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Originally Posted by Mister-B
Tom, I'm not sure about LED, because I wanted a more traditional look, but when I did my cluster restoration, I went with Sylvania bulbs that are a tad brighter than stock. I found that autozone and other parts places were considerably more then the same exact sylvania bulbs from Walmart
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There are three different wattage bulbs that are common and fit our dash bulb sockets if you don't want to spend the $ on LED but just want something brighter.
161 bulb is 2.7 watts and draws 0.19 amps
194 bulb is 3.8 watts and draws 0.27 amps
168 bulb is 4.9 watts and draws 0.35 amps
General lighting is the 161 bulb with the brighter 168 typically in the turn signal indicators and warning lights for our trucks. Putting the 168's into the general lighting spaces makes a huge difference. I have done this to every old car & truck I have owned over the past 25 years with no issues from the slight increase in current draw.
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