LED wedge bulbs
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LED wedge bulbs
I just changed the 168 wedge bulbs in my car (map and door lights) to PIAA LEDs and they look great.
Just a heads up: If you're considering doing this, get the white/white LED bulbs. If you go for the blue/white LEDs, you'll see a blue LED and a white LED :yack:
The white/white gives a cool white light to go with the HIDs. I went with a POLARG Hybrid B1 cool white bulb for the dome light and it matches up nicely (it's a little brighter too, 10W vs. 7W).
Just a heads up: If you're considering doing this, get the white/white LED bulbs. If you go for the blue/white LEDs, you'll see a blue LED and a white LED :yack:
The white/white gives a cool white light to go with the HIDs. I went with a POLARG Hybrid B1 cool white bulb for the dome light and it matches up nicely (it's a little brighter too, 10W vs. 7W).
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Re: LED wedge bulbs
Originally posted by TLMugen
I just changed the 168 wedge bulbs in my car (map and door lights) to PIAA LEDs and they look great.
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I just changed the 168 wedge bulbs in my car (map and door lights) to PIAA LEDs and they look great.
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Hi. An LED should never burn out. Pretty much if it makes it 30 seconds, it will make it 30 years. I'm not sure if the ones to replace bulbs come with a special socket or resistor or not but any LED should have a current limiting resistor wired in series so as to keep it from burning out. Maybe the large ones are beefy enough to last a while without blowing but from my experience (with smaller LED's), they should always have a resistor. Eric.
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Yeah I forgot, I also did the license plate and trunk lights too, I didn't do the glove box because it's a PITA.
OK, I heard about the longevity issue with LEDs. The PIAA LEDs have the resistor in them so I hope that addresses that properly. I did keep all the conventional bulbs just in case, we'll see.
OK, I heard about the longevity issue with LEDs. The PIAA LEDs have the resistor in them so I hope that addresses that properly. I did keep all the conventional bulbs just in case, we'll see.
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Originally posted by EH03TL
Hi. An LED should never burn out. Pretty much if it makes it 30 seconds, it will make it 30 years. I'm not sure if the ones to replace bulbs come with a special socket or resistor or not but any LED should have a current limiting resistor wired in series so as to keep it from burning out. Maybe the large ones are beefy enough to last a while without blowing but from my experience (with smaller LED's), they should always have a resistor. Eric.
Hi. An LED should never burn out. Pretty much if it makes it 30 seconds, it will make it 30 years. I'm not sure if the ones to replace bulbs come with a special socket or resistor or not but any LED should have a current limiting resistor wired in series so as to keep it from burning out. Maybe the large ones are beefy enough to last a while without blowing but from my experience (with smaller LED's), they should always have a resistor. Eric.
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All 192/168 bulbs I've seen have resistors in them as well.
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