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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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Headlight LEDs

I bought two 12 LED wedge type lights for my headlight a month ago, and they burned out. I was wondering if anyone else ordered them from superbrightleds.com and had them burn out? They looked really good while they were in there so if anyone has LEDs that have lasted in the headlight for a while let me know where you got them.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 03:26 PM
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LED headlight??
wow~
any pic?
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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...well, considering LEDs hate heat...and don't stand a chance against it...

i'm not surprised...superbrightleds are cheap anyway

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LED headlight??
wow~
any pic?
he said wedge LEDs, which are not for the actual headlights...
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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i bought tons of tons of LEDs.....6,9,12bulbs(brigher no question but)....they all burn out within a month or so..~~and now i changed all my LED to piaa 2 bulbs LED....last way longer.....they r worth it......
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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About a quarter of my bulbs from there have gone out and they were all interior and my sidemarkers.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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alright thanks. ill check out autobacs for the piaa 2 wedge leds, and superbrightleds.com is a rip off...
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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About a quarter of my bulbs from there have gone out and they were all interior and my sidemarkers.

O o..so much for my clear corners then..
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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ive had mine in for my city lights, corners and read plate since last may with no issues..
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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leds kinda suck for your side markers and blinkers, as they always burn out ot start to strobe =0/ best way out i found is the piaa hyper white bulb with bulb film on it "194 or 168" the apc's are a great bulb also

leds and heat = oil and water they dont mix well

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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Scootch
leds kinda suck for your side markers and blinkers, as they always burn out ot start to strobe =0/ best way out i found is the apc hyper white bulb with bulb film on it "194 or 168"

leds and heat = oil and water they dont mix well
leds arent a good idea for blinkers anyway, imo. there isn't much to gain from them. plus they just create more work for you since you have to deal with resistors or whatever...

i've only heard of superbrightleds burning out - even in the sidemarkers. i've used vleds, and other have used piaa leds, in sidemarkers without any issues (that ive heard of).

apc - isn't that the "ricer" brand at pepboys?
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by aHero4Eternity
leds arent a good idea for blinkers anyway, imo. there isn't much to gain from them. plus they just create more work for you since you have to deal with resistors or whatever...

i've only heard of superbrightleds burning out - even in the sidemarkers. i've used vleds, and other have used piaa leds, in sidemarkers without any issues (that ive heard of).

apc - isn't that the "ricer" brand at pepboys?
have to rememebr dif stroke for dif folks my main squeeze, but leds are just not the way to go

as for the apc, nawthey sold many places now and not a bad bulb at all, ive nvr had a prob when i had them
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by aHero4Eternity
leds arent a good idea for blinkers anyway, imo. there isn't much to gain from them. plus they just create more work for you since you have to deal with resistors or whatever...

i've only heard of superbrightleds burning out - even in the sidemarkers. i've used vleds, and other have used piaa leds, in sidemarkers without any issues (that ive heard of).

apc - isn't that the "ricer" brand at pepboys?
i've had vleds in for about 10 months and have had no problem...super affordable, looks great, and lasts. how can you go wrong?
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by speedracerg35
i've had vleds in for about 10 months and have had no problem...super affordable, looks great, and lasts. how can you go wrong?
vleds FTW!
 
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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I have had no problems with mine knock on wood
 
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:30 AM
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v-leds x 9 months
 
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