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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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Default Whats the crack with LED's

Bought a set of angel eyes of fleabay for my e36 bimmer an they not that bright. do you get brighter LED's?
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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there ment as side lights mate,,,,,,, that means there dull and not used as main driving lights

anymore info is available on www.maxpower.co.uk

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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
there ment as side lights mate,,,,,,, that means there dull and not used as main driving lights

anymore info is available on www.maxpower.co.uk

ur such a cock sometimes!

all i asked was do you get brighter led's than others?
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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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They dont use LEDs, how dull are they?

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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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not quite as bright as yours!
i had to solder capacitors into the lives of the angel eyes. could these affect the brightness?
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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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You get varying quality of wire, the best being CCFL ones. Depends on what you pay as to how bright and sharp they are
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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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Because there off ebay

Market crap!

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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by EIL132
They dont use LEDs, how dull are they?
mine do.
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