the demo was just held in place with fun tack...

so that spaced it up a bit...

**bwhitfield24** · 01-25-2009, 10:56 PM

It's not the bulbs that get hot, it's the resistors... I noticed my two 48 LED panels were quite warm when I took out my headliner...

***orangesonoma*** · 01-25-2009, 11:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bwhitfield24

It's not the bulbs that get hot, it's the resistors... I noticed my two 48 LED panels were quite warm when I took out my headliner...

yeah i was surprised when i took the ones out i tested..but really.. how long are dome lights on for

**bwhitfield24** · 01-25-2009, 11:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by orangesonoma

yeah i was surprised when i took the ones out i tested..but really.. how long are dome lights on for

True, I'm not worried about it..

SlamBlackSdime · 01-26-2009, 04:59 AM

I drive with mine on so I can see...

***orangesonoma*** · 01-26-2009, 09:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime

I drive with mine on so I can see...

haha..well thats a problem

SlamBlackSdime · 01-26-2009, 10:21 PM

haha I was just checking them out and the wires for it , plug into the LED board, but there is 3 wires. Red, White, and a bare copper wire. Do I need to wire RED to RED, White to White, and bare wire to bare wire???

***orangesonoma*** · 01-26-2009, 11:47 PM

can you take a pic of what you speak of?

SlamBlackSdime · 01-27-2009, 12:17 AM

This is the correct wiring for it, that attaches the board to the light bulb adapter.

***orangesonoma*** · 01-27-2009, 12:37 PM

what the hell? thats different...

plug it up and see what happens...and i would just tie to same colors together

1/4milecrazy · 01-27-2009, 12:43 PM

the bare wire is probably there so you can "mold" the other wires where you need them to go, it looks like itisnt connected to anything on the board. i wouldnt do anything with it

ßɭĬƮƵ · 01-31-2009, 02:17 PM

got my green leds...

9 weak ass volts...

sluggman082009 · 02-01-2009, 10:08 PM

ok gotta question does this work in the first gens

1/4milecrazy · 02-01-2009, 11:00 PM

you have to get the sockets that the bulbs fit into, i did mine with the original sockets but it was alot of work

sluggman082009 · 02-02-2009, 01:04 AM

what kind of bulbs did you use and do you have the electronic dash and when i say electronic i mean analog gauges just they are electric you know what i mean

1/4milecrazy · 02-02-2009, 12:11 PM

i posted pics in this thread

kfrey · 02-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Does anyone use LED from superbightleds dot com. only reason I ask is cause it looks like they sell socket with it. I have an 2000 xtreame that I want to LED the gauges blue or white. does any one how many LED are in the gauges.

sluggman082009 · 02-02-2009, 09:18 PM

do you not know what kind of leds you used

1/4milecrazy · 02-02-2009, 11:20 PM

i dont know what kind they were, my friend gave me them for free, so i didnt ask, but i posted pics of the kind i used. i didnt get them from the site listed in this thread. but any of the ones posted should work the same.

Flipx99 · 02-03-2009, 10:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kfrey

Does anyone use LED from superbightleds dot com. only reason I ask is cause it looks like they sell socket with it. I have an 2000 xtreame that I want to LED the gauges blue or white. does any one how many LED are in the gauges.

I have the same question.

Also, do these LED bulbs just pop into place where the normal bulb went or do you need to make those things the other people made?

Flipx99 · 02-03-2009, 11:01 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Flipx99

I have the same question.

Also, do these LED bulbs just pop into place where the normal bulb went or do you need to make those things the other people made?

After reading more dilligently, apparently you need 6 total bulbs for 98+ clusters. Also, you need a socked of some sort to convert. I am still not sure if this is for all models.

*just in case you are wondering why I quoted myself it is because someone later may ask the same question I did. I did a little research and found an answer (or sorts)...

Plus, I couldn't edit the post.

ßɭĬƮƵ · 02-04-2009, 01:40 AM

Before...

After...

***orangesonoma*** · 02-04-2009, 09:40 AM

nice...it looks way more uniform in color

ßɭĬƮƵ · 02-04-2009, 05:07 PM

yea it looks way better. i'm glad i changed them...

now i have to make the ac controls brighter.

kfrey · 02-05-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ßɭĬƮƵ

Before...

After...

so is the 1st pic superbrightleds.com?
and the 2nd pic v-led.com

ßɭĬƮƵ · 02-05-2009, 04:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kfrey

so is the 1st pic superbrightleds.com?
and the 2nd pic v-led.com

first pic was from superbright, using regular 5wled.
second pic was from wardenjp2002, using 5smd leds.
v-led dont have green 5smd led...

kfrey · 02-05-2009, 04:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ßɭĬƮƵ

first pic was from superbright, using regular 5wled.
second pic was from wardenjp2002, using 5smd leds.
v-led dont have green 5smd led...

ok thanks. well my 5wled should be waiting in the mail box when I get home. guess I am stuck with them.

