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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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These are the accent lights off of my K2 headlights. I've got two or three that are burnt out. Odd for an LED to die.

anyway. I checked Autozone while I was there getting a tail light and of course they had no idea. They told me to check the dealership and/or Radio Shack.

Ideas? Sorry I couldn't get any closer. My lens doesn't got any more than this.





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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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they kinda look like lil 74's... its hard to tell
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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^ Yeah they fit a regular housing... yep the 74 socket. Tried asking tech support thru K2 and they are asking me for my order #, THEN asked me if I had the part #.... wow.. I bought these off a Friend (-=MOD=-), and he got them off Ebay.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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thats where i got mine. what color are they?
do any of these look like it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5x-T5...item27b01b5f84


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super...item1e5a971628
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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^ Mine are white. I'd like to stay with the white ones. Unless someone else thinks a certain color would look good against a red Camaro with black accents.

Yeah, those look like it, but I'm not sure if mine are that deep. I held the bulb away from the screen until it was about the size of the one on the screen.. It COULD be. But $5 isn't an expensive mistake to make.


What a surprise. K2 customer support was no help at all.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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lol well i used some blue ones in my ac controls and my window switch lights and they look pretty sick i did them to go with my deck sense its blue too.
you might even find some for cheaper on there. those were just some i found real quick
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It's got a convex lens on the front of it and I'm having a hard time matching it up to anything close.

Here. I zoomed it in and sharpened the pic as best I could without it being too pixelated. I'll throw it in the OP also.


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Looks like a 194. The link might get blocked but check out autolumination. This bulb is listed as pn their site as "Order 194 168 W5W 2825 Single Led Bulbs (shown above): $2.49 ea". Its abuot 3/4's of thepage down.

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^ AWESOME!! Awesome!! You sir are the man!!

Got it! Gonna order a bunch of em.. Prolly 6, seeing as I have 6 lights. Just in case more burn out.. I hope this helps someone else.

"194 Oval Leds Bulbs Emits A Wide Beam Of Forward Light
Order 194 168 W5W 2825 Single Led Bulbs (shown above): $2.49 ea."

The center, pointless, lamps on the K2's take an 194 incandescent bulb. Seemingly the same socket as the 194 LED, but I swapped a known good LED bulb out and it popped it instantly. black to negative. Couldn't have had it in wrong. I'd like to put a 194 LED bulb in there as well, but if they're going to pop, I won't.. No idea why it did.

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^ AWESOME!! Awesome!! You sir are the man!!

Got it! Gonna order a bunch of em.. Prolly 6, seeing as I have 6 lights. Just in case more burn out.. I hope this helps someone else.

"194 Oval Leds Bulbs Emits A Wide Beam Of Forward Light
Order 194 168 W5W 2825 Single Led Bulbs (shown above): $2.49 ea."

The center, pointless, lamps on the K2's take an 194 incandescent bulb. Seemingly the same socket as the 194 LED, but I swapped a known good LED bulb out and it popped it instantly. black to negative. Couldn't have had it in wrong. I'd like to put a 194 LED bulb in there as well, but if they're going to pop, I won't.. No idea why it did.
Glad that helps. I am not sure why the LED went bad when you tried to replace it in the center bulb location. It should have been ok as long as the LED was placed in the correct orientaion. Possibly a cheap LED that maybe did not have a resistor to protect it?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 12:58 AM
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thats a good thing to look at when buying led bulbs for your car is to make sure they have the built in resistors like The Guz was sayin
just thought id say that
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Hmmm... I found some on ebay that had the resistor. Apparently they need it as they only require a milliamp or so to operate. Not sure on the voltage.
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