Parking/Running light LEDs 06UP
09-26-2012, 03:40 PM
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That exposed circuit board looks a little iffy... I have had some 194 LED's made by AGT for 9 mos with no problems. They even mark on their assemblies which terminal is B+...
This is the description on the one's I'm asking about:
Stick LED T-Type Bulbs (168 / 194) - BEST
Parking Light Stick LED T-Type (168 / 194) Bulbs by Putco®, 1 Pair. These bulbs are the best choice and will provide you with the brightest light. They feature single point light projection and they're 18 times brighter than the OEM unit. Stick LED T-Type bulbs are made with LEDs from Nichia, the world's largest manufacturer of LED products. And they achieve this superior brightness with super low power consumption. Stick LED T-Type bulbs utilize your vehicle's original lighting fixture; no modifications to the wiring are required. They'll last up to 50,000 hours, have a lifetime warranty, and they're made in the USA
OK..I found a post that reviews the exact one I'm looking at (T Type) and provides a comparision to V-LEDS:
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/5972604-post6.html
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I have bought both, and like the Putco LEDs better. V-LEDs are more affordable, but the LEDs I bought from them eventually died after a while. I recently decided to purchase some Putco LEDs from Steve @ XenonDepot and although they were really expensive, they have a lifetime warranty to back them up, so at least I know that Putco will replace them if they burn out. I especially like their new Stick LED T-Type LED for 194 bulb applications. It only has one LED, but the color is spot on (like a 5000K if you go with the white color) and worked perfect for my parking lights. It is also a LOT brighter than any of the LEDs I installed before from SuperBrightLEDs and from V-LEDs. Attached are some pics. They look blue in some of the pics, but in real life they are actually white. The bulb on the passenger side is a regular 194 bulb.
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Two more replies in the forum on this LED 194:
*More LEDs does not equate to Brighter Light. Putco's new high wattage LED bulbs will be brighter than any other LED bulb in the market (automotive). They feature high quality Nichia LED diodes rated at 100 lumens per diode! They are also made right in Putco's USA facility located in Iowa :-)
**I can attest to what Steve is saying. The LEDs I had for my parking lights before were "refractor" type LEDs which had LEDs all over the place. When Steve recommended I purchase the Putco T-Type Stick LED I was a little skeptical about it since it only had one LED. I even told Steve that I wanted to go with the Putco 360 LEDs based on the fact that it had more LEDs. I went with Steve's recommendation and purchased the T-Type Stick LED and not only was that one LED brighter, but it also delivered in the color, delivering a pure white color, which I would rate at 5000K
Looks pretty decent to me.
Last edited by ronn1; 09-26-2012 at 04:33 PM.
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