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Originally Posted by emmvette
I like the idea of the LED lights. Can you tell me more? The one you mentioned is a 30 unit rectangle; did you install two of these? Do they fit under the standard plastic light cover? How about the switch from MA; did you use one switch, or need to buy two?
With this many LEDs is it still a lot less amp draw than the standard bulbs?
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Here is the thread that got me into the LED thing:
http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20381
I put one of the 30 unit rectangles in each underhood light. They come in two pieces - the board with the lights and the festoon piece that snaps in where the factory bulb was. There are wires and plastic connectors on each piece, snap them together. I took electrical tape and taped it to itself (so no sticky) and put that as a backing to the circuit board. Then I used a couple small zip ties to hold the festoon and the wires tight to the board. Now I don't know how well they will hold up to water - and I really don't intend to find out..
As far as current draw - they gotta be way less then the factory ones. I had my hood open for 4 hours with the factory lights and killed the battery. Had it up for probably 6 hours the other day with the LED's and you couldn't even tell when I hit the key... They are MUCH brighter. You will only need one of the MA switches to run both hood lamps. Go through the thread above and there is info on both the hood lights and the interior LED's. My wife and I did all the interior lights to LED. MUCH better!
Here is a pic another member took of my car at an evening show couple weeks ago - you can see how bright the lights are even in daylight:
