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Old May 1, 2022 | 09:12 PM
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Has anyone done an LED lighting conversion? Headlights, fogs, turn signal, brake lights, side markers, back ups etc? Any help would be most appreciated!

2003 Monte SS

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Old May 2, 2022 | 08:28 AM
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Totally personal opinion, but I wouldnt bother for anything besides low/high beams. Ive had good experiences on improved light output with quality LED headlights.

My experience could be tainted as I tried converting some of the other bulbs (including interior bulbs) 10+ years ago so designs may have improved, but what I usually seemed to end up with was a much stronger light beam at the bulb, but much worse fill of the surrounding housing. Even the ones with strong side bulb output looked odd because it was uneven (ie you'd end up with rays of light in the housing coming off the arrays vs an even fill with a standard bulb).


Maybe the newer bulbs have become better in terms of wider angle LED output on the side arrays to more evenly fill the housing, but IMO the only thing that's going to enhance your driving experience is the headlights.
 
Old May 2, 2022 | 05:43 PM
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I've purchased the ZZP led headlight conversion kit. Didn't even have to re-aim the bulbs. Everything works perfectly, 15 minute installation. Light output is WAY farther, way clearer. Plus, the white bulbs look far far cleaner than the old yellowish bulbs.
 
Old May 3, 2022 | 09:59 PM
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My Monte is full LED. Headlights, turn signals, tail lights, interior lights. Bulbs have changed a bunch over the years. Amazon has so many choices to make your head spin. Only reason I made my high beams LED was so the DRLs were LED (only down side, it reports "Highbeam Out" on the cluster for a couple minutes when using the DRLs and then it goes out). I solved hyperflashing of the signals with modifying the flash module (aka the hazard switch). Which I have a listing selling the modded modules if you are interested.

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