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Yeah, I also thought that 6 sideway leds would be enough. Originally Posted by Moon-Coupe
Thanks for the warning. I already went through that with the bulbs I tried locally at Pep Boys. Superbrightleds.com has both wide and directional bulbs. The ones I ordered have side and forward facing LEDs.
If it is for breake lights than no problems, but turn signal will not look good at all, the bulb is just covered by a strip. In my case with smoked white inserts in the tail lights that was really bad.
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Sorry for Originally Posted by Moon-Coupe
Thanks for the warning. I already went through that with the bulbs I tried locally at Pep Boys. Superbrightleds.com has both wide and directional bulbs. The ones I ordered have side and forward facing LEDs.
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The bulbs I bought are for a Ford focus which has one dual filament bulb for brake and turn signal duties. I'll need the resistors to keep the blinkers from going too fast.
What's wrong with yellow markers?
What's wrong with yellow markers?
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im using the polarized single led fitment, and they look amazing. i dont like the angled bulbs. i have a set, put them on first and they look crappy.
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What's wrong with yellow markers?
they looks little out of place, but that's IMOOriginally Posted by Moon-Coupe
The bulbs I bought are for a Ford focus which has one dual filament bulb for brake and turn signal duties. I'll need the resistors to keep the blinkers from going too fast.What's wrong with yellow markers?
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Youre wasting youre time with resistors...expense, hot, and a lot of extra fooling around. A second set of sockets, repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked to the wires works best. Least heat, and dirt cheap.
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yeap ur right outland, i thought about this. I might do this for the fogs.Originally Posted by Outland
Youre wasting youre time with resistors...expense, hot, and a lot of extra fooling around. A second set of sockets, repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked to the wires works best. Least heat, and dirt cheap.
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Could you please explain? or give us some photos?Originally Posted by Outland
Youre wasting youre time with resistors...expense, hot, and a lot of extra fooling around. A second set of sockets, repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked to the wires works best. Least heat, and dirt cheap.
What do you mean by "repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked" (my english isn't very good)
Thanks
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Please elaborate on thisOriginally Posted by Outland
Youre wasting youre time with resistors...expense, hot, and a lot of extra fooling around. A second set of sockets, repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked to the wires works best. Least heat, and dirt cheap.
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by this, outland means. buy another 194 socket, from like strauss auto or pepboys or w/e auto stores.Originally Posted by BKLYN_C
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splice the wire, and attach the 194 socket to ur exisitng city light 194 socket, so now you have two.
so if u look at it theoretically, it'll look like a "Y" the bottom is the original line, left and right are the sockets.
PUT one LED into the original one, and put a regular bulb into the other socket, (or just leave it?) and plug ur LED in, then there. enough power draw. leds work, no heat, no nothing.
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splice the wire, and attach the 194 socket to ur exisitng city light 194 socket, so now you have two.
so if u look at it theoretically, it'll look like a "Y" the bottom is the original line, left and right are the sockets.
PUT one LED into the original one, and put a regular bulb into the other socket, (or just leave it?) and plug ur LED in, then there. enough power draw. leds work, no heat, no nothing.
That's connecting led and the bulb in parallel. So now you will have the led city lights and 2 extra underhood lights Originally Posted by advans
by this, outland means. buy another 194 socket, from like strauss auto or pepboys or w/e auto stores.splice the wire, and attach the 194 socket to ur exisitng city light 194 socket, so now you have two.
so if u look at it theoretically, it'll look like a "Y" the bottom is the original line, left and right are the sockets.
PUT one LED into the original one, and put a regular bulb into the other socket, (or just leave it?) and plug ur LED in, then there. enough power draw. leds work, no heat, no nothing.
. And if I am doing the tail lights, I will have day quality light in the trun in case I lock myself in, I will not be bored and do seme reading till emergency arrives
On the serious note, this is a smart way to go
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. And if I am doing the tail lights, I will have day quality light in the trun in case I lock myself in, I will not be bored and do seme reading till emergency arrives
On the serious note, this is a smart way to go
Off topic :: but Bklyn C i didn't see u after everyone left the meet where were you?Originally Posted by BKLYN_C
That's connecting led and the bulb in parallel. So now you will have the led city lights and 2 extra underhood lights
. And if I am doing the tail lights, I will have day quality light in the trun in case I lock myself in, I will not be bored and do seme reading till emergency arrives
On the serious note, this is a smart way to go
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Off topic :: but Bklyn C i didn't see u after everyone left the meet where were you?
, yo, i was the slowest one way behind all of you, eating your dust and collecting all the rocks
Started getting e-mails from work and had to go home. I separated from the group on Meadowsbrook when you took a NY exit and kept north. Militant and Jared saw me getting off and D2 also went north for some reason, but didn't look like he was lost. Did you go somewhere else
i went home i took the Belt parkway i was tryinng keep up with the M3's,M5's and the fast *** M6 lol
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In your all-mighty C320 and considarable traffick on the Belt plus strictly enforced speed limit you probably had no problems keeping up Originally Posted by WaveyKat
i went home i took the Belt parkway i was tryinng keep up with the M3's,M5's and the fast *** M6 lol

