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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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So the stock reverse lights suck, terribly, especially behind some vht, so i got some led's and put them in, here's the before and after and comparisons

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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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What LEDs did you use?
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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i got them off of ebay from a lady named jacky that i highly recommend, a link to her site is here:

http://stores.ebay.com/ExtremeBrightLEDs
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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wow ima have to get me a set, idk y gm made such crappy reverse lights
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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she also did my interior leds that i have, good quality stuff, pretty cheap too
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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I say maybe for me, look good though...
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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cool **** i just got a set mine are 9 led the look a little bit more blueish then yours. you said you had vht nightshade covering the lenses cause i want to do that but i thought it had a reddish tint to it. mine were only 10 bucks, after i bought um i saw all kinds of different types with mre leds and what not.

im not sure if they work the greatest but they deffinatly look sweet. my goal is to fase out all regular light bulbs in my monte. its 2010
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 10:10 PM
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lol i think the older night shade was a kind of reddish but not sure, i used the newest stuff they came out with, not sure if theres a difference your reverses might be a bit darker too making them look a little more bluer
 
Old Feb 8, 2010 | 11:21 PM
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you have a pic from inside the car looking out?

my rear is tinted 18% and it sucks backing up when there is no other light around. been wanting to install some bulbs that are brighter. i have clear back up lenses too.
 
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I did the switch to LEDs in my reverse lights and it looks nicer, but they didn't seem to project the light good for me
 



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