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Originally Posted by stevesnj
I am loving the LED lights for cars and so far I converted over my LandCruiser and now I'm going to do the 86. So I finally got my LED's from China and they look great! I waited for a few weeks specifically for the red rear signal bulbs, that will replace the amber, which project the light towards the reflector creating a nice even bright light. The front switchbacks I had to wait also to get the proper lumens that matches the filament bulb lumens for amber and white. White is 6k and amber 3k in the switchback. I had an issue with all the bulb bases as they are tight putting in the socket. I pushed the bulb's in and they kept on popping out of the socket. They worked but they would pop out. Weird! So I took them out and pushed more firmly and they slid right in farther into the socket. One of the front switchbacks and one of the rear red signal bulbs fell into the housing. Yikes. Getting the front switchback out was easy wit a claw grabber, in the rear no such luck so since the bulb uses metal prongs I attached a magnet to the end of a piece of wire and went fishing. Took a couple of minutes but it worked out nice. Also the wire for the rear socket is way short and meant for a smaller filament bulb and the LED is longer so I had to place the LED into the housing and holding wit a pliers I pushed on the socked. I pushed it fully into the socket base using my hands. The rear bulbs are polarity sensitive so I tested them outside the housing and marked with a sharpie the proper orientation.
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Nice fishing skills, sir.
Links to the LED's you used? The temperature difference vs headlights for the front switchbacks really bothers me for the ones I got (corn cob / diamond style emitter)