put some leds in for front parking lights

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put some leds in for front parking lights

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picked up a pack of led 194 bulbs at the wallmart tonite, amazed at the brightness of them just got to put them the right way they have a positive and negative to them
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Re: put some leds in for front parking lights

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Were these Sylvania or ? My Advance store carries 3 (apparently) different Sylvania LED 194 bulbs, with prices ranging from $6 to $13 for each bulb.
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the pack says alpena comes with a 9 volt battery and a small push button switch, they were 14.99 plus tax for 2, they each have 5 leds on them. gona pop one back out tomorrow and see if they will work in the license plate light, they are about 1/4 longer then the peanut bulb
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What was your source? That is good pricing!
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got them at the good old walmart
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They must have been on sale because somebody made a mistake and spelled "bulbs" wrong on the package.
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I think it was spelled that way for the ricers lol
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"bulbz"? must be the way Chinese spell it.
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Has anyone else encountered Alpena 194 bulbs at a source OTHER than Walmart?
I found a bunch of Alpena LED's at Autozone, but no 194's.
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A friend upgraded to led and gave me his hid lights.
so i just installed 7x6 housings with amber led ()around the projector.
a 6" led light bar where the turnsignal went
wired the side marker to be turn signal.
not quite done but here is snap shot of headlights w/ led
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be able to see you coming now, you can see where your going lol
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I was in to my local parts for trucks store last week they have a super selection of led bulbz, gonna pic up a couple of 1157s to put in rear for tail/brake lights about 20 bucks each
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jimcrazy
the hid is huge improvement but housings not as good as my friends hella e-code may return these for them. (twice as much $$)
I tried led in rear and seemed to only have a small bright center on red and brighter red center with brake on
returned them as the regular 1157 lights up all the entire red plastic area better.
cant remember brand of them so let us know if the ones you try are a improvement.
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