CRowe14

I have an 07 LS 460 and recently swapped out my corner/"Nike lights" as well as my side view mirror puddle lights to LED's.
These are the bulbs I purchased:

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...b-5db737d48dd8

The corner lights look pretty good at night, but I want the brightest bulb possible and feel like they could be brighter.
When I put them in the puddle location, I don't feel as if they are that bright as they could be.
I kind of feel as if there is a bulb that would be brighter. Is there?

In the LS area of the forum, we have a sticky as well containing a DIY for replacing the puddle lights, and someone used these from Amazon:

194 168 T10 Wedge SMD High Power LED HYPER WHITE BULBS Dome Lights 12V)

Since im not familiar with LED ratings, are these two bulbs similar or is one brighter than the other, or is there currently a bulb that is brighter than both of these?

Thanks in advance!

Zmon

iTrader: (2)

It depends on how the LEDs are arranged and how many lumens they output. I find the cheap ebay/amazon bulbs are either too dim, too cheaply made, or burn out too quickly. Neither of those ads list lumens. IMO, I'd buy from v-leds, xenondepot, or theretrofitsource if you want quality LEDs.

LEDs are pretty much directional depending on how they are designed. Depending on how the bulb goes into the puddle light (facing down towards the cover, or sideways) will determine if you want the bulbs from the first link (facing down from socket into cover) or the second one (sideways). Some bulbs also have a sort of diffuser (Sylvania/Osram or Philips's 194 led bulbs come to mind) that spread it in all directions which would work pretty well.