abadv8

Good evening all,

I have been searching for this information, and am having a hard time nailing anything down. Can anyone tell me if they have tried using the "superbrightleds dot com" style replacement bulbs in their exterior lights (i.e. stop, tail, corner, marker, etc)?

I see that some people have used the standard low output type LED's, but wonder if the SMD type LED's might be a bit better.

If anyone has used them, what are your thoughts? Were they worth the money? How is the light distribution? Did they create a "hyper" flash scenario?

I'm seriously debating dropping the cash in light of the upcoming summer, and getting my Prelude out on the road again. I dig the way LED's tails flash, as they reach full intensity in microseconds vs. milliseconds, and don't have that pesky blackbody radiation issue that tungsten filament bulbs do. Sorry, I went all "nerdy engineer" there. In short, the look is cool, and they offer some great safety features, but I'm not willing to give up the overall aesthetics or performance of the OE system for something sub par.

I look forward to reading your responses.

Thanks,

Sean

Shimee

Unless you get load resistors you will get hyperblinking with LED bulbs, regardless of the bulb. But besides that, you'll be disappointed in the performance of LED bulbs especially if you're going to drop that kind of money on the overpriced stuff at superbrightleds.

The only difference you will see is the tail light being redder, and the brake light coming on quicker. The light output will be a little less. Side markers are the only thing worth putting LEDs into from my expereience.

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abadv8

Thanks for the replies.

So, it kind of sounds like the LED’s available on the open market are still being refined. This is disappointing. I would have thought that with the advent of SMD LED’s, replacing the OE incandescent bulbs would have shown an improvement.

So, what is my alternative? I would really like to convert all of the exterior lamps (except the headlamps) to LED. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.