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    anybody here has replaced their stock brake and turn lights with LED Bulbs?

    Saan po ba makakabili nito and about how much?

    Thanks

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    I've seen replacement bulbs which are LEDs already. Just plug them in the same socket.

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    oh okay

    hmmm mero kaya sa mga Handyman, Ace, DIY, etc. etc? or Concorde perhaps?

    I'll check na lang, thanks

    BTW, Ghost! parang plug and play lang ba sila? Kasi I recall reading that you need an additional resistor for the LED bulbs, or something like that.

    Thanks

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    The car socket type LED bulbs are "plug and play". Two types, single and double contact type.

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    i also would like to change my lights to led kaya i bought some sa internet. parang kulang ng konti sa brightness. sa local shops lalong mahina ang led lights. will try to post pics comparing led at stock lights. would like to try sana piaa led lights but don't know where to buy. for info lang, yung sinasabi na peanut bulb na wedge the numeric equivalent is 194 or 168. for nissan vehicles w/ wedge bulbs, park/reverse lights are 3156, brake-3157, dome lights are festoon w/ sizes at 31mm, 36mm, 39mm & 41mm.

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    Any updates on this thread, looks very interesting. Especially if you want to change the color of your instrument panel. =) LED instead of the usual rice / wedge bulb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CPY61 View Post
    Any updates on this thread, looks very interesting. Especially if you want to change the color of your instrument panel. =) LED instead of the usual rice / wedge bulb.
    mag indiglo lights na kayo sir ,kung gusto nyo mabago color ng panel nyo .

    pero kung prefer nyo ang LED bulbs lang sa CONCORDE (SM CITY) dami ako nakikita doon ibat ibang kulay pa .

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    [SIZE=3]When you say plug and play, does this mean that the bulbs are of the same wattage as the original ones? [/SIZE]Coz yun sa mga after-market headlight bulbs are also p & p but the wattage are much higher and the wirings of the headlight are sure to heat up (as if you'll smell something burning)... I should know coz it happened to my old ride... Had to change the wirings of my headlights and had an additional relay added to prevent this from happening again.

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    Yan din po ba ginagamit na ilaw para maliwanag yung speedometer mo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GLImamasan View Post
    [SIZE=3]When you say plug and play, does this mean that the bulbs are of the same wattage as the original ones? [/SIZE]Coz yun sa mga after-market headlight bulbs are also p & p but the wattage are much higher and the wirings of the headlight are sure to heat up (as if you'll smell something burning)... I should know coz it happened to my old ride... Had to change the wirings of my headlights and had an additional relay added to prevent this from happening again.
    This thread originally discussed about signal & brake lights.

    If you want to change your HEADLIGHTS with HIGHER WATTAGE bulbs, then of course, you WILL have to upgrade your wiring to handle the added electrical load.

    Note: There are some headlight bulbs which is supposed to give the brightness of 100 watts but only consume 55 watts. That is not true, the bulb will LOOK like it gives out 100 watts but it's just the color of the light, not the actual light output. These bulbs use colored glass and these can actually LOWER the total light output by filtering out certain light colors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BoEinG_747 View Post
    mag indiglo lights na kayo sir ,kung gusto nyo mabago color ng panel nyo .

    pero kung prefer nyo ang LED bulbs lang sa CONCORDE (SM CITY) dami ako nakikita doon ibat ibang kulay pa .
    Thanks boeing, I was able to check the concorde here in southmall. They do have LED bulbs but size #194, actually im looking for size #24 pang instrument something like this ones http://autolumination.com/74.htm .

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    how about this?

    http://www.spiderlite.com/index.html













    Pero a little warning about replacing with LEDs.

    And finally....LED replacement bulbs

    LED brake bulb. You might have seen websites and automotive shops stocking LED replacement bulbs for cars and motorbikes. Basically its a cluster of 19 or 24 LEDS (light emitting diodes) in a housing with a regular push-fit or bayonet plug on the back. The idea is that if you want brighter lights, you can replace your tail or turn lights with these LED replacements.

    There is a gotcha though that the manufacturers often hide in the smallest of small print. A lot of cars nowadays have onboard diagnostics which include a light check. Some of these use resistance to figure out if a bulb has blown. LED clusters have a radically different resistance to a filament bulb and its possible that when you replace your bulbs with LED versions, your car will continuously tell you that one or more bulbs is burned out.

    Getting one step more severe, if you use LED turn bulbs, your indicators could flash quicker or slower than you're used to. And the worst case scenario - some motorbikes have very tightly regulated voltages in their ABS systems and taking the filament bulb out of the brake light to replace it with an LED bulb can cause ABS errors and theoretically, an ABS shutdown. Granted thats worst-case scenario, but it is a possibility. So now you know.
    Last edited by kiper; March 22nd, 2007 at 12:33 PM.

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    kagandahan sa led di siya masyadong kumakain ng power ng kuryente

LED bulbs