LED Tail lights and Blinker questions

[SilverMK3]

I'm pretty sure that the LEDs are supposed to be the same color as the lens.
This is from superbrightleds.com


If you do this I would like to see what the lights look like with LEDs in them.
Good Luck

[cre]

That's not entirely accurate regarding visual filters... there's a significant level of attenuation but how much depends on the construction of the lens and the effectiveness of the dyes used. Think about it, the incandescent lamps you're using presently emit an even broader range of color yet your lamps still look nice and red. Looking at their example I'd say they were running some very blue white LEDs in there. White LEDs do not emit all colors and as such their performance will vary. Running red LEDs you do still face a real concern of attenuation and a resulting dim appearance.

[icey756]

I dont know if I'm going to run LEDs then. I might just leave it as is. Unless someone makes a brighter bulb for things like this?

[Sonyps307]

I changed all my lights to LEDs. I had red for the taillights, amber for rear turns and amber for fronts because I have the clear front turns, white for the front corner parking lights and my back up lights. Here is a video of my taillights and turn signals but they r not red nomore went to amber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnWP...e_gdata_player

[cre]

MOST after market LED solutions are actually a significant amount dimmer than the original incandescant bulbs. They're only reasonably bright if you're looking at them from within a very narrow viewing angle. Omni directionals help with this but still have really bad hot spots (as you'll see in Sonyps307's video). The only way I'd run LEDs is if I were to take an existing DOT registered LED fixture and move the internals into the desired housing.... that or build my own array out of 5-watt LEDs but the heat sink requirements would probably confine me to the former solution.

Sonyps307, do you fellow motorists a favor and buy some real headlight enclosures which actually place the light where it should be... you'll get more light on the road where it should be and you'll be less likely to get hit in a head on accident (people tend to steer INTO bright objects... we're like moths that way).

[Sonyps307]

I would like to get real headlight housing. but I forgot the company that made them and where to get them. I know u already said the company on another headlight post but I can't find that also.

[cre]

The best housing would be the Cibie ECE (E-code) compliant housings, then Hella's e-code, then either company's DOT compliant housings. The E-code housings are EU specs and have a far superior light pattern. I'm not sure who all carries them but if you Google Daniel Stern Lighting he can get them. Naturally, price follows function...