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dan-sport
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29th Apr 08 at 18:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have blue dash bulbs and their no where near as bright as my mates who has red bulbs how do i get my blue to be brighter?? cheers

[Edited on 29-04-2008 by caribic_dan]
dan-sport
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29th Apr 08 at 18:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
anyone???

[Edited on 29-04-2008 by caribic_dan]
deano87
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29th Apr 08 at 19:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Are they bulbs, or LEDs?

If bulbs, you tried moving the brightness adjuster under the headlight switch?

If LEDs, nothing
dan-sport
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their leds i remember seeing somewhere that if their blue your suppose to rub them down alittle bit to get them brighter is this right?
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yes thats right
rub them down a little so the tops flat not round
deano87
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I had flat top blue LED's, they were still shit. Then along with a loose connection, they used to flicker for shit.

Standard yellow bulbs ftw
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29th Apr 08 at 22:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what is this flat top business? i could use this help as well, mine arent tht bright (got the blue ultimatemods.com set) how do i go about flattening them?
dan-sport
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29th Apr 08 at 22:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
from what i remember u use grade 600 sanding paper or something lol but im remembering from along time ago lol so i could be wrong
dan-sport
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29th Apr 08 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i want mine to be this bright

http://corsasport.co.uk/carimages/652/randoms11_005.jpg
luke85
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29th Apr 08 at 22:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have LED ones in the dash but theyre not very bright either, they came as standard with flat tops. Do we know a company which sells the brighter bulbs because surely thats what the problem is?
dan-sport
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i have the round ones from ebay that alot of people have but it seems to be just blue my mate had red ones from the same place and their fine
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mine standard round topped from eBay
dan-sport
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how are yours this bright?
Kenzie
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30th Apr 08 at 16:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
With the round topped one, as you can see in the pic above, you get 'hot spots'; where the LED is brightest.

With a flat top on the LED it spreads the light out more so you cant actually see where the LED is, giving a more even light
Rob_Corsa
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rubbing the end of the LED's is intended to spread the beam, not make them brighter. In my experience it has very little effect and you end up with 3 bright patches as in the photo above.

If you can put up with green or red then just get the tinted bulbs. Blue is too dark in bulb form.
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so using grade 600 paper you just rub the top of them down? how much do i need to rub them?

 
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