Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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bugman
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Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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Anyone know the specific led's i will need to replace all the exterior running lites? Will this require replacing the entire light or simply replacing bulbs, as I did with the interiors? Also wanted to replace the front lights since they produce very poor lighting while driving at night. 2005 43' safari panther. Thanks in advance.
stemo76
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Re: Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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most of the time you can replace with an LED 194 bulb. I am not sure you gain much by doing so. Seems the reflectors/lenses don't do as well with LED bulbs. The marker lights that are LED usually have a strip of LEDs to give out a nice light.
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Re: Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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Be sure, when replacing incandescent bulbs, that the color output is the same of the led light is the same color as the lens.

This is MANDATORY!

Do not use a white led bulb behind a colored lens.
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Re: Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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I have converted all my exterior and interior lights to led. The 194 bulbs for clearance were whiter and brighter I had to replace the lens as well.
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stemo76
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Re: Converting Exterior running lites to LED

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Ahrmless wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 11:17 am Be sure, when replacing incandescent bulbs, that the color output is the same of the led light is the same color as the lens.

This is MANDATORY!

Do not use a white led bulb behind a colored lens.
This helps a lot if you don't want to replace the assembly.
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