I finally got around to put in my LED bulbs.
I did comparisons
Front Turn Signals (Stock vs SMD LED / Stock vs Cree LED / SMD LED vs CREE LED)
Rear Brake Lights/Turn Signals (Stock vs Morimoto X-VF RED LED)
Here is what I came up with.
First front LED, it was a tight fit to get into the socket but I got in and got used to it.
I was worried that the Cree would not fit due to its long and larger size but it fit in without touching the front part of the housing.
Cree was the brighter than the SMD but I must say I the stock bulb seemed brightest.
This is probably due to the fact that the stock bulb fills the entire cavity of the housing better and much fuller than the SMD and the Cree LED. The LEDs have dark spots within the cavity but it was bright in the center.
The Rear brake lights/turn signals.
The Morimoto LED was much brighter on center compared to stock but the stock bulb seems to fill the housing better and looks full compared to slight spots on the LED side. The LED tho looked cooler because the red matches the LED bars in the rear. The stock bulbs seem to be slightly orange like the turn signals so that was interesting. I originally thought the stock light was supposed to look red but its slightly orange the more I looked at the stock. Its probably due to the fact that the bulb is white/yellow and the red housing.
In turn after all the testing I decided to keep the stock bulbs on the front turn signals and rear turn signal/Brake light because I did the test many times over and over to make sure the results were what I thought they were and even asked others opinions as well. Stock just fills the housing/reflector much fuller than the LED upgrades.
These are just my results and my personal opinion so others might differ.
I may in the future try out other LED bulbs to see if I like them better.
By the way none of the LEDs had any Hyperflashing which was a relief.
If anyone wants to purchase these LEDs from me, just send me a msg.
These were handled with gloves and also they were only used and socketed for testing.
I am selling these.. Other than me testing them out, they are pretty much new/excellent condition.
$36.00 Free shipping in Continental US
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