ßɭĬƮƵ · 02-05-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kfrey

ok thanks. well my 5wled should be waiting in the mail box when I get home. guess I am stuck with them.

the 5wled's are plenty bright enough(that pic didnt come out that great).
i just wanted something brighter...

sluggman082009 · 02-05-2009, 11:03 PM

well still no one can answer my question as to what led do you use in 1st gen clusters

***orangesonoma*** · 02-05-2009, 11:04 PM

it has been answered a few times in this thread..and 1/4milecrazy posted pics of his..

its a 194 bulb...but unless you want to mess with taking the stock bulbs out of the sockets you can pick up new ones...

1/4milecrazy · 02-06-2009, 12:06 AM

i got this Brian, obviously he needs someone to hold his hand.

These are the lights i used
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/le...5/#post5671405

Here are some pics of them installed
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/le...ml#post5736799

Also here are the search results for all of my posts in this thread:
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/search...archid=5309503

I have posted answers to your questions multiple times, if you have anymore questions just post them here

kfrey · 02-06-2009, 09:05 AM

OK 1 quick question. I installed my LED's but now my dash light stay on all the time. I have the auto lights that come on at night.(it has the sensor on the right dash speaker cover) i can apply the parking brake and start the truck and they will stay shut off.

***orangesonoma*** · 02-06-2009, 09:25 AM

did you unplug that sensor?

sluggman082009 · 02-08-2009, 11:11 AM

ok those are not the same that are in my cluster mine twist lock in

***orangesonoma*** · 02-08-2009, 02:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sluggman082009

ok those are not the same that are in my cluster mine twist lock in

yeah no shit...the 194 bulb is in that socket

***orangesonoma*** · 02-08-2009, 02:47 PM

this is the same for 1st gen as is2nd gen

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/le...ml#post5742495

sluggman082009 · 02-08-2009, 06:36 PM

ok i am o sorry for the confusion i know nothing when it comes to these leds so think you for putting up with my shit while i tried to understand

***orangesonoma*** · 02-08-2009, 06:37 PM

its ok..

00s104.3 · 02-23-2009, 06:34 PM

I have been following this thread since it started and now I want to place an order but I can't find the white 48 led circuit boards or the white 6 led circuit boards with the velcro backing listed on the site. I hope they are just out and not discontinued.

