Re: LED Taillight bulbs?
[Re: Kern Dog]
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03/13/12 06:45 PM
03/13/12 06:45 PM
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cjskotni
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10$ a bulb is about average for LED bulbs. Heck, I have seen LED bulbs that run upwards of 45$ a piece on Summit!  They aren't a cheap upgrade relative to what they replace (99 cent bulbs) and I am on the fence myself if i should invest on LED on my Charger or not....I have heard mixed reviews on them. If you do go with them, I'd be interested to hear what you think of them.
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Re: LED Taillight bulbs?
[Re: GoodysGotaCuda]
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03/13/12 08:26 PM
03/13/12 08:26 PM
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Pyper70
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I actually did a comparison on my 69. I show the differences between bayonet style LED bulbs, incandescents, and also the PCBs. I use the PCB. Hyper White...Red just doesnt cut it for me. The Hyper whites are stupidly bright. I have the two outer "sections" on a Hi-Lo. and the inner most of each on a Lo. I have 432 rear facing LEDs and the shadow behind (where the factory bulbs went) I placed six 36LED RED 1156/1157s to place a red tint effect wired in with the brakes. http://www.youtube.com/v/2Rz7NTJtL2o
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: LED Taillight bulbs?
[Re: GO_Fish]
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03/17/12 02:54 AM
03/17/12 02:54 AM
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I was happy with the leds in my small housings on my 69 RR. I switched almost all of the lights in my car to leds. I did have a issue with the led for the dome light. I found out the hard way and toasted my dimmer switch. Leds can be dirt cheap if you don't mind waiting a couple weeks for them. Red_LEDs
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Re: LED Taillight bulbs?
[Re: Big_E]
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03/17/12 01:15 PM
03/17/12 01:15 PM
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Pyper70
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I was happy with the leds in my small housings on my 69 RR. I switched almost all of the lights in my car to leds. I did have a issue with the led for the dome light. I found out the hard way and toasted my dimmer switch.
What exactly did you do with the dome that we all should learn from? I haven't changed my dome light yet. I have the front turn signals in the valance in (Amber), I have the reverse lamps in (Hyper White), the license plate light (Warm White), the trunk light is another PCB (Hyper White). I installed bi-directional LEDs in the dash for illumination, turn signals, e-brake, console shifter. (cool white)
I can't find anything to fit in the console courtesy lights though. I might have to change the pigtail out and put another bulb in there. Those are the ones you want a definite LED in there. A regular bulb will burn a hole right through the lens if you have your door open for a while. Also can't find anything to fit the hood turn signals for the Charger.
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: LED Taillight bulbs?
[Re: Pyper70]
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03/18/12 02:52 AM
03/18/12 02:52 AM
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Missouri
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I was happy with the leds in my small housings on my 69 RR. I switched almost all of the lights in my car to leds. I did have a issue with the led for the dome light. I found out the hard way and toasted my dimmer switch.
What exactly did you do with the dome that we all should learn from?
The 1004 led blubs that I bought have one major flaw, they were all grounded to the metal case. If you use the blub as new, chances are you will fry your dimmer switch AND a fuse.
To fix any problems you have to un-solder the two bottom contact areas & take the top off the blub. Don't pull too hard because there is a line soldered to the metal case. Un-solder that line. You may have to lengthen it for the next step. Now just reassemble & re-solder the two lines to the bottom contacts. Then use a real good glue, I used Gorilla Glue, to keep the two halves together.
Also, maybe because the bases are different from the OE blubs, I blew a fuse the first time when I left my door open to put the blub in. So either solder in a old base or just make sure you have no power going to your socket when you install your new led blubs. This was before I found out about the grounded case so that may have been the problem all along.
You could buy some leds and use the bases from your old blubs to make any special blubs you need. I used a small panel and a old base for my map light. It is crazy bright! I have seen round panels that would work perfect for the console lights.
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