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03-10-2013, 07:54 PM
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| Interior LED Lights
Any recommendations for online/local places where I can get good quality led lights for car dome lights/door light/license plate etc?
I've searched around and found some cheap led lights, but unsure of the quality as I don't want the bulb to melt or something...
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03-10-2013, 08:04 PM
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#2 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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I've always purchased all my LEDs from eBay (HK sellers, whichever listing is cheapest). The LEDs you get in stores are from the same location anyway, but they drive the price up significantly higher than what they're actually worth.
I've never had any LEDs I purchased from eBay fail on me 
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03-10-2013, 08:10 PM
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#3 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Vleds is good too
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03-10-2013, 08:33 PM
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#4 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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autolumination or vleds are both good alternatives if you don't trust eBay.
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[13-03, 11:25] MG1 when you hit the brakes, it shoots cum at pedestrian - bukkake
[12-03, 19:06] meme405 That e30 is so mexiflushed I thought we were in albuquerque
[12-03, 23:03] rb when i see a modded element. I have nothing but respect. either the parents kicked him out or the guy is killing hookers in the back | |
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03-10-2013, 08:33 PM
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03-10-2013, 08:36 PM
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#6 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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autolismo.com is local
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03-10-2013, 09:13 PM
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#7 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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try sending icemiko a pm, I got mine (license plate lights) off of him for a great price and up till now they are still working perfectly fine and shines a very clear white light that just makes the rear of your car so much more appealing.
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03-10-2013, 09:13 PM
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#8 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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+1 for autolismo, guy name is thomas
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03-10-2013, 09:20 PM
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| www.LEDwholesalers.com
got a bunch for my VW. Works fine and ships quite fast.
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03-11-2013, 12:12 AM
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Our led has 1 year store warranty covered and price is almost same to ebay.
We got lots rs members' order, take a look of the led catelogue. ASR led lights | |
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03-11-2013, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by asr  Our led has 1 year store warranty covered and price is almost same to ebay.
We got lots rs members' order, take a look of the led catelogue. ASR led lights | I still need to talk to you about LEDs lol  | |
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03-11-2013, 12:59 AM
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I find that ebay leds arent even close to as bright as the ones ive gotten off icemiko and autolismo
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03-11-2013, 01:25 AM
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| Vancouver LED Shop | A brighter Light to a brighter Path
Bought a few leds from them and they have been working for over a year  Insanely bright too
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03-11-2013, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AW607 I still need to talk to you about LEDs lol | Np
Smoothie got his license plate LEDs installed today.
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03-11-2013, 01:55 AM
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#15 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by guesswho I find that ebay leds arent even close to as bright as the ones ive gotten off icemiko and autolismo
Posted via RS Mobile | Depends, some eBay ones are lame, others are good. HK ones are hit and miss, usually the ones from the US are better. In my experiences, anyway, lol.
10 SMD (I think) 194s from eBay. 
If you want insanely bright dome lights, get SMD boards. I also stuffed a 9 SMD board into my license plate ones once, but then took them out since I seriously thought I'd get cop trouble for having them look like reverse lights LOL.
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03-11-2013, 02:09 AM
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^honestly, I prefer projector led. It is wide angel and bright enough for license plate
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03-11-2013, 11:24 AM
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#17 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Hm, never tried projector LEDs, I guess I'll have to buy a few and see haha.
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03-13-2013, 08:16 PM
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#19 | | I don't get it
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i have ebay leds. even though they are super cheap, they are not the best quality. last pair of license plate led i bought were pretty good. but i wanted brighter ones, so bought another set. it came loose once in the license plate so had to shake my trunk to take it out. lol. i recommend you to find led (license plate type 168/194) at least 8smd.
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03-14-2013, 12:47 PM
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hidoutlet.ca AKA Super Garage in Aberdeen or Reaction in Crystal Mall.
You get local warranty.
I've bought online few times to save a few bucks and EVERY time a few are dead. Ended up just buying local and if I get a bad one they just replace it. Sure beats having to mail stuff back and forth, and waiting weeks.
IMO, for the $1 or so you save per LED it's not worth the hassle.
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03-14-2013, 01:21 PM
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#21 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Thing with projector LEDs is that the bulb has to be pointing outwards or it doesn't do much. On my q45 it didn't really do much. Whereas the same bulb used for reverse on a 05 wrx is blinding.
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05-20-2013, 11:24 AM
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autolismo.com is local, and will provide what you will actually need rather than over buying.
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05-20-2013, 09:43 PM
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#23 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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might be a little late on this but i just get them from dx...a month later it'll get to me which at times i have already forgotten....
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05-20-2013, 10:19 PM
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Ebay has been good for me as well, but usually comes with a 3 week wait. So if you don't want to wait, Autolismo and asr will probably be your best bets.
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05-21-2013, 01:22 PM
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Dooly from newcelica.org has been selling leds for yeaaaaars
seem like excellent quality ive been using leds from him for about as long as he's been open and haven't had a single problem yet (knock on wood)
his store Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce
sells kits for other cars as well (nissan/bmw/dodge/etc)
you could msg him if you dont see what you want on his site
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