01-24-2009, 06:42 PM	#651
1/4milecrazy good bye red, it was fun Age: 33 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,883 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison i gotta poop
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01-24-2009, 07:00 PM	#652
travy Megabyte Age: 23 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7,969 Location: some where in Europe User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by 1/4milecrazy i gotta poop Don't hold it, man.
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01-24-2009, 07:51 PM	#653
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by orangesonoma glad to see shipping is back on track...did you hit up autozone for the cluster plugs? I went to a local autoparts store and he pulled a container from under the counter with all different ones in it and I got 6 for 3$, the bulbs fit into them, hope there the right ones
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01-24-2009, 07:54 PM	#654
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime I went to a local autoparts store and he pulled a container from under the counter with all different ones in it and I got 6 for 3$, the bulbs fit into them, hope there the right ones you have to make sure they twist the right way..if they dont they will not work
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01-25-2009, 12:55 AM	#655
ßɭĬƮƵ ♠ Age: 26 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,702 Location: Dublin, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison I went to the junkyard a few weeks ago and got 200+ 194 and t1.5 sockets...
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01-25-2009, 01:19 PM	#656
LilMike Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 144 Location: Montana User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison soooooo i just ready all 13+ pages of this thread, and im convinced i have to start putting led's in my truck my truck is a 95' single cab, im planning on doing 2 of the 48 led's for my dome light, license plate lights and signals on the front. ill post up comparison pics when i get them swapped also great write up on the comparisons brian, look forward to pm's from me in your inbox
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01-25-2009, 01:36 PM	#657
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by LilMike soooooo i just ready all 13+ pages of this thread, and im convinced i have to start putting led's in my truck my truck is a 95' single cab, im planning on doing 2 of the 48 led's for my dome light, license plate lights and signals on the front. ill post up comparison pics when i get them swapped also great write up on the comparisons brian, look forward to pm's from me in your inbox haha glad you liked it...and sure ask away
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01-25-2009, 05:02 PM	#658
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison hey brian, if some of the actual LEDs are touching the cover to my dome light, will it melt it?
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01-25-2009, 07:49 PM	#659
slonlow2000 Mustangs lowered at least Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,727 Location: Ironton, Mo User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison No leds dont produce heat like a normal bulb
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01-25-2009, 07:52 PM	#660
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime hey brian, if some of the actual LEDs are touching the cover to my dome light, will it melt it? i hope not...they do get warm but no where near as hot as the bulb that was in there...
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01-25-2009, 08:01 PM	#661
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Do you have any pics of them in your dome light, I was thinking of placing them in there and just placing a few beads of hot glue around the edges to keep it from moving in the housing.
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01-25-2009, 08:51 PM	#662
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime Do you have any pics of them in your dome light, I was thinking of placing them in there and just placing a few beads of hot glue around the edges to keep it from moving in the housing. the one in my blazer is just sitting on the lense.. but the one that i did for the demo was just held in place with fun tack... so that spaced it up a bit... Last edited by orangesonoma : 01-25-2009 at 08:52 PM.
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01-25-2009, 10:56 PM	#663
bwhitfield24 Insert witty title here. Age: 23 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,600 Location: Crowley, TX User is: Online	Re: led light bulb comparison It's not the bulbs that get hot, it's the resistors... I noticed my two 48 LED panels were quite warm when I took out my headliner...
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01-25-2009, 11:00 PM	#664
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by bwhitfield24 It's not the bulbs that get hot, it's the resistors... I noticed my two 48 LED panels were quite warm when I took out my headliner... yeah i was surprised when i took the ones out i tested..but really.. how long are dome lights on for
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01-25-2009, 11:02 PM	#665
bwhitfield24 Insert witty title here. Age: 23 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,600 Location: Crowley, TX User is: Online	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by orangesonoma yeah i was surprised when i took the ones out i tested..but really.. how long are dome lights on for True, I'm not worried about it..
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01-26-2009, 04:59 AM	#666
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison I drive with mine on so I can see...
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01-26-2009, 09:55 AM	#667
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by SlamBlackSdime I drive with mine on so I can see... haha..well thats a problem
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01-26-2009, 10:21 PM	#668
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison haha I was just checking them out and the wires for it , plug into the LED board, but there is 3 wires. Red, White, and a bare copper wire. Do I need to wire RED to RED, White to White, and bare wire to bare wire???
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01-26-2009, 11:47 PM	#669
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison can you take a pic of what you speak of?
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01-27-2009, 12:17 AM	#670
SlamBlackSdime Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,122 Location: North Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison This is the correct wiring for it, that attaches the board to the light bulb adapter.
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01-27-2009, 12:37 PM	#671
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison what the hell? thats different... plug it up and see what happens...and i would just tie to same colors together
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01-27-2009, 12:43 PM	#672
1/4milecrazy good bye red, it was fun Age: 33 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,883 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison the bare wire is probably there so you can "mold" the other wires where you need them to go, it looks like itisnt connected to anything on the board. i wouldnt do anything with it
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01-31-2009, 02:17 PM	#673
ßɭĬƮƵ ♠ Age: 26 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,702 Location: Dublin, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison got my green leds... 9 weak ass volts...
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02-01-2009, 10:08 PM	#674
sluggman082009 Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 106 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison ok gotta question does this work in the first gens
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02-01-2009, 11:00 PM	#675
1/4milecrazy good bye red, it was fun Age: 33 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,883 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison you have to get the sockets that the bulbs fit into, i did mine with the original sockets but it was alot of work
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02-02-2009, 01:04 AM	#676
sluggman082009 Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 106 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison what kind of bulbs did you use and do you have the electronic dash and when i say electronic i mean analog gauges just they are electric you know what i mean
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02-02-2009, 12:11 PM	#677
1/4milecrazy good bye red, it was fun Age: 33 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,883 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison i posted pics in this thread
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02-02-2009, 04:22 PM	#678
kfrey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Does anyone use LED from superbightleds dot com. only reason I ask is cause it looks like they sell socket with it. I have an 2000 xtreame that I want to LED the gauges blue or white. does any one how many LED are in the gauges.
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02-02-2009, 09:18 PM	#679
sluggman082009 Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 106 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison do you not know what kind of leds you used
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02-02-2009, 11:20 PM	#680
1/4milecrazy good bye red, it was fun Age: 33 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,883 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison i dont know what kind they were, my friend gave me them for free, so i didnt ask, but i posted pics of the kind i used. i didnt get them from the site listed in this thread. but any of the ones posted should work the same.
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02-03-2009, 10:47 PM	#681
Flipx99 Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 269 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by kfrey Does anyone use LED from superbightleds dot com. only reason I ask is cause it looks like they sell socket with it. I have an 2000 xtreame that I want to LED the gauges blue or white. does any one how many LED are in the gauges. I have the same question. Also, do these LED bulbs just pop into place where the normal bulb went or do you need to make those things the other people made?
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02-03-2009, 11:01 PM	#682
Flipx99 Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 269 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Quote: Originally Posted by Flipx99 I have the same question. Also, do these LED bulbs just pop into place where the normal bulb went or do you need to make those things the other people made? After reading more dilligently, apparently you need 6 total bulbs for 98+ clusters. Also, you need a socked of some sort to convert. I am still not sure if this is for all models. *just in case you are wondering why I quoted myself it is because someone later may ask the same question I did. I did a little research and found an answer (or sorts)... Plus, I couldn't edit the post.
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02-04-2009, 01:40 AM	#683
ßɭĬƮƵ ♠ Age: 26 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,702 Location: Dublin, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison Before... After... Last edited by ßɭĬƮƵ : 02-04-2009 at 01:41 AM.
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02-04-2009, 09:40 AM	#684
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 48,279 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison nice...it looks way more uniform in color
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02-04-2009, 05:07 PM	#685
ßɭĬƮƵ ♠ Age: 26 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 14,702 Location: Dublin, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: led light bulb comparison yea it looks way better. i'm glad i changed them... now i have to make the ac controls brighter.
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