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So trial and error, none of the resistors works well enough, the lowest that I got was 560ohm 1/4w. The LEDs still light up but they are very dim. It reads 2.5v when I test it after the resistor and testing it causes the LEDs to turn off. Since they are only $1 for a pack I will go back and test some smaller resistors.
I did as above and tested the current, I found when wired up just the LEDs on a 12v source (it's raining out so I didn't want to go test with the car running and had a 12v inside) 131.2mA for 1 LED strip, 6.7mA when the resister is wired in series.
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