Lighting system for a vehicle, with high-intensity power LED

A lighting system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery/ignition voltage, said lighting system comprising:

• a sealed unitary light module disposed at an exterior portion of the vehicle;
• said sealed unitary light module comprising at least one high-intensity power light emitting diode;
• said high-intensity power light emitting diode emitting with a luminous efficiency of at least about 7 lumens per watt and passing a forward current of at least about 350 milliamps when operated at its operating voltage;
• wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode emits white light with a luminous flux of at least about 25 lumens when operated at its operating voltage;
• said sealed unitary light module including a heat dissipating element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode thermally couples to said heat dissipating element;
• said sealed unitary light module including a lens;
• a voltage converter, said voltage converter comprising a DC to DC converter;
• wherein said sealed unitary module is removable from the exterior portion of the vehicle as a unit;
• and
• wherein said light module includes a light piping element and wherein said high-intensity power light emitting diode optically couples with said light piping element.