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Old 02-27-2006, 05:49 PM
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Has anyone here tried using some of the LED bulbs such as those at

http://superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

in the back of yer P-cars? good? bad?
Old 02-27-2006, 09:24 PM
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Hi Mate,

I have fitted them in the back of my 993 they give a 10% increase in brightness and respond quicker to activation from the brake circuit also less power drain so I have also fitted them in the front side lights and the interior lights, the white light is much cleaner and a pure light as apposed to a yellowish colour

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Old 02-27-2006, 09:44 PM
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Do you guys have the part numbers for all of the exterior marker-type lights?

I can't seem to find them in the manual and would like to replace my front marker, side markers, tail lights, etc. with LEDs to match my HIDs.
Old 02-28-2006, 11:41 AM
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Do these LEDs require any extra resistors or wiring, or are they just plug and play?
Old 02-28-2006, 07:45 PM
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I converted all my lights to LED, all from a very local supplier! I tried 10 different types before I was really happy with them all. You'll need an led flasher relay.
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I am interested in buying the following:
-Orange LED Blinkers for the front corners
-Red LED Blinkers for the rear corners
-Super White Licence Plate lights for the rear bumper
-Red LED Brake Lights
-Any neccessary resistors or relays.

Can anyone tell me the part #'s that i need for my 1996 C4S?!?!
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Old 04-26-2006, 02:42 PM
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One more thing, you will need special LED's that are posisioned in a way that some of them point towards different directions to cover the whole lens. They have them where some of the LED's are actually positioned to shoot the light backwards. This way there's even light coverage hitting the reflector too otherwise you would only see a 2" circle of light coming out of your tailights.
The plug in replacements have resitors built in to work from 12V however with no load on the flasher they blink very fast. The fix to this is simply get a soid state flasher made for LED's.
The hard thing is to get the right LED's to cover the large area of out tailights. Chris
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1995 PORSCHE 911

Low beam headlamp
H1-55W
H1ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: the whitest and brightest Halogen

High beam headlamp
H1-55W
H1ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: the whitest and brightest Halogen

Parking light
7528

Front turn signal
7528

Rear turn signal
7528

Tail light
7528

Stop light
7506
7506LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

High mount stop light
%COM

Fog/Driving light
H3-55W
H3ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: the whitest and brightest Halogen

License plate
6418

Back up light
7506
7506LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
3893

Rear sidemarker
3893

Dome light
6411

Instrument-general
2721
Old 04-26-2006, 04:51 PM
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What is the part number for the relay I need? Also, what compnay should I by from for ht ebest light coverage?
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The "white" LEDs have a noticeably blue tint to them, which looks ricer to me. Maybe I'm an old curmudgeon, but I prefer the warm glow of the stock incandescent lights.
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But under a red lense they look red....which is cool...and the fast ON/OFF is very tech to me.
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