Re: led light bulb vs red bulb in clear tails....

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 15:43:49 EDT


That, or have a much larger array of LEDs like on the new Caddys, which fills up
the entire taillight. This would likely require an entirely new taillight assembly
(thus being much more expensive).

"Tom (Silver89)" wrote:

> Hey Tim! Its a shame you didnt mention the LED bulbs earlier - or at the Ohio
> meet - I coulda told ya to save your money! I tried them a long time ago and
> was seriosuly dissapointed. They only light up that small patch. The idea is
> not bad - the product is. LED technlogy is superior to that of the incandesant
> bulbs... however they need to be designed to emit light in the same way an
> incandescent does. some sort of reflector or lense design to throw the light
> in all directions - thus lighting up the entire tail lamp.
>
> I bought mine from Jegs and returned em the same day they arrived!
>
> yllwdkta wrote:
>
> > OK I got my led light bulbs for my cleat tail lights over the weekend. I
> > put on with the regular red bulb and the other with my new led light...Well
> > the led light was brighter but it only illuminated about a coin dollar size.
> > The regular bulb was not as bright but it illuminated the whole lense. From
> > the side the led bulb showed nothing. It was like no light was on, while
> > the regular bulb illuminated the lens. I have to say that the led light
> > sucks!!!
> >
> > Has anyone else thought the same thing??????
>
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