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Old May 12, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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LEDs for parking lights?

I've read on here that some of you that stuck LEDs for the parking bulbs in the headlights have had trouble with them burning out. I currently have PIAA Xtreme White bulbs in mine, ok they look cool but just arent bright enough. I have some extra WLED-x5 5led cool white leds sitting around and some extra 921w-12 12led bulbs leftover from my led swap. I bought them at superbrightleds.com. Can I use any of those for parking bulbs, and which ones would look better/brighter. The 12's I have in my license plates and are crazy bright but seem to have more of a spotlight effect. The 5's I have for my dome and doors; they seem to be more wide angle so maybe those would look best...hmmm. I could maybe even order some different ones from superbrightleds just have no idea what part #
Anyone done this? Pics? How long do they last in the headlights? Oh I hardly EVER run my foglights around here...
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Old May 13, 2009 | 01:24 AM
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Just about any LED you put in the parking light is going to produce LESS usable light than the bulbs you have. A lot less.
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Old May 13, 2009 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
Just about any LED you put in the parking light is going to produce LESS usable light than the bulbs you have. A lot less.

In that case, I would go with the 12 LEDs then, the projectors should reflect light as well.
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Old May 13, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
Just about any LED you put in the parking light is going to produce LESS usable light than the bulbs you have. A lot less.
Well it's just a parking light right? I wouldn't expect it to project light out in front of the car. It's just there so people will see you while parked if you have your headlights off.
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Old May 13, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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I've had my LED park light bulbs for 3+ months now. No problem so far. *knock on wood. I rarely turn my foglights on.
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Old May 13, 2009 | 10:25 AM
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Cool, I think I'm gonna order both a 5 led wide angle and a 12 led since theyre not very expensive and try them both to see how they look inside the headlights
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Old May 13, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Check out V-LED's and get the SMT Tower II. I have had those bulbs in my parking lights for about 6 months without any problems. They're significantly brighter than either the 5-LED or the 12-LED from superbright. Also, they're a much better color match to the stock 4300K projectors. They're probably in the 5000K range, but I thought the superbrightleds were closer to 6500K which made them look really blue next to the projectors. However, since I had the Arc Reactor mod done, I NEVER turn on my fog lights. Besides, IMO our fog lights are borderline useless.
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