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PIAA covers their resistors..
i will get a pic up soon
Tell me more about the PIAA resistor.. I love PIAA product a lot Originally Posted by rlee02135
they will fly off into the intake...PIAA covers their resistors..
i will get a pic up soon

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the LEDS are not standard leds. they are single polarized 12v LEDS, and they are F-ing brighter than 5 standard LEDS.(i have both)
I don't see anything on that site called "single polarized 12v LEDS".Originally Posted by advans
Guys, I just installed LEDS for my city lights. I used 2 25ohm 25w resistors for my city lights.the LEDS are not standard leds. they are single polarized 12v LEDS, and they are F-ing brighter than 5 standard LEDS.(i have both)
Can you please give the exact link?
I bought these 194 wedge bulbs with 6 LEDS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=200081437024
Will they be bright enough?
Just need the resisitors.
How about a pic under the hood??
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Can you please give the exact link?
I bought these 194 wedge bulbs with 6 LEDS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=200081437024
Will they be bright enough?
Just need the resisitors.
How about a pic under the hood??
Originally Posted by C230 Sport Coup
I don't see anything on that site called "single polarized 12v LEDS".Can you please give the exact link?
I bought these 194 wedge bulbs with 6 LEDS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=200081437024
Will they be bright enough?
Just need the resisitors.
How about a pic under the hood??
no prob. these single polarized LEDs are the brightest in it's class, but, they are also hard to find!
I believe that the 6 leds would be bright enough. but did you buy them "narrow" or "wide" because they'll give you diff effects. yes you need resistors. mounting would be easy, u tap one to the power, one to the ground. and thats basically it.
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I believe that the 6 leds would be bright enough. but did you buy them "narrow" or "wide" because they'll give you diff effects. yes you need resistors. mounting would be easy, u tap one to the power, one to the ground. and thats basically it.
Yeh, but what I'm asking is, I don't see what you are describing as available on that site.Originally Posted by advans
no prob. these single polarized LEDs are the brightest in it's class, but, they are also hard to find!I believe that the 6 leds would be bright enough. but did you buy them "narrow" or "wide" because they'll give you diff effects. yes you need resistors. mounting would be easy, u tap one to the power, one to the ground. and thats basically it.
Can you post the direct link to the LED's you are using, please or PM me.
I'm on my way to local Electronics shop to get the resistors.
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I shall! once the new resistors come in for the LED fogs!, (I bought the wrong ones! I bought 25ohm 25w resistors, I'd figure that it'd draw enough, but no...lol so I'm awaiting for the nearly $50 total worth of LEDs/resistors!) bought interior black lights!!! Originally Posted by midnight kompre
you should write up a DIY!
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here is a pic of how they look,

I asked them yesterday when I ordered the LEDs, they said this one is "out of stock"
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ah... what the heck! I was gonna post pics up once this is all done, but, heres a preview.

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very exciting... please continue to pave the way for us fellow c-coupe drivers 

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yeap, i'm running down a completely diff path than my other fellow c coupe fanatics. next up is evosport pullies and hopefully the renntech box.Originally Posted by midnight kompre
very exciting... please continue to pave the way for us fellow c-coupe drivers
Went down the local electronics store,
santacruzelectronics.com, bought a 2 pack of 33 ohm 5% 10 watt resistors for $1.05 cents.
The LED's were $5.80 for both including shipping.
I installed them. I didn't have very much wire so the resistors are just hanging out of the plastic covers.
It would have been better, with a little more wire, could've secured them to
a metal support member thats closeby with a tie, wrap, act as a heat sink.
But they're ok for now.
The first one, I cut the socket off, and used crimp on connectors,
and it was a mess and took forever. In the middle of it all I drop the socket, and had to take the cover off the bottom to fish for it.
Arrgh.
SOOO....the 2nd one, I just used the soldering iron to melt the insulation on the wires going to the socket without cutting them.
Cleared away the plastic with my fingers.
Soldered wires to the resistors, put the wires around the exposed wires midway to the socket, electric taped everything up, and cut a little slot in the
plastic frisbee cover to allow the wires to get through to the outside.
DONE!!!
Here's an interesting pic.
Guess which is the LED and which is the bulb.
santacruzelectronics.com, bought a 2 pack of 33 ohm 5% 10 watt resistors for $1.05 cents.
The LED's were $5.80 for both including shipping.
I installed them. I didn't have very much wire so the resistors are just hanging out of the plastic covers.
It would have been better, with a little more wire, could've secured them to
a metal support member thats closeby with a tie, wrap, act as a heat sink.
But they're ok for now.
The first one, I cut the socket off, and used crimp on connectors,
and it was a mess and took forever. In the middle of it all I drop the socket, and had to take the cover off the bottom to fish for it.
Arrgh.
SOOO....the 2nd one, I just used the soldering iron to melt the insulation on the wires going to the socket without cutting them.
Cleared away the plastic with my fingers.
Soldered wires to the resistors, put the wires around the exposed wires midway to the socket, electric taped everything up, and cut a little slot in the
plastic frisbee cover to allow the wires to get through to the outside.
DONE!!!
Here's an interesting pic.
Guess which is the LED and which is the bulb.








