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LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by Raj » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:15 pm

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N'ah, won't be that bad.
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Until it melts the housing.....

Let me know.  ;)
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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by Sanj » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:43 pm

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Such a pessimist...
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Realist.
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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by Raj » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:48 pm

[quote="Sanj"]
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Such a pessimist...
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Realist.
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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by dark_stranger » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:33 pm

I took one of my angel eye units out today and its a 10w bulb, so is a 3w or 5w LED unit going to be brighter? 

Would 25w LED units cause issues?  what about 10w's?

on a sidenote, i realised why my passanger side indicator stays on all the time if i put my lights on.  As if the angel light fails, it makes the indicator light the sidelight.  And as one of my angel eyes isnt working, the indicator lights up instead.

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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by dark_stranger » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:40 pm

Also, some LED units have the word "marker" in the description. Are these different?

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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by Horizon » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:21 pm

Angel eyes are labeled marker lights (side lights ) ive had this problem before and its turned out to be a bad earth. check the earh connection to that bulb.
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Re: LED Angel Eyes - Bright & White, Which ones?

Post by Raj » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:31 pm

Unless you go with a higher wattage led bulb then they won't be brighter but just whiter. I'm still unsure about the 25w cree ones (in terms of heat) but they must surely be very bright and white.

They are referred to as markers by some.

Indicator staying on is a sign of bulb out on that side.
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