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<blockquote data-quote="req" data-source="post: 516545" data-attributes="member: 555713">ok guys. heres the best place in the world to buy your lighting needs from.the MCD rating is the &#039;brightness&#039; of the light- an optical mouse is roughly 5000mcd (micro candela) for comparison ... they are mostly 5mm or 3mm things. you WILL need a resistor to hook them to 12v battery. you can get them there as well. there is a tutorial on how to hook these up, make sure you read it before you buy anything if you dont know what you are doing.1000 micro candela = 1 candela1 candela = 1 lumen (regular unit of light)so now you can compare.and you will need to learn to solder.<a href="http://www.lsdiodes.com/" target="_blank">LS diodes</a> lots of useful information, INCLUDING a link to a LED resistor calculator on its tutorial page.ill post a pic of my trunk with these inside.<a href="http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_info.htm" target="_blank">superbrightleds.com</a> is another site to get leds from, but lsdiodes has more variety and a better website.if you are looking to light up your car. this is the route for you. personally, ive ordered from them 3 times, and its taken no longer than a week to get my stuff. like i said, i should have pictures in the next 2 days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="req, post: 516545, member: 555713"] ok guys. heres the best place in the world to buy your lighting needs from. the MCD rating is the 'brightness' of the light- an optical mouse is roughly 5000mcd (micro candela) for comparison ... they are mostly 5mm or 3mm things. you WILL need a resistor to hook them to 12v battery. you can get them there as well. there is a tutorial on how to hook these up, make sure you read it before you buy anything if you dont know what you are doing. 1000 micro candela = 1 candela 1 candela = 1 lumen (regular unit of light) so now you can compare. and you will need to learn to solder. [URL="http://www.lsdiodes.com/"][SIZE=14px]LS diodes[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=14px] [/SIZE] lots of useful information, INCLUDING a link to a LED resistor calculator on its tutorial page. ill post a pic of my trunk with these inside. [URL="http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_info.htm"]superbrightleds.com[/URL] is another site to get leds from, but lsdiodes has more variety and a better website. if you are looking to light up your car. this is the route for you. personally, ive ordered from them 3 times, and its taken no longer than a week to get my stuff. like i said, i should have pictures in the next 2 days. [/QUOTE]

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