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Never seen that bulb in a w-body personally, but you can find LED ones everywhere. superbrightleds, ebay, etc. Take your pick.

 

You've never changed the CHMSL bulb?  Maybe just the roof-mounted CHMSLs have them.

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The Cutlass Verts have them too and that 891 bulb is expensive as fuck. Home Depot sells a version of that bulb, I believe it's T4 that is plug and play and is half of what the parts store would want for one bulb.

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  • 4 weeks later...

(I copied this from my other third brake light post)

 

I was just choking on $10/bulb x 3 for the third brake light.  I purchased 3 NOS GE 891 bulbs ($5/ea) and then one of them clouded up instantly and and is dimmer than the other two...  Now I am re-considering my options.

 

The 891 bulb spec is G4 Base 8W / 138Lumens.  And these little boogers get HOT!

 

Anybody tried the Philips 10W Equivalent Bright White (3000K) T3 Landscape Capsule LED Light Bulb with 105 Lumens from Home Depot for $5.97/ea?  Or the 20W version with 195 Lumens, same price?

 

Or Albrillo G4 LED Bulb Dimmable 1.5W, 20 Watt Halogen Bulbs Equivalent, AC DC 12V, Warm White, 4 Pack from Amazon for $15?  These were reviewed as being small and fitting tight/original spaces better than most LED versions.

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I have the home Depot bulbs in my car, have had no problems with it.

Did you use the Philips LED or the traditional Halogen glass bulb from Home Depot?

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Why would you replace CHMSL bulbs?

 

The high-mounted stop lights were a fraud from the beginning.  The NHTSA web site used to admit that, but then they removed the evidence once they got some junk-science to replace the truth with.

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Did you use the Philips LED or the traditional Halogen glass bulb from Home Depot?

I used the traditional halogen bulb. T4 or T5 iirc.

 

Why would you replace CHMSL bulbs?

 

The high-mounted stop lights were a fraud from the beginning. The NHTSA web site used to admit that, but then they removed the evidence once they got some junk-science to replace the truth with.

Legality issues. You can't pass inspection without the CHMSL and you can actually get pulled over for it.

 

I personally feel with the idiots out in today's world the CHMSL helps, especially when the dimwitted drivers drive around with burnt out tail bulbs

 

 

 

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