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Is it possible to just Plug and Play with LED bulbs instead of doing all that complicated steps of installing ballasts for HID/XENONs? If they're easy as plugging them in and go, that's the way I would prefer. Also LED use less power so I'm assuming ballasts or controllers are not needed. They look bright as F!

I have halogens in mine and they are pretty crappy.
 

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usually if a car mfg. does an LED turn signal, its a huge light bar of some sorts because just a single LED bulb is hard to see during the day time when its blinking.

LEDs are usually "directional" lights, where a halogen bulb spreads its light 360degrees.

also with the "blinking" of an LED. its fully on once it reaches a certain voltage, so it literally blinks. where's a halogen bulb starts illuminating as soon as it gets power, it may be dim, but it is still lit. this little difference also allows your eyes to track and see the blinking bulb a lot easier, because your eyes will be able to notice the halogen bulb lighting up to its full brightness and then dimming back down and back up again as its blinking.

where an LED will just turn on once it hits a voltage, then turn back off as the voltage goes back down.

when I had my focus back in the day, I almost got re-ended because I put LED bulbs in my rear taillights and the driver behind me didn't see them quick enough and had to brake hard, so after that I went back to halogen bulbs.

if you can make a board or get a big enough LED bulb to throw the light in a 360 degree patter as close as possible then it may be good.
 
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