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    Posted: 07 Oct 2014 at 6:16am
led's arrived and installed; 8 days to get, not bad.  boy, are they a bear to get in!!, but did so without breaking any.  really like them.  thanks for the suggestion on where to purchace.  hogone
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Sep 2014 at 3:03pm
Originally posted by RescapePod

Speaking of led lights. My 2015 179 has all led. They are bright. They also have 2 flat led sets in each light. Is there any way to switch on just I side. The doubles are actually to bright!


The newest pods, including all 179's, have a different style fixture, with the LEDs as a native instal. You cannot swap them out the way the older pods do. There have been many comments about how bright the factory LEDs are. The answer that seems to make people the happiest is to frost the inside of the lens.
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A note about "warm white".  As I mentioned in the Salem-mod thread, if you aren't careful when you search for "warm white", you may get 4000k coloring and not 3000k.  I ended up not minding the 4000k color but if you want the same color as the original incandescents then you want 3000k.
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You would have to get a double-throw switch to replace the existing switch, with some minor rewiring in the fixture.  
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Speaking of led lights. My 2015 179 has all led. They are bright. They also have 2 flat led sets in each light. Is there any way to switch on just I side. The doubles are actually to bright!
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Posts: 1060 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Sep 2014 at 8:40pm
ordered the ones on ebay; looks like they all come from china no matter where you order from including amazon
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Its the difference between the harshest, cheapest, 4' fluorescent lightfixture hanging over a workbench in an auto shop and the warm, inviting, slightly golden glow of a bedside lamp*.




*Somewhat overstated for dramatic effect - but you get the idea.
so use warm for romantic effect & the other for a worklike atmosphere...
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just want to make sure, thanks, warm it is!!!  and the price is for 10 right?Embarrassed
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Sep 2014 at 9:33am
Originally posted by hogone

again, just curious on opinion.  whats the difference between cool white and warm white

Its the difference between the harshest, cheapest, 4' fluorescent lightfixture hanging over a workbench in an auto shop and the warm, inviting, slightly golden glow of a bedside lamp*.

*Somewhat overstated for dramatic effect - but you get the idea.
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Posts: 1797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Sep 2014 at 9:16am
Warm white is around 2700 degrees Kelvin, a warm yellowish light similar to the the factory bulbs. Cool white is around 3500-4000 K, a bluer white.  
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