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Old 06-09-2006, 07:16 AM
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i got the 6-LED size 194 from www.superbrightleds.com. they are pretty bright i must say. but im curious as to how the wide angle ones look too. i just swapped those bulbs from my map lights just to experiment, and they came out really good.

heres a pic of the LED vs. the stock.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ignco/both.jpg
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Old 06-09-2006, 07:19 AM
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Old 06-09-2006, 08:33 AM
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Wow. Big difference. Looks great!
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Old 06-10-2006, 06:16 AM
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man i wanna change mines to white LED's now !
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Desertheat now known as Garage1217 has the IS250/350 license plate lights.

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Old 06-10-2006, 07:16 PM
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OK ! thanks haha
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:58 AM
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how long does superbrightleds.com ship .. i live in northern california ???? like if i pick regular ground shipping ???
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i have the same ones from superbrightleds.com

gotta love em


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Old 06-13-2006, 06:40 AM
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what color are your license plates LEDS ??? blue or white ??
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Originally Posted by JaN_MiChAeL_07
what color are your license plates LEDS ??? blue or white ??
the license plate LEDS are WHITE. But our eyes can never really see a PURE WHITE light being its a mixture of Blue, Green and Red. To our eyes we see BLUE because BLUE is the more powerful light color in the band. With VIOLET right above that

The human eye is more of a subject to the yellow color more than any other color there is.

How do I know this, sitting through Electronic Diagnosis for one week so far out of 3 weeks, I've learned SO MUCH about lighting its unreal
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Old 06-13-2006, 06:53 AM
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the license plate LEDS are WHITE. But our eyes can never really see a PURE WHITE light being its a mixture of Blue, Green and Red.
yeah i learned that in physics this year haha ... thus the acronym RGB like in photoshop or whatever ... yes i think it is very interesting also haha
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Originally Posted by Super_TC
I've tried the 6 LED and 5 LED vertically mounted bulbs from superbrightleds.com and neither give the same intensity on the bulbs in the Lexus.

I am not sure what the lexus bulbs looks like....

Can any of the Lexus dealer employees chime in here and describe them to us?
Is it just one huge LED or several small white LEDs??? What kind of socket do they plug into??

Thx
did you like the 6 or 5 LED bulb better?
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i got the 6 LED from ebay.....and they are the same intensity as my lexus.


LED's on my IS250 are a little less bright as

6 bulb LED's on my Tc........



I hope this helps, i used a paper plate on the lexus to illustrate the differences, but also keep in mind my lexus is black and the Tc is white so the intensity is different
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see to me the first picture i see a tint of yellow ...just a sligh tint

and the second i see a tint of blue
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that is what i thought......i think the aftermarket LED's are brighter and more white, but inside thecar they use the same through out they are very white.......wierd if you ask me
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What exact bulb am I supposed to buy from superbrightleds.com?
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Old 06-13-2006, 06:29 PM
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WLED 6-LED bulb
12 VDC 6-LED Wedge Base bulb (194/168 type)
Our brightest bulb of this type
Non Polarized
$ 2.79
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Old 06-13-2006, 08:17 PM
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I have the 5 led wide angle ones installed and will post a picture as soon as I get a chance. they reach a little firther down the lisence plate then the 6 led ones.
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Old 06-13-2006, 08:20 PM
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i opted for the 5 led ones because some of the leds are radially mounted.. and the bulbs in the license plate are mounted as such.

will get pictures once i get them in.
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Old 06-14-2006, 03:21 AM
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Sorry my camera sucks at taking pictures at night. But those are the 5 led wide angle ones.
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