W203/CL203 City Light Thread (LED, HID, bulbs) - All you want to know

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Feb 3, 2007 | 12:25 AM
  #551  
Quote: 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.
Yeah, I also thought that 6 sideway leds would be enough.
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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Feb 3, 2007 | 12:27 AM
  #552  
Quote: 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.
Sorry for . Man get rid of those yellow side markers
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Feb 3, 2007 | 12:40 AM
  #553  
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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Feb 3, 2007 | 12:48 AM
  #554  
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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Feb 3, 2007 | 04:31 AM
  #555  
i got the PIAA SUPER TERA 6500K LED from ebay and it looks great
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Feb 3, 2007 | 10:34 AM
  #556  
Quote: 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?
they looks little out of place, but that's IMO
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Feb 5, 2007 | 12:07 AM
  #557  
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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Feb 5, 2007 | 12:11 AM
  #558  
Quote: 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.
yeap ur right outland, i thought about this. I might do this for the fogs.
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Feb 5, 2007 | 05:22 AM
  #559  
Quote: 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.
Could you please explain? or give us some photos?
What do you mean by "repleat with the original 194's scotchlocked" (my english isn't very good)

Thanks
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Feb 5, 2007 | 09:12 AM
  #560  
Quote: 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.
Please elaborate on this
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Feb 5, 2007 | 09:29 AM
  #561  
Quote: Please elaborate on this
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.
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Feb 5, 2007 | 11:35 AM
  #562  
Quote: 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.
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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Feb 5, 2007 | 11:38 AM
  #563  
Quote: 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
Off topic :: but Bklyn C i didn't see u after everyone left the meet where were you?
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Feb 5, 2007 | 11:53 AM
  #564  
Quote: 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
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Feb 5, 2007 | 12:23 PM
  #565  
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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Feb 5, 2007 | 12:39 PM
  #566  
Quote: i went home i took the Belt parkway i was tryinng keep up with the M3's,M5's and the fast *** M6 lol
In your all-mighty C320 and considarable traffick on the Belt plus strictly enforced speed limit you probably had no problems keeping up
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Feb 5, 2007 | 07:08 PM
  #567  
Quote: they will fly off into the intake...

PIAA covers their resistors..
i will get a pic up soon
Tell me more about the PIAA resistor.. I love PIAA product a lot
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Mar 13, 2007 | 09:14 PM
  #568  
Quote: 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)
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??
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Mar 13, 2007 | 10:06 PM
  #569  
Quote: 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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Mar 13, 2007 | 10:16 PM
  #570  
Quote: 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.
Yeh, but what I'm asking is, I don't see what you are describing as available on that site.
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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Mar 13, 2007 | 10:39 PM
  #571  
you should write up a DIY!
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Mar 13, 2007 | 11:26 PM
  #572  
Quote: you should write up a DIY!
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!!!

c230 sport coup,

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"


*EDIT*

ah... what the heck! I was gonna post pics up once this is all done, but, heres a preview.
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Mar 13, 2007 | 11:41 PM
  #573  
very exciting... please continue to pave the way for us fellow c-coupe drivers
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Mar 14, 2007 | 12:28 AM
  #574  
Quote: very exciting... please continue to pave the way for us fellow c-coupe drivers
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.
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Mar 14, 2007 | 01:37 AM
  #575  
LED's done
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.

W203/CL203 City Light Thread (LED, HID, bulbs) - All you want to know-ledvsbulb.jpg  

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