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Originally Posted by Ryland
It depends on the LED, the LEDs that I use have a 180° spread so they are just as bright from the side as they are straight on, it hurts to look at them without a lens to defuse them.
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I had to think of this too.. I go two at 120 degree to utilize a back reflector in its socket already in place...
side markers I bought at 90.. made to look pretty can be focused..they do not have a back reflector if anyone hasn't noticed.
another bonus in my own vehicle is the license plate lights are under a rim that catches crud in the bad weather and dust etc..
I found chemistries happen on the hot incandescent areas..as well as ionization, (the rim or handle I refer to is all aluminum).. exactly wrong for leaky sockets and bulbs. the led can fix this.
also, back to reflectors in the sockets.. oem seemingly uses one bulb for all things. side marker, and license plate can be two specific items now, and colored.
I stop with led upgrade at the 194 sockets only.. I only have 14 lights. the 1157/1156 last forever precisely in safe places, brightly, and I bought incandescent headlights with xenon gas instead of the cheap radon iron suckers that all of us have had for 50 years... one does not have to do the whole car to benefit.