Super Bright LEDs!
 

Was looking for places online to buy LEDs and I ran across this site that sells "Super Bright LEDs". Some of these push >9000 mcd< (that's frickin' bright!) and are relatively cheap. Just thought I'd share as it seems everybody's been talking about LED's lately.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/

the only problem with leds that bright is when you turn it on it will look like your driving a lightbulb. it also will be draining the battery a lot...

I wouldn't mind driving a light-bulb! Anyway, to avoid this you might want to just back them with some aluminum foil or something in an attempt to make them uni-directional.

As far as the battery drain, it would definitely draw more, so maybe a second or third NiMH could be dedicated to the lights.

Has anybody used LEDs this bright on their car?

I tried something close to 9000 MCD once on my Mini-Z... It hurt my eyes too much when the car was coming back.... 3500MCD is already enough....

I use black electrical tape to prevent light coming through the shell and to back the LEDs.

Paint the LEDs with silver paint. BAE