The blue LED 194 bulbs might be brighter. the regular 194 bulbs may fade after a while but i've only heard that from other people that after a while the color is not too vivid. I still have my stock gauges and stock colors but i plan to do the blue LED conversion soon or maybe i'll just put white 194 LEDs and go for that Lexus look. i just want to see a good night picture of the gauges with the blue 194LEDS first before i take out the cluster and start changing.