 LED taillight bulbs. Good or bad? |
 Feb 19, 2014 - 8:41 PM
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On the surface, LED taillight bulbs from eBay look good (as good as cheap ebay stuff can be that is). However in the fine print, they say that load resistors may be needed. What has your experience been?
I am looking at possibly adding some tint to my taillights and use super-bright red, amber and white LED lamps to make up the difference. -------------------- '99 Triple Black GT Convertible
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Feb 21, 2014 - 4:00 AM
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I believe you only need to use the expensive CAN type bulbs if they're being used in a circuit which has a 'bulb fail' warning lamp or something similar.
Good example of this is the 3rd brake light. On some model/year/markets(GT4's in particular) which have this function, if you fit a regular LED bulb/strip, the brake light fail lamp on the dash will light. Another ghetto solution to this is to just remove the bulb from the dash! -------------------- Has your car ever been on T.V? Mine was used in the opening sequences here - note the clear turns and front LED's
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GTMike LED taillight bulbs. Good or bad? Feb 19, 2014 - 8:41 PM
eMrock32 You need them so your car doesn't have hyperfl... Feb 19, 2014 - 8:53 PM
sandusky1977 QUOTE (eMrock32 @ Feb 19, 2014 - 8:5... Feb 19, 2014 - 9:29 PM Tigawoods right are LED's Feb 19, 2014 - 10:00 PM eMrock32 Pictures do not do it justice. I never thought I... Feb 19, 2014 - 10:06 PM richee3 Do this instead.
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index... Feb 19, 2014 - 10:12 PM RoadRage I'm more interested in having something like t... Feb 19, 2014 - 10:19 PM eMrock32 You can do just about anything you want. But to an... Feb 20, 2014 - 7:36 AM The_enD Split the wire, connect the old bulb, hide it, no ... Feb 20, 2014 - 8:04 AM GTMike I checked superbrightleds.com and it looks like I ... Feb 20, 2014 - 7:12 PM eMrock32 No, not the CAN bulbs. Go one under that. I didn... Feb 20, 2014 - 7:37 PM eMrock32 Ah. I guess that was in my friends Camry. My celic... Feb 21, 2014 - 11:38 AM |
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