Ohh. sorry. I must have misread - I thought you bought your car NEW, six months ago... my bad...yeah, 8 years can burn out an LED, though they have estimated life for about 100,000 hrs.

Varad LEDs can be purchased at almost any electronics store. I dont know any online at the top of my head, but if you lived around S.Cali then I know most of the places have it. I think your local audio shop should sell it. You can use it freely without an alarm system, or with an alarm system (i've had friends that have both) So it should be fine.