Hi Frank, great to hear from you. Married life is good, and my stuff is all at work. I don;t have a garage over here, but if I did, it would be mine and only mine. No wife allowed in, unless if she came to work along on the cars. heheh

oh, heheee..... has she "redecorated" yet?

Great light mod! I think to prevent the blowing of the diode is to use another power source any but the bulb socket ones. Make a power line from the head light switch (12V and step down the curent). This is much safer than blowing more components in the cluster. :D