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Old 10-22-2016, 10:44 AM   #156 (permalink)
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They're fantastic; the SMD towers I had in before were washing out in full sun, and I worried about visibility of the turn signals especially on the front, where the turn and (fairly bright) DRL are in the same housing (and unlike Chryslers and Audis, the DRL doesn't turn off when the turn signal is activated). These are now bright enough that I can see the light they cast from the driver's seat if there's a car in front of me, even at midday, and the reverse lights, which were basically nonexistent before, are like floodlights now. The price is steep, but I figure I'll never have to replace these. They consume more power than the SMD towers, 7 watts each, but that's still a 2/3 reduction from the stock 20W incandescents they replaced.
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