[evo77]

If you have no experience or knowledge with building an led array then I recommend against it.

For one, a thru hole LED does not have enough power to match the brightness of an incan bulb. Even if you grouped together two dozen. But that would take too much room in the front or rear (you didn't say).

High power smds would be the better option without needing nearly as many but they need a proper driver system. And they need decent aluminum heat sinking.

I suggest the easiest drop in solution. And it's the brightest on the market. VLEDS Triton V3. They contain 3 high powered Philips Luxeon Rebel PC Amber chips. And they sit behind a special optic lens that properly distributes the light in a 360° spread.

I have them in the front and rear and love them.

My pics don't quite capture the brightness of high mode.

 

[evo77]

I will try some video this weekend but it's hard to capture the intensity seen in person with a smart phone camera. But I can assure you they are the brightest amber leds for the Cruze signal housings. I bent back the wire pins on the bulb bases so that there is no low mode or parking light. At night I didn't like the fact that it flashes between low and high modes. It's much more noticeable when it flashes on/off in high mode so that's the way I set it up.

http://www.vleds.com/v3-kit-a-7443.html

 

[evo77]

Yes the VLEDs are pricey but they are worth it.

Here is the problem with most LED replacement bulbs on the market -- they do not fully utilize the stock reflectors. Since LEDs are directional they fire light straight out. And if you line up a couple of rows of LEDs around a base it still ends up firing this light in straight lines in a circle. Sure it'll light up a reflector but it does not make use of the reflector optics. The source of the light has to illuminate at just the right point to which the reflector will spread the light out in all of its glory.

This is where the VLEDs Triton is unique among all bulbs. It utilizes an optic that takes the light and spreads it out in a very similar fashion as an incan does. Another reason the amber light is bright is because of the high quality Luxeon Rebel chips. These particular chips use the color "PC Amber" which is different then every amber led bulb on the market. PC stands for phosphor converted. This special process makes this particular color brighter and more efficient than other so called amber leds.

VLEDs usually has promo codes all the time so you can get a pair of the Tritons for under $100.

 

[evo77]

Here is a vid of my car with the VLEDs Tritons. The amber color on the video is a little lighter than what it truly looks like in person and its more intense in person as well. Hard to capture it accurately on my phone.

http://vid44.photobucket.com/albums/f27/evo77/Share 1/20151127_122840.mp4