LED review:Dash yes, Clearance Lights no

[RuralRoute C-30]

So I tried this on the c-30 just to see how it works. Personally, and this is just my own opinion, I am staying with oem bulbs on the outside. Saw no respectable increase in light and the amber lense with the natural white bulb is wrong for what I want. It just ain't right from what I saw. Still, to be fair, there are other choices I could have made in the bulbs. These are the 5 light Wx5 bulbs.

But, since I had the bulbs, six all total, one as a spare for the cab, I tried them out on the gauge cluster project/rebuild. Here they are perfect for the type of lighting I wanted. Now I can see the gauges at night and still have not finished closing in the gauge cluster with the speedometer or bezels so it should be even brighter when done.

Just my 2 cents for anyone interested. Yet even the pics show I gain barely anything if at all for the clearance lights. Actually I even lined the one on the right with some chrome heating-duct tape I had around here to see if that would reflect brighter to make a difference between the two I did change on the cab. Not much if any difference from what I see plus they wouldn't match the existing lighting on the rest of the truck. Better for me to stay with the oem on the outside. You be the judge.


Gauge project:





For the money I do see major improvement in the dash though...originally I tried the oem bulbs, these are definitely brighter!

For now, at least on this truck, dash light led's yes, clearance light led's not necessary.

Mark