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BrewCityMusic · 06-24-2011, 09:41 AM

I bought the waterproof PVC strips off of Ebay, the 120cm that I used on the sides were around $7 shipped and I used a single 48cm in the rear ($4) and a single short strip in front ($3) - personally, I would avoid any strips with SMD's (surface-mount diodes), they're slightly brighter, yes, but they are FAR more prone to failure than the strips with individual LED's sealed in clear PVC (and the PVC ones are far cheaper) ...

My strips have made it through a year of snow, water, mud, weeds, etc without a problem, just make sure you mount them solidly (throw out the sticky strips altogether and go buy some 1/4" aluminum channel at Menards, they pressfit in there nice and snug and it totally protects them from snagging, etc)

Also, if you buy off Ebay, keep in mind that the strips are going to be half price or less from Hong Kong directly - but will take 2-3 weeks to get to you (they're all made in China anyhow so at least with the PVC style the source is irrelevant)

06-24-2011, 09:41 AM	#4
BrewCityMusic Hammer Down !!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Lake Geneva, WI Posts: 2,681	Re: Leds underbody help I bought the waterproof PVC strips off of Ebay, the 120cm that I used on the sides were around $7 shipped and I used a single 48cm in the rear ($4) and a single short strip in front ($3) - personally, I would avoid any strips with SMD's (surface-mount diodes), they're slightly brighter, yes, but they are FAR more prone to failure than the strips with individual LED's sealed in clear PVC (and the PVC ones are far cheaper) ... My strips have made it through a year of snow, water, mud, weeds, etc without a problem, just make sure you mount them solidly (throw out the sticky strips altogether and go buy some 1/4" aluminum channel at Menards, they pressfit in there nice and snug and it totally protects them from snagging, etc) Also, if you buy off Ebay, keep in mind that the strips are going to be half price or less from Hong Kong directly - but will take 2-3 weeks to get to you (they're all made in China anyhow so at least with the PVC style the source is irrelevant)