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rou · 04-12-2012, 02:32 PM

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So I have been seeing all of these LED conversions for our trucks, which makes a lot of sense. What I don’t understand is why they are so expensive. I did a little research and came up with a few components that were too cheap not to try out. Here is what I came up with:
I first researched LEDs and came up with these from Lightobject. $12.45 all in

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I then went to Radio Shack and bought terminal and bus strips. $5.54

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So I took a new light I got from Brothers (nice piece) and started drilling.

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04-12-2012, 02:32 PM	#1
rou I can see the finish line! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: York County, Maine Posts: 88	$17.99 Cargo Lamp to LED Third Light conversion To read the original thread and discussion on this topic go here- LINK So I have been seeing all of these LED conversions for our trucks, which makes a lot of sense. What I don’t understand is why they are so expensive. I did a little research and came up with a few components that were too cheap not to try out. Here is what I came up with: I first researched LEDs and came up with these from Lightobject. $12.45 all in I then went to Radio Shack and bought terminal and bus strips. $5.54 So I took a new light I got from Brothers (nice piece) and started drilling. __________________ 1971 C20 402BB In the process of a rebuild now Our first Build - '71 C20 LWB Last edited by augie; 05-06-2012 at 11:55 PM.