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LED retrofit lights

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Any /o/utists into retrofitting led lighting?

So far the results have been great. Really gives a nice effect over standard bulbs.

Bypassing bulb out checks has been a hassle, my interior footwell lights pulse as they are checked during startup and my foglights need load resistors that get pretty hot.
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Are LED and HID color temperatures measured the same, 5500K HIDs look more yellow than 5500K LED's
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>>16182009
So far I've only done my dash and interior lights that were there stock. My cars an 85 so there's not much to replace, but I was planning on doing my indicators, reverse, tail, brake and parking lights with leds at some point, just got to make it better to drive first.
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>>16182009
Did my jeep tj, there was a board mod to stop the rapid flashing bulb warning.
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>>16182009
i bought every single plug and play led i could from theretrofitsource

and some foglights too

actual retrofitting?

literally no one here has done it, not even you
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>>16182675
>actual retrofitting?
>literally no one here has done it, not even you
How do you mean? I've retrofitted lots of leds into my car
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Only the interior lights, I plan on doing the stop lights next because they turn on a quarter of a second faster than incandescents, followed by the indicator and marker lights

I'll probably do the foglights as well since I rewired them to run as DRLs

But the low beams will probably be replaced with HIDs since I have to open them up to take out the burnt lens because of the old halogens, may as well retrofit projectors if I'm going through all that trouble
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>>16182767
No you bought a led with a connector similar to the bulb its replacing

Thats not retrofitting
That's shopping
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>>16182860
I mean technically it is retrofitting but I can see your triggered so I'lol let you be right
So sorry fampai, I shopped a bunch of leds into my car.
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>>16182009
You're cancer. You're a faggot that's blinding other people on the road. Kill yourself. Headlights need to stay stock.
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>>16182860
>add (a component or accessory) to something that did not have it when manufactured

>car didn't have LED lights when it was manufactured
>add LED lights a decade after it was manufactured
>THAT'S NOT RETROFITTING REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>16182879
Are you confusing HIDs in halogen housings with LEDs?
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>>16182878
>>16182880
thanks for understanding
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>>16182883
All bulbs not in a housing designed for them will disperse the light improperly, blinding other motorists.
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>>16182959
And look at all the fucks I give
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>>16182963
So I was right. Kill yourself.
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>>16182983
No u

>waaah $0.50 chinese LEDs are illegal!
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>>16182959

OP here. Not everyone does it that way.

Headlights are HID's stock, just put in some nicer bulbs. 5500K so a nice white light.

Replaced the halogen fogs with LED specific enclosures (Morimoto). Finding a place to mount a load resistor was difficult.
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>>16182009
Only instrument panel lighting. Replaced incandescent (too dim) with UV LEDs.
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