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Old 11-01-2011, 10:26 PM   #1
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Thanks J Tinsby...I appreciate your link! I was curious as to whether the 120 SMD produces enough light to be worth installing.

If not, I guess I need some new halogen bulbs that come close to my 6000K HID's....
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Old 11-02-2011, 03:10 PM   #2
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Thanks J Tinsby...I appreciate your link! I was curious as to whether the 120 SMD produces enough light to be worth installing.

If not, I guess I need some new halogen bulbs that come close to my 6000K HID's....

I was going to change out my footwell lights and trunk and frunk to LED'S. The vendor told me " LED is for cosmetic use, they might look bright when you're directly looking at them but will not project as bright as halogen or HID bulbs."

Bright white YES, brighter in fact, apparently not ;(

So I never bothered to change them out. I want light and more of it and white too, guess I can't have it all.

Hope you find what you need to match the HID's.

I'd be curious to know how Audi get's their LED headlamps to work......


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Old 11-03-2011, 10:29 AM   #3
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I was going to change out my footwell lights and trunk and frunk to LED'S. The vendor told me " LED is for cosmetic use, they might look bright when you're directly looking at them but will not project as bright as halogen or HID bulbs."

Bright white YES, brighter in fact, apparently not ;(

So I never bothered to change them out. I want light and more of it and white too, guess I can't have it all.

Hope you find what you need to match the HID's.

I'd be curious to know how Audi get's their LED headlamps to work......


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I just replaced all three interior lights in my 03 986 with amber LED's, and I *love* it. It gives in the interior a much nicer feel when opening the doors at night. You can still see everything, but you don't have that glaring white light hitting you in the face when you open the door.

The bulbs are super cheap. Worth trying. Total time to replace all 3 bulbs was under 5 minutes.
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