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      01-02-2012, 11:11 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by GammaZeta View Post
I did, but I am still confused:

"there are 2 common types of LED's, 5050smd and 1210smd

each 5050smd is as bright as 3 1210smd, so a 6smd 5050 festoon bulb is as bright as a 18smd 1210 festoon bulb"

How the hell am I supposed to know what to buy after that?
Here's what I put in my trunk. The kit that was suggested by the OP comes with a festoon which a Z4 non-M does not have.

Here's the kit I bought from eBay for the Z4. This is what the OP suggested buying. I haven't tried figuring it out yet, but you can probably put together your own set cheaper but it's a bit of a pain in the ass to do.

I thought the reading lights were a bit too dim so I tried replacing them with these but it didn't make too much of a difference because you still only have one LED that's really facing downwards. It's not like the inside of the housing is reflective and the other lights on the sides would help.

So after ordering some extra LEDs and playing around with them a bit, I'm basically using the same LEDs that came with the kit except for the one in the trunk.
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