Paul350Z

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It would seem that one of the biggest vendors of LED lights is selling stuff that is beyond second rate. My car is 16 months old and has all of 2200 miles on it. It sits in the garage and goes for a ride once a week, mostly during daylight hours so I'm not even using my lights often.

So far I've had my overhead festoon light go completely - it started flashing on and off rapidly and then just gave up completely. The vendor said what are you talking about, you're the only one complaining.

Tonight I noticed that one of my tag lights is out. I pulled the thing out and checked it out. When it turns on it stays lit for about 30 seconds with 3 of the 6 LED's and then just dims down to nearly nothing. Popping the other side open I find two of the six LEDs dead on that side.

I look at the two small lights in the headlights and they two are bad with each of them showing just three of the six LED's working. Those I would almost expect to go bad due to the heat but that doesn't explain the festoon light in the cabin nor the tag lights all with similar problems.

For those of you counting that five lights dead in about 20 hours worth of use. I highly recommend against LED lights and will be swapping mine back to normal as I get the chance. I'm not willing to spend a dollar an hour on LED's and then risk the ticket or traffic stop for a light that's out. I don't need to go looking for a reason for a traffic stop.

Anyone want to buy some half-*** LED lights cheap?

abyss

Who did you get yours from? I get my L.E.D's from Varrad and have used them for years.

cessna

In theory, LED lightbulbs should last for years......
My headlamp (BlackDiamond) has a row of 7 lights... I`ve been using it for 5 years now, and havent had to replace a single LED....

usmanasif

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I ordered a pair of 168s from superbrightleds.com just this morning! Paul, IIRC, you bought yours from them too. Oh well...I guess I'll have to wait for mine to go out too. Shame!

sq40

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I have been using PIAA and Varad LEDs for years with good luck.

mista350z

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i bought some festoons on ebay from jpwarden i think the name is. they worked fine for like a week then it started doing that . flashing fast and then finally dying on me. i thought it was just that one. i emailed the seller. he said he couldnt do anything.

so i actually bought some new ones to replace my dome lights. worked a few days and died. i dont know if it is those particular festoons from hong kong but i need to find out if i should get the piaa leds. if not im just going to buy the regular superwhite bulbs.

ares

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most of the asian made variants from superbrightleds or autolumination, or anything like those; are overdriven, and soldered by a monkey. if the solder joints dont give, the LEDs will. they are what they are, cheap LED bulbs. for that purpose, they are great.

Im not badmouthing them because I sell bulbs, I sell all of 1 bulb size; and at 30$ a set, not expecting to compete with any of those bulbs. so Im just stating the obvious. I used to buy autoluminations broken bulbs to salvage their plastic bases off of. needless to say, there were plenty of broken bulbs to buy from them.

InZomniac

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My club has had multiple problems with Festoon bulbs as well Paul.

Voboy

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Those Festoon lights didn't come cheap either. I bought some a month ago however I rarely leave the maplights set to the doors so they haven't gone out on me. Only really used at night. But that's a shame to know that they will be going out soon enough. I really liked the way they made the interior look too

Paul350Z

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But if the cheap LED's result in a ticket (or series of tickets!) those LED's become expensive very fast. I need some quality ones and I've been through both of the above companies products with less than a good experence.

JPsZ

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can someone point me to where i can get replacement leds for my license plate? i too bought those damn leds on ebay and it worked for about a week.

COJ_General

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yup....im having the same problem with LEDS that I bought from both those companies...where do i get Varad LEDs from?

mista350z

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what type of dome light bulb is everyone using. i bought the cheap festoon 9 led hyper white dome light on ebay that was made in china. it keeps going out on me. anyone have any other recommendations?i had the regular style light bulbs in my old car made by piaa hyper white and those worked and they were bright. but i want some typer of led and cannot find some brand name ones on ebay. can someone help with a link or where to buy?

sq40

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I have been using Varad LEDs in the Dome light for over 2 years.

HockeyZ39

My dome lights have lasted for a year and I have them set to come on when the door is unlocked/opened.

mista350z

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where do i buy varad leds?

mista350z

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what kind do you have?

sq40

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You can get them directly from Varad. TOP Quality Products;

http://www.varad.com

Their Online Store;

http://mivasecure.abac.com/varad2/me...T&Store_Code=V

mista350z

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is this the one you have?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-VARAD-dome-l...QQcmdZViewItem

sq40

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I cant remember if it was the 'Medium" or the "Long" version of that very bulb. The "Amber/Orange" color matches the Z's Interior lights PERFECTLY.

Here are the rest of the bulb sizes for the car;