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For those interested in doing this conversion, I would recommend buying LED versions of the bulbs used for the various 986 lights. You are paying a big premium for suncoast to put this kit together, and source/quality of the bulb is unknown (except for the suncoast name backing it).
Sylvania and others make LED versions of 168/194/2825 bulbs and there is no need to find the bulb size in millimeters (unless you're buying some cheap chinese bulbs on ebay). The Sylvania "LEDriving" Bulbs are very bright and have good white color. They also have diffuse lenses over the LEDs which helps the light output scatter more like halogen bulbs (what these various lamps were designed for).
The output of a bunch of surface mount LEDs mounted together (like the suncoast kit) can be somewhat harsh and is hit or miss in my experience.
There are plenty of cheap no-name (ebay/amazon) options for these bulbs also. Not 2-3 dollars for all the bulbs, but for $10-$15 you could put together this kit yourself with cheap bulbs. I did this initially, and when I was happy with the results I replaced it with the brand name sylvania bulbs so it will last.
Personally, I prefer knowing and understanding the parts going into my little projects, so I would rather do the leg-work of finding and deciding on the bulbs myself. But if you're not interested in that, then it sounds like people have been happy with the suncoast kit.
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