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Nickcaro
Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 08:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If you are interested in swapping your wedge bulbs with LEDs, here is what I have found so far.

do not waste your time with these;


I bought them on eBay to check them out and its not worth the anticipation while you wait for them to arrive. That picture may have been a 30 second exposure.

next I headed over to;
http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html
back in the day when I was an Audi forum member this vendor was one of the favorites. I ordered three types that arrived today.

Contender #1

6 LEDs in the wedge
color = Amber

Contender #2

5 LEDs in a star pattern, maybe creating a little more "bling"
color = Amber

Contender #3

1 Super LED that according to the specs is the brightest mother of the group.
color = White


here is a nice chart on the specifications;
http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/bulb_specs.ht m

When I plug them all in, I'll take some pictures to follow up.... now I just need my bike back from the dealer...
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Baggermike
Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hi Nick I got ones from www.starrotors.com and do not quite fit in the holes But did look bright, I lost one that fell threw the hole also a little big for the hole so I made the hole slightly bigger and are bright, 10 bucks shipping included, I got the blue which is suppose to be like the blue hid lights and got amber if I decide to use them as turn signals, I will be taking pictures tomorrow and when I get them back I will post them. Mike
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Andella
Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 09:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nick, I have that superbright white led from them lighting my plate on my car. It is waaaayyy brighter than the ebay one. I so have the one with 25 lights on it which I will try to put in soon.
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Andella
Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I was wrong...... I got my lights from superlumination.com


I have the 194 SMT tower III which I am eventually going to try in the 1125r and I have the 194 Supernova w/heatsink in my car on the license plate.

These bulbs are awesome. I bought them both for my car license plate because I wasn't sure if the tower bulb would fit.... it didn't. Check the website out for details.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 12:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My guess is contender #2 will be the brightest once installed. It's the only one that has LEDs pointed at the reflector, which is what you actually see in a vehicle. You don't see the source (bulb), but the reflection(s) of it in the lamp housing, reflector, or lens. Contender 1 will be next brightest, and contender 3 will probably be a pinpoint of very bright light...but it will disappear when you get off-axis (off to one side or the other).

Just my .02, from my past days as a concert lighting engineer and color theory professor : )
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