R-Dash License Plate LEDs from John (Brabus)

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Sep 26, 2009 | 11:04 AM

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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Coversï¿½ from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).

Got my R-Dash units from John a couple of days ago. I am very impressed. Well-worth the cost and two-minute install.

Before with standard LEDs:

Left is standard LED, right is new R-Dash:

R-Dash installed on both sides:

Thanks, John!

Sep 26, 2009 | 11:25 AM

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i must agree they do make a diffrence

Sep 26, 2009 | 11:45 AM

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Yeah...send me your regular LED's then...

Sep 26, 2009 | 11:53 AM

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Looks great Calvin,

I feel the same way about my R-Dash license plate LED lamps.

Sep 26, 2009 | 11:56 AM

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cal when you refer to standard LED's...do you mean OEM LED's or anothe aftermarket single bulb LED?

either...the rdash's look brighter

Sep 26, 2009 | 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='1017758' date='Sep 26 2009, 02:56 PM

cal when you refer to standard LED's...do you mean OEM LED's or anothe aftermarket single bulb LED?

either...the rdash's look brighter

Aftermarket single-bulb LEDs I bought from another board vendor. They were bright, but the R-Dash is over the top.

Sep 26, 2009 | 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='1017718' date='Sep 26 2009, 03:04 PM

Got my R-Dash units from John a couple of days ago. I am very impressed. Well-worth the cost and two-minute install.

Before with standard LEDs:

Left is standard LED, right is new R-Dash:

R-Dash installed on both sides:

Thanks, John!

Looks great. Hope these last longer than the previous license plate LED's offered by John and others. Dead in 6 months! GL
Fortunately I only paid $25.

Sep 26, 2009 | 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='1017811' date='Sep 26 2009, 03:55 PM

Looks great. Hope these last longer than the previous license plate LED's offered by John and others. Dead in 6 months! GL
Fortunately I only paid $25.

Thanks Mr. Happy-Go-Sunshine-Day!