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post Aug 22, 2008 - 2:57 PM
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First off, wolfie's products are amazing.
Secondly, i have been looking for a lighting option for his rear 3rd brake light.

As we know, Culpable came up with an LED strip as a solution: here

Looks good, but i didn't want to mix a LED strip with my non-LED'd rear lights (no, i'm not going to cut open JDM tails to put LEDs in those too).
Even though my solution IS an LED, its not a strip of them and it reflects everywhere. Plug and play, no modification needed.

Purchased from www.v-leds.com / here is the actual bulb

This bulb has 10 radial firing and 3 forward firing LEDs:









Now, i've made quite a deal about 1 LED. smile.gif


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post Aug 22, 2008 - 4:02 PM
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I think this one's going to come down to personal preference(and a desire to be different)

LED cluster bulbs are being updated and prices falling every few months it seems... here's a pic of the 1st lens I made 2 years ago using a 25 LED cluster bulb that cost about $20 !!



I might be a bit biased, but I rather like the LED strip option, and don't think it's at odds with having regular lamps in the rear clusters. Actually quite a few prestige cars have led 3rd brakes and conventional rear lighting(depending on model /year)

The LED strip gives even higher visibility when lit, but I need to see what it looks like installed and unlit compared to the LED bulb.

The strip may be a more expensive option, but will be sure to be the most exclusive smile.gif



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Has your car ever been on T.V? Mine was used in the opening sequences here - note the clear turns and front LED's

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Wheeler...11-9c0f00a0b820

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