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LED Turn Signal Bulbs, worth a try?

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Old 01-13-12, 11:02 PM
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^ when my oem burn out I might try that. But this bulb really last.
Old 01-14-12, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by imjohnphan
Anyone tried the reverse bulbs for better visibility on the back up camera?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-White-Ca...ht_5321wt_1163
Those use Cree LEDs and if they really are Q5 bin each LED costs about $4-5 a piece so a pretty good deal right there for 2 that's almost $10 in just parts. I bet these are just driven lightly at probably 1W so thats only about 100 lumens but if you know some soldering I bet you can just change the current limiting resistor and have it running at around 3W to put out about 280 or so lumens just don't be backing up for way too long because at 3W those LEDs put out some decent heat.
I run V-LED one http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-B...07296-1-2.html on my car, so far Iove it and I can take my time to back up my car not worry about the heat

Compare the V-LED bulb vs LED bulb I bought from Taiwan,
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^ Hey do those affect your rearview camera.
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Originally Posted by ashley1977
Compare the V-LED bulb vs LED bulb I bought from Taiwan,
Where do you think V-LEDs bulbs come from? I can tell you for sure, they ain't made in Washington State.
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Originally Posted by arnieosp
Where do you think V-LEDs bulbs come from? I can tell you for sure, they ain't made in Washington State.
Sorry for my poor english......
Here what I am talking about was the new led bulbs I bought from V-LED's website
and the old led bulbs from Taiwan by my sister......
not where the bulbs made..........

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Old 01-16-12, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bigblack06
^ Hey do those affect your rearview camera.
I can see more and clear with it
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Old 04-05-12, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ashley1977
I run V-LED one http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-B...07296-1-2.html on my car, so far Iove it and I can take my time to back up my car not worry about the heat

Compare the V-LED bulb vs LED bulb I bought from Taiwan,
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YUP!!! those surely are bright!!!... i love those , esp when i need to back up in the suburbs that has no street lights.... =D they let me know where the ditch is when i back up
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Originally Posted by arnieosp
Flash confirmation is convenient. When you are walking away from the car and not sure whether you lock it or not, you push the "lock" button and see it flashing once. Without the flash confirmation it still beeps, but you may be far enough from the car not to hear the beep.

I had to choose between the cool-looking LED turn signals and the flash confirm. I went to the turn signals.
UPDATE: I just received and installed this flasher (V-LEDS were out of them for a while but now they stock them again). Everything works, including the lock/unlock flash confirmation.
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