Best LED license plate bulb?
04-06-2011, 05:36 PM
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Best LED license plate bulb? Ok so I'm looking for a LED I can just plug and play for my license plate that is pretty simple and will be white. I don't want any of the blue-ness..so just something white with decent brightness, nothing crazy.
What do you guys recommend?
Thanks.
What do you guys recommend?
Thanks.
04-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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As far as I know, you have two choices! The bulb in the license plate light housing is a 194. So you can either, 1. Find the brightest 194 LED you can and swap them out, or, 2. Wire in an LED strip. A bunch of us on here have wired in LED strips.
The housing the bulb sits in cuts down on the light output a bit. If you want it to JUST light up your plate, find a bright LED replacement (superbrightleds.com)
If you want it like THIS, get a strip! All you have to do is quick splice the power/ground wires from the LED strip into the wires that go to the original plate light, then stick the strip up in the bumper.
The housing the bulb sits in cuts down on the light output a bit. If you want it to JUST light up your plate, find a bright LED replacement (superbrightleds.com)
If you want it like THIS, get a strip! All you have to do is quick splice the power/ground wires from the LED strip into the wires that go to the original plate light, then stick the strip up in the bumper.
04-06-2011, 06:17 PM
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I got a 194 SMD bulb and it looks great. I don't have any pics, but its a nice bright white. I just wanted to get rid of the yellow tinge. The LED strips will light it up MUCH better, but I don't like the light cutoff it creates on the ground. I would definitely have gotten an LED strip if it was possible to avoid it.
04-06-2011, 07:22 PM
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Mine's a 48 diode SMD panel..., paid $3.50 including shipping to Canada off ebay. Some guys don't like the light cutoff from the bumper, I personally love it. It looks amazing going down the highway with a set of HID foglights with a front cutoff as well.
Oh, should also mention it is completely plug and play, it comes with a T-10 bulb adapter so all you need to do is mount the panel.
Oh, should also mention it is completely plug and play, it comes with a T-10 bulb adapter so all you need to do is mount the panel.
04-07-2011, 10:04 AM
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I'll prob try a 194 LED first and see how it looks. FordHater, when I said I didn't want something super bright that should have alerted you lol.
Edit: What degree beam should I be looking for?
Edit: What degree beam should I be looking for?
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04-07-2011, 02:42 PM
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I did read that. I just thought thought I'd show you whats out there... Clearly if you are making a thread about a standard led license plate bulb you don't know whats available.
