You can always be the first. Some of those wedge bulbs have up to 33000 total mcd brightness. If they work that good, they'll light up the whole damn car like a light house.

In my doors, I am using 3 blue 5500 mcd 5mm LEDs.

I used 2 white 6000 5mm in my tag light on each side and they light up the tag, the bumper, and the ground behind the car. They aren't filed down and are 35 degrees.

I'm almost done with the tag lights and will be completing my doors pretty soon. I'll post pictures.

A 470 ohm resistor is ok for general purpose, but you need to use a Ohms law calculator and figure out the exact resistor you need.

http://www.eworld.contactbox.co.uk/calc/calcohms.htm
http://www.the12volt.com/ohm/ohmslaw.asp

These are 2 of my favorites to use.