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Old 11-28-2011, 01:21 AM
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Best BRIGHT front/rear blinker LED bulbs?

What are the BRIGHTEST bulbs available for for our front/rear turn signals in AMBER LED? I have seen switchbacks and you can BARELY see the blinker during the day.

However some of the new cars from the factory have REALLY bright front LED blinkers. What are the brightest available for our cars?
Old 11-28-2011, 07:31 AM
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Elef makes a really good one. It uses an amber 3W Luxeon emitter and is available with either a side emitting or diffused optic.

There's also a red 5W version for rear turn signals/brake lights and uses a high quality Osram LED.

http://www.elef-usa.com/apps/webstore/
Old 11-28-2011, 01:46 PM
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I bought and recommend you to get these for your rear turn signals

http://www.ebay.com/itm/7443-Super-R...item1c2140422c

the price listed is PER LED (so $24.48 for a pair), so you will need two. If you do plan on buying those, better hurry before prices go back up from $12.24 to $17.48 per bulb (nearly $35 for a pair!)

his shipping is super fast, got to me in 3 days.

they are nice and bright and visible during the day. Someone might recommend you a LED that has even more LEDs than 68, but i can assure you the 68 is plenty bright during the day. Bright as fuck at night.

Want a daytime video for reassurance?
Old 11-28-2011, 01:53 PM
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also if you do consider getting 68-LED ambers for the front, here's a pretty good deal

http://www.ebay.com/itm/7443-AMBER-Y...ht_3978wt_1269

$17.99/pair with free fast shipping also.

68 LED are bright in the rear, I would imagine they would be same for the front.
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http://youtu.be/V22nEvrUkj4

in the middle of the video i put the hazards on, but due to the light glaring off my passenger side tail light, my camera phone wasn't able to pick up the light that well.

but in person you can see it just fine
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Search ebay for the bulb you need and make sure it has the 5050SMD chips on there. Any amount over 25 should be plenty bright.
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For best all around bulbs, elefs.
They last a REALLY long time due to their high quality LEDS.

I have 120 SMT bulbs from autolumination.
Supposedly they are the brightest.
These are my first LEDs so I can't really compare and don't know the "standards" for LED brightness.

They ARE bright though!!

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/more-led-love-120-smt-amber-turn-signals-836277/
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Lets bump this back up! I ended up getting white led blinkers all around. The rear are CREE LED white blinkers and they are VERY bright but not legal and I don't like the white LED look anymore. On the fronts I have white led blinkers but the other bulb already died lol. I am trying to look for bulbs similar to the OEM LED blinkers that all the new cars come with.
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Do you have a link to the "white CREE LED" blinkers you purchased for your rear turn signals?
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