LED's and Silverstars - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

maroman88 · 12-20-2007, 03:55 PM

i installed some white LED's in my clear parking lights and some silverstar bulbs in my fogs on the 95 Z28. i think it looks pimp

WildBillyT · 12-20-2007, 04:12 PM

Just don't cruise around with those Silverstars on all the time. They will burn out fast, and Sylvania has gone on record as saying that they designed them for non-constant use.

Teds89IROC · 12-20-2007, 05:58 PM

looks good, where did you get the LED's from?

maroman88 · 12-20-2007, 06:22 PM

egay! seller named cal-motor.

nice to know that now about the silverstars lol the glue is drying on the headlights that i just put them in too

Blackbirdws6 · 12-20-2007, 07:02 PM

looks pretty good but I'm big on the color temp of the lights matching. Careful with the parking lights being white since you can get pulled over if they flash white while in use.

I went with switchback LEDs, which will be white and flash amber keeping things legal. Last thing I need is to get pulled over for some stupid stuff and they actually look closer at my car lol.

-brian

maroman88 · 12-20-2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6

looks pretty good but I'm big on the color temp of the lights matching. Careful with the parking lights being white since you can get pulled over if they flash white while in use.

I went with switchback LEDs, which will be white and flash amber keeping things legal. Last thing I need is to get pulled over for some stupid stuff and they actually look closer at my car lol.

-brian

white is legal, i even passed inspection with white bulbs in the clear lenses, in every car ive ever had lol

Blackbirdws6 · 12-20-2007, 07:26 PM

sweet, learn something new everyday

quasar34 · 12-20-2007, 07:27 PM

yea i just brought my car to the hardcore inspection station in morristown where they inspect salvage cars and they passed me with white led's in my sidemarkers.. also in my old 4th gen they passed me with white bulbs in my clear corners..the switchback LEDs are cool tho, im gunna look into those

ar0ck · 12-20-2007, 09:12 PM

Fog lights are over-rated

The LED's in the side markers look good. Eventually I plan on switching all my exterior and interior bulbs to LEDs.

transamkid · 12-20-2007, 10:06 PM

i have silverstar sealed beams on the 94, they are pretty good. i just put them in with some pilot fog lights that HAD led's in them. took them out though

Untamed · 12-21-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by quasar34

yea i just brought my car to the hardcore inspection station in morristown where they inspect salvage cars and they passed me with white led's in my sidemarkers.. also in my old 4th gen they passed me with white bulbs in my clear corners..the switchback LEDs are cool tho, im gunna look into those

I thought the Morristown station was for trucks only?

Yeah everything I've heard about the corners has said they need to at least flash amber. The lenses can be clear.

chrisfrom nj · 12-21-2007, 08:25 AM

looks good

Fast92RS · 12-21-2007, 08:29 AM

nice. looks good

maroman88 · 12-21-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Untamed

I thought the Morristown station was for trucks only?

Yeah everything I've heard about the corners has said they need to at least flash amber. The lenses can be clear.

next time your out, look for a car that has stock clear lenses, crown vics, towncars, or watever, (the outer lense has an amber reflector but the inner lense blinks and is a clear lense) and see what color the bulbs are. people usually replace one in white and leave one in amber LOL

quasar34 · 12-21-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Untamed

I thought the Morristown station was for trucks only?

Yeah everything I've heard about the corners has said they need to at least flash amber. The lenses can be clear.

well there was a discrepancy with my old inspection sticker (got a sticker from someone shady, it turned out to be a fake that someone printed out and my car never got entered into the dmv's computer system)... a dmv agent saw the fake sticker when my car was parked, reported it, and the dmv sent me a letter telling me i could only bring it there or 2 other places further away to make sure it was road worthy and get it reinspected..

Teds89IROC · 12-22-2007, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6

looks pretty good but I'm big on the color temp of the lights matching. Careful with the parking lights being white since you can get pulled over if they flash white while in use.

I went with switchback LEDs, which will be white and flash amber keeping things legal. Last thing I need is to get pulled over for some stupid stuff and they actually look closer at my car lol.

-brian

very cool! where did you get them? and are they 1157? I want to switch mine over to white LED in the iroc. 1157 up front for the parking lamps and 194's for the sidemarkers.

Tru2Chevy · 12-22-2007, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

very cool! where did you get them? and are they 1157? I want to switch mine over to white LED in the iroc. 1157 up front for the parking lamps and 194's for the sidemarkers.

http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20319

Links in the last post.

- Justin

Teds89IROC · 12-25-2007, 09:28 PM

Nice, thanks. Maroman, how many LED's are in those bulbs you have? and are they wide angle or narrow?

maroman88 · 12-25-2007, 11:55 PM

ted, heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWN:IT&ih=009

i have pretty much the same ones in my 88 but with the older style base

Blackbirdws6 · 12-27-2007, 07:30 AM

I would recommend tower style LED's from www.autolumination.com . They evenly light up the entire housing which makes for an extremely clean look. These guys also offer very good customer service. Whenever I had a problem (rarely) they were quick to make me happy.

They have tons of other styles as well. Pricey but worth it.

-Brian

maroman88 · 12-27-2007, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6

I would recommend tower style LED's from www.autolumination.com . They evenly light up the entire housing which makes for an extremely clean look. These guys also offer very good customer service. Whenever I had a problem (rarely) they were quick to make me happy.

They have tons of other styles as well. Pricey but worth it.

-Brian

actually thats what i bought at first, just one to try it out, and it was to big and wouldnt fit in the housing! maybe the 3rd gens have a bigger hole? lol my luck huh

Blackbirdws6 · 12-27-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by maroman88

actually thats what i bought at first, just one to try it out, and it was to big and wouldnt fit in the housing! maybe the 3rd gens have a bigger hole? lol my luck huh

weird. I think you meant smaller hole for the 3rd gens but thats still odd it didnt fit.

Teds89IROC · 12-27-2007, 06:26 PM

ah thanks. I was checking out autolumination and there stuff is crazy expensive! Anyone have experience with superbrightleds.com? and thanks for pointing out how it didn't fit the 3rd gen housings. Otherwise, I'd probably spend the $$ for those tower style for the parking lamps because they are huge and I'd definitely want the entire housings to light up, or at least evenly. Hmm, I'll have to see what to do

maroman88 · 12-27-2007, 06:41 PM

ted they didnt fit my 4th gen. i have a regular plain LED in my 3rd gen

Blackbirdws6 · 12-27-2007, 07:10 PM

again really strange. I've had no trouble fitting the big towers into any of my factory and aftermarket housings. Too long or too wide?