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: LED taillight bulbs


HDjeff
06-25-2005, 07:58 PM
are these led bulbs worth it, they are going for around $20 a pair and do they look good, any input. thought it would be different that regular old bulbs.

Johnswiftm
06-25-2005, 08:12 PM
They are nice but like you said a little pricy. They are also brighter and will last alitlle longer

HDjeff
06-25-2005, 10:03 PM
have you had experience with them, i heard you would have to use some type of line "conditioner" since the voltage used is much lower than stock type bulbs

JhnZ71
06-25-2005, 10:31 PM
I bought some LED bulbs for the running lights, they were really bright but they burned out quick because I didnt use a line conditioner, to lower the voltage. In my opinion there a waste of money.

Johnswiftm
06-26-2005, 10:03 AM
Yes they do advise to use the line conditioner but a buddy has them in his truck now for over a year without the line conditioner with no problems

HDjeff
06-26-2005, 08:57 PM
how does it look, can you really tell a big difference

JRKRACE
06-27-2005, 12:02 AM
You can tell a difference if you are directly behind the truck. LED's don't give off a lot of "side" light. I also ran into blowing park light fuses when I used them. I used the APC leds and they were nothing but trouble.

sierradmax
06-27-2005, 06:10 AM
why not just soldier in a couple resistors?

JhnZ71
06-27-2005, 12:51 PM
its a waste there about 10 bucks a bulb, and more money and time for the resistors. They dont look good enough in my opinion to spend alomost 20 bucks a bulb on (with all of the resistors). I got mine from superbrightleds.com

Just spend 4 dollars for a couple of Fake Xenon blue bulbs if you really must

HDjeff
06-27-2005, 07:59 PM
ok, thats good, i wont waste the money on the bulbs, it is pretty pricey to pay that much for a light bulb anyways. thanks for your input.

hoot
06-27-2005, 08:43 PM
Not bright enough in the daylight even with the radial mounted led bulbs.

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