For those using LEDs for License Plate bulbs..
10-09-2005, 12:55 PM
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For those using LEDs for License Plate bulbs..
Which kind of bulbs exactly are you guys using? I want it to have the white affect just like on the new Lexus GS. I'm using this one type but it's really really dim. Pics would help a lot. Thanks in advance.
10-09-2005, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k5_AcuraTL
Which kind of bulbs exactly are you guys using? I want it to have the white affect just like on the new Lexus GS. I'm using this one type but it's really really dim. Pics would help a lot. Thanks in advance.
Yea, I'd like to know too.... Saw a GS the other night.... Lights look sick from the back.....
10-09-2005, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k5_AcuraTL
Which kind of bulbs exactly are you guys using? I want it to have the white affect just like on the new Lexus GS. I'm using this one type but it's really really dim. Pics would help a lot. Thanks in advance.
I bought the 9w led wedge bulb (921)....and for the back up light I have a pair of PIAA xtreme 12v 18w W2
I bought the 9w leds from
https://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm
10-09-2005, 03:52 PM
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haha the new GS is exactly what moved me to change mine as well. Just installed mine today.
Got mine from Tec_toys 9led hyper whites. They are not as bright or as white as the gs's imo but the slight purplish(?) color they give out is very cool! i'm satisfied and i've received praises already.
Got mine from Tec_toys 9led hyper whites. They are not as bright or as white as the gs's imo but the slight purplish(?) color they give out is very cool! i'm satisfied and i've received praises already.
10-09-2005, 03:59 PM
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10-10-2005, 07:09 PM
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$13 including shipping. Install was... kind of hard. There are instructions if you do a search but no pictures... it would be so much easier with pictures..
I tried doing it from the outside, but couldnt get it past the frame thing... so i had to work from the inside and flip out the clip things and then remove the black bar thing and then unscrew the one screw and then push the clip on one side to loosen it...
see how hard it is with just words -_-
here: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105472
I tried doing it from the outside, but couldnt get it past the frame thing... so i had to work from the inside and flip out the clip things and then remove the black bar thing and then unscrew the one screw and then push the clip on one side to loosen it...
see how hard it is with just words -_-
here: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105472
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10-10-2005, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GUMP
How much did it run and was it hard to install??
IMO it was easy and the cost from superbrightleds.com was 12.40 with shipping.
If you are going to install the leds in the LPlate, go ahead and buy you a pair of bulbs for the back up lights. (PIAA H.I.D. W2 12v 18w) All I did was take off the truck lining and replace the bulbs, it took me maybe 15 mins total, hardest part is marking sure you get to all of the clips holding the lining in.
10-10-2005, 08:39 PM
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haha the new GS is exactly what moved me to change mine as well. Just installed mine today.
Got mine from Tec_toys 9led hyper whites. They are not as bright or as white as the gs's imo but the slight purplish(?) color they give out is very cool! i'm satisfied and i've received praises already.
Got mine from Tec_toys 9led hyper whites. They are not as bright or as white as the gs's imo but the slight purplish(?) color they give out is very cool! i'm satisfied and i've received praises already.
10-11-2005, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by flvol77
IMO it was easy and the cost from superbrightleds.com was 12.40 with shipping.
If you are going to install the leds in the LPlate, go ahead and buy you a pair of bulbs for the back up lights. (PIAA H.I.D. W2 12v 18w) All I did was take off the truck lining and replace the bulbs, it took me maybe 15 mins total, hardest part is marking sure you get to all of the clips holding the lining in.
If you are going to install the leds in the LPlate, go ahead and buy you a pair of bulbs for the back up lights. (PIAA H.I.D. W2 12v 18w) All I did was take off the truck lining and replace the bulbs, it took me maybe 15 mins total, hardest part is marking sure you get to all of the clips holding the lining in.
If those are 18W parts. How many Watts are the stock bulbs ?
10-15-2005, 11:17 AM
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I bought the PIAA's from pepboys $12.50 free shipping http://www.7453217467431.com/product...=1129392733078
10-15-2005, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by trancemission
hey 2k5 did you put super whites in or are those actually blue?
10-18-2005, 09:23 PM
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Does anyone know which of the bulbs, out of all the ones mentioned above, match the new GS lights the closest??. I really dont want them that blue - makes it ricey. I want them bright white just like the new GS. Those look Awesome!
10-18-2005, 10:01 PM
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^ Yeah they do look a little too blue for super whites. I also dont want them to be that blue. Which is more white...... the 9w led from tec-toyz or superbrightleds?
11-29-2005, 11:54 PM
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I went with the amber LED's from Tec_Toyz and I'm very satisfied with them. They have a clean amber shine to them other then the normal amber 168 bulbs you buy from Pep Boys or something.
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I've always used SuperBrightLEDs https://www.superbrightleds.com/
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