Where to buy LEDs?

[freakyalien]

I have a few questions about LEDs:

I recently bought a few LEDs at Radioshack. I know they have expensive prices, but I wanted them quickly for a project.

I installed blue lights in my rear speakers...very cool.

Anyway, I ended up paying around $20 for 4 LEDs and adequate resistors. The Lumos (sp?) rating was like 2300.
Lumos is the only way I know how to classify them. I'm assuming that it stands for candle power, which is how bright they are. Am I correct?

So basically, my questions are where do you get good LEDs for cheap, and how do you tell if they are "good" lights or not?

Good can stand for a few things, the need for resistors, how bright they are, the life of the LED, durability, among other factors.

Thanks for reading my rambling, I know it took some effort.

[Gro Harlem]

Cheapest & very reliable place to buy them:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/

i don't know if they sell just LED's, they sell custom LED bulbs in various sizes.

I got a bunch of led bulbs for my clear corners, domelight & maplights + my guage cluster bulbs (which are tiny a-- #78 size bulbs) for my Protege & they shipped them fast as hell + The bulbs worked awesomely

[Taras]

http://www.futureestore.com/estore/Default.aspx