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Old 11-25-2010, 07:42 AM   #1
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*LIGHTS: Retrofit Clear Headlights (de-ambered) with LED indicators, LED sidelights and HID 5000K dipped Beam. Ring Hyper white DRLs. Rear LED red/smoke light upgrade and smoked central rear light. Door lights upgraded with LEDs and amber footwell illumination.
Awesome thread. More info on the LED indicators please. What and where to purchase? Any error code? I have just de-ambered my headlights, this sounds like an interesting option instead of getting chrome indicator bulbs.

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Old 11-26-2010, 02:38 AM   #2
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Awesome thread. More info on the LED indicators please. What and where to purchase? Any error code? I have just de-ambered my headlights, this sounds like an interesting option instead of getting chrome indicator bulbs.


Yup, the problem with removing the amber and then using silver bulbs is that you now have no reflector in the housing so are reliant on the output from the bulb alone to indicate - which at night with HIDs is poor and during the day is even worse.

I found the brightest opposite pin LED indicator bulbs I could find and they are awesome.
As I've only done the front (the rears are silver with a reflector) I don't have a rapid-blink problem (which is sorted by in-line capacitors). No codes thrown on the dash - the car's too old, but does have a field day when you plug in the diag. tool

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Old 12-07-2010, 07:50 AM   #3
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Yup, the problem with removing the amber and then using silver bulbs is that you now have no reflector in the housing so are reliant on the output from the bulb alone to indicate - which at night with HIDs is poor and during the day is even worse.

I found the brightest opposite pin LED indicator bulbs I could find and they are awesome.
As I've only done the front (the rears are silver with a reflector) I don't have a rapid-blink problem (which is sorted by in-line capacitors). No codes thrown on the dash - the car's too old, but does have a field day when you plug in the diag. tool
Thanks for the reply. What do you think of these "built-in resistor" LEDs? Should be bright enough?


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Old 12-27-2010, 04:24 PM   #4
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looks great everyone! im stock but i need to add something after this post!
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