I'm not really feeling the look of the clear corners turned on with the amber bulb. So what bulbs have you guys got (color)? I'm thinking white right now. I would do the LED DIY but don't wanna break em lol. Heres pics of what mine look like now:







And those white marks in image one, I'm not sure what that is. I don't see it with my own eyes, just something that showed up in the picture.

 

I like the amber color. Or you can just stick a clear (white) bulb in there. Just don't stick ricer blue in there.

If you don't like the amber reflecting with the light OFF, then try these LED bulbs, I got them at autozone: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=343445_0_0_
Clear when off, but a nice deep amber with lit.

 

Yea I think white bulbs flow better with my BS G.

 

Ebay.. Search for "194 5 SMD LED bulbs". You can get 2 for less then $4 shipped. These are the same bulbs that work in your trunk light, clearance strip (03-05), and License Plate lights, and will swap out directly with the OEM bulbs with no modification needed..

 

O wow, thanks for telling me. Time to get some for the trunk too. I need some new clearance lights too, cause when I bought the car, one of the clearance lights didn't work.

 

So 5 SMD is bright, but 12 SMD is brighter? The ones I'm looking at are from iJDM Toy I guess is the company. There top rated seller so I guess their reliable and not over seas. Whats the difference between these:

http://tinyurl.com/68bdac6
http://tinyurl.com/69g3v6r

and heres the 5 SMD ones.
http://tinyurl.com/3bqf7zz


Edit: Just looked em up, they seem legit.

 

I got pics, mine are white. I took the pics during the day so its hard to tell the light is on, but it is in the third pic.

 

I love when my threads get moved to sub topics so nobody sees it... o joy.

 

Not sure if you have seen but we do retrofits for corners . Ours are very bright and definitely visible in daytime .

https://g35driver.com/forums/exterio...retrofits.html

 

I would F something up.

 

The number of SMDs on a bulb do not necessarily make it brighter...



If both bulbs are the same length, but one has 12 SMDs and the other has 5 SMDs.... the main factor is SMD surface area (assuming both SMD globes have the same wattage) ... more surface area usually means more light output.

My personal experience with chinese ebay SMD globes is: globes with 5 (larger) SMDs is better than the ones with 12 (smaller) SMDs.

BUT at $3 a globe, theyre cheap in quality too and pretty weak in output (and the headlight style bulbs are only 1/4 the strength of filament globes). Better off spending the extra $$$ for quality made ones, eg: LEDMARKERS.com

 

Not exactly surface area . Lumen specs and viewing angle is what makes for brightness . Smaller smds are usually around 3 lumen 120 degrees and bigger 5050 style usually around 6 lumens 120 degrees .These are the standard leds used in most premade bulbs . The smaller the viewing angle the more intence it will look but you loose fill light like a wide 120 degree . The smd LEDs we use are 26 Lumens 120 degree in the same size package as the chineese 6 Lumens . This means that the LEDs we use are 4.3 times brighter than premade 5050 led bulbs . We use some LEDs that go as high as 900-2000 lumens like the HP LED turn signals and reverse lights we make . These require massive heatsinking to reach that type of brightness .LED technology is growing at a insane pace right now and the only stopping every car manufacturer from replacing HIDs completly is heat dissapation . More effeciant LEDs which require less cooling are coming out all the time now and in 5 years HID will be completly replaced by LED .Companies like audi,toyota are already producing cars with LED lowbeams with HID brightness

 

haha i was trying to keep it simple

 

Here are mine. They are bright white LEDs. Direct plug in.





edit:
Just in case pics dont show...
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3016/img0237y.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8272/img0313yb.jpg

 

Nice. Do you have pics?

When turned on, does it look "weird" that the amber side marker LED is a different shade than the amber light in your headlights?