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      05-07-2016, 07:25 AM   #54
coeeconomou
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More practical than ever

I guess this is dredging up an awfully old thread and maybe most people that care at all have already figured this out on their own; but as long as I'm on my first post tear I'll add this:

With the wild increase in LED availability and drop in price over the past several months, this mod is now trivially cheap and easy. You can pick up all the LED modules for your car on eBay or the like for just a few cents/per lamp. I think my total outlay to do my 7-bulb config was about USD$4. Most of the modules are T10 socket of various head shapes (most flat, some torch) with the glove box and some other points using 36mm festoon depending on your options equipped (visor, footwell, etc. if equipped). In the end, I'm not so sure I prefer the hard white light of the LEDs to the soft yellow of the incandescent OEM bulbs, but you can choose practically any color LEDs you want, and the decreased current draw and heat alone was worth the $ in my book.
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