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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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I have seen some people talking about LED tails and i was wondering how you would do that because i would like to do that to my bonn.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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Corvettecrazy is your man to talk to....ive seen his work.....FRIGGUN AWESOME....
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2 choices:

1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
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1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
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i getting those when i get my tax return back
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Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
2 choices:

1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
alright thanks a lot.
How do they look? Cooler then stock? How would they look with tinted tails?
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Originally Posted by redwingsfan34
Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
2 choices:

1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
alright thanks a lot.
How do they look? Cooler then stock? How would they look with tinted tails?
You will have to persuade Elmacho to put his in this weekend and take comparison pictures left vs right.

I have not used those, but head good things about them.

I'm going all out and making full LED circuit boards.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by redwingsfan34
Originally Posted by corvettecrazy
2 choices:

1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
alright thanks a lot.
How do they look? Cooler then stock? How would they look with tinted tails?
i think that they would look OK, i would be worried about light reflecting back to the reflector like a conventional bulb
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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2 choices:

1: http://autolumination.com/1156_1157.htm
2: full PCB with LED'*...but you better enjoy soldering.
alright thanks a lot.
How do they look? Cooler then stock? How would they look with tinted tails?
i think that they would look OK, i would be worried about light reflecting back to the reflector like a conventional bulb
do you mean you dont think they will reflect or they will reflect too much or what?
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Originally Posted by redwingsfan34
do you mean you dont think they will reflect or they will reflect too much or what?
well with a conventional bulb design, you have the reflector in the lens to reflect the light back...that is y you dont technally see the bulb, just the reflection of the light....with a LED i would be worried about not enough reflection on the reflector therefore making you be more able to just see the LED bulbs instead of a even glow of light
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ELMACHOGERACHO has the brake light 21 LED bulbs from that site.

we'll see how they preform, supposidily he is going to put them in this weekend.
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