Quoted from J85M:I've just done my Tron and IM in LEDs and I've began the process buying 5 of each colour in each brand to allow me to experiment and compare brands side by side, once I'm certain I'm happy I'll order enough to complete each pin.
I would like to see what you come up with. I figured the DIY kit would be the "best" thus why I have been looking around and not ordered a kit yet 
Where did you order your LEDs from ? CT, PDL, anyone else ?
Use your creative eye and have enough spares on hand to do some swapping. I use both PBL and CT
I also order from PinballCenter out of Germany they have hard to find colors like teal & turquoise. The best Bright Frosted LEDs come from BC's pinball.But BC is out of stock alot of the time.But if you can get them they are great . All of my pinball machines have LEDs from multiple companies. Here is a photo of LOTR Character inserts from PinballCenter,Sling shot from coin taker (1) 5 high power and (1) 3 led from Pinball Life!!
Here's the RFM pics. Blurry, but you get the point. I can re-take them if needed.
Pic 1 - Middle is incandesent
Pic 2 - same as one
Pic 3 - All LEDs
Quoted from TheLaw:pacattack is going strong! Nice one man.
yeah pretty frickin bright....not sure if Im going to keep it like this but you can still see the ball while playing and read the inserts etc lol Also, looks much much better in person....my camara phone sucks....and their is not any glare like you see in the picture....wwf up next if I keep it......
Speaking of older games, I experimented with putting LEDs on my Target Alpha when I was doing some switch and popbumper work on it. I used CT warm whites and retros. I did not use them behind the backglass though. Looks great; glad I did it. Ended up ordering some more for a few other EMs and Gottlieb Sys 1 games I have. If I don't like it, very simple to switch back. I wish they had existed in the 70s, so perhaps the plastics on my 2001 hadn't gotten toasted to bacon.
Quoted from Frax:Not only that, but Ablaze line is missing a good GI LED as well. As far as I'm concerned, the only LEDs that I have seen on the market that are suitable replacements are the cointaker warm or cool white frosteds. The transluscent white dome does a FANTASTIC job of throwing light out the sides, and they're just a bit brighter than the normal 44. If I had a single complaint, and I'm really nitpicking here, it would be that the "warm" white is just a little cooler on the color temperature than an incandescent, but it's still a massive improvement over any other LED for GI.
I put the warm whites all up in my Stargate under the PITA-to-get-to areas at the top of the playfield, game looks amazing. I wish I had picked up a hundred of them instead of 20 at TPF.
To be fair, I have and do use Ablaze LEDs for most of my insert applications. Dunno what I'm going to do with STTNG though, there are a ton of sockets that are completely parallel to the playfield to light inserts. I may just try the colored frosted again since they throw so much light out the side!
I agree that the frosted CT bulbs are the best for GI locations. Try the CT ultra flex LEDs for the sideways mounted 555 insert locations.
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