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"My World is Fire and Blood"
we all have problems with DIM dash lights and seek out solutions.
People have been converting to LED for sometime but even LEDS have evolved over time.
I first converted to LED about 10 years ago. At that time bulbs like:
and
were the norm. They used a single Diode and a molded clear plastic case to defuse the light.
they worked ok, on a scale of 1-10 with the original dash lights being a 1 or 2, the original LEDs were about a 3 or 4 on the improvement scale.
even removing the blue filters did little to help the older generation LEDS.
today new technology in leds have evolved the 192 bulb into a multi Array Diode setup.
you can even get them brighter and brighter with more arrays added.
it depends on space and how crazy you want to get.
some companies have upgraded there 71-73 led kits with these new arrays and some have not.
you can buy these LEDS cheapest outside of a kit as they are an industry standard. One warning for people that retrofitted LEDS years ago and removed the Blue filters do not get Kits labeled as Factory OEM lighting.
these are white LED arrays designed to use the blue filters, if you have removed these filters and cannot put them back and you want the green hue then you need a green LED.
these LED bulbs are incredibly bright compared to even the LEDS from 5 years ago, so if you have converted to LEDS and used the older ones consider another upgrade to your LED dash lights.
consider also buying these newer LEDS in 10-20 lots rather then in kits as the cost savings can be 50-60$
as far as color for OEM these new LEDS come in one color of GREEN the older ones had a dark green and a light green.
otherwise they come in white, red, green, blue, yellow
as for brands SMD seems to be the best and the LEDS are dimable.
well food for thought as i will be upgrading my LED dash lights over the holiday weekend and hopefully finally putting an end to the dim dash lights issue.
People have been converting to LED for sometime but even LEDS have evolved over time.
I first converted to LED about 10 years ago. At that time bulbs like:
and
were the norm. They used a single Diode and a molded clear plastic case to defuse the light.
they worked ok, on a scale of 1-10 with the original dash lights being a 1 or 2, the original LEDs were about a 3 or 4 on the improvement scale.
even removing the blue filters did little to help the older generation LEDS.
today new technology in leds have evolved the 192 bulb into a multi Array Diode setup.
you can even get them brighter and brighter with more arrays added.
it depends on space and how crazy you want to get.
some companies have upgraded there 71-73 led kits with these new arrays and some have not.
you can buy these LEDS cheapest outside of a kit as they are an industry standard. One warning for people that retrofitted LEDS years ago and removed the Blue filters do not get Kits labeled as Factory OEM lighting.
these are white LED arrays designed to use the blue filters, if you have removed these filters and cannot put them back and you want the green hue then you need a green LED.
these LED bulbs are incredibly bright compared to even the LEDS from 5 years ago, so if you have converted to LEDS and used the older ones consider another upgrade to your LED dash lights.
consider also buying these newer LEDS in 10-20 lots rather then in kits as the cost savings can be 50-60$
as far as color for OEM these new LEDS come in one color of GREEN the older ones had a dark green and a light green.
otherwise they come in white, red, green, blue, yellow
as for brands SMD seems to be the best and the LEDS are dimable.
well food for thought as i will be upgrading my LED dash lights over the holiday weekend and hopefully finally putting an end to the dim dash lights issue.