LED taillights for mp5
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Got my LED's off ebay from 'led_warehouse'. The turn signals are plenty bright- even in bright sun light. No loss of output there. You do have to get resistors so they don't blink crazy fast. They add to the cost.
The brake lights aren't quite as bright as the regular bulbs, but they're close enough. The red kind of "hot spots" instead of lighting up the whole lense. I took pics, but haven't put them on my computer yet. I'll do that over the next couple days. The front turns didn't come out well 'cause of glare from the sun off the headlight reflectors. So I'll have to try them again.
Overall I think doing the turn signals is worth it 'cause it looks cool. Does it add safety? I dunno. But it's fun and I haven't seen any other P5's with LED lights in my area.
The brake lights aren't quite as bright as the regular bulbs, but they're close enough. The red kind of "hot spots" instead of lighting up the whole lense. I took pics, but haven't put them on my computer yet. I'll do that over the next couple days. The front turns didn't come out well 'cause of glare from the sun off the headlight reflectors. So I'll have to try them again.
Overall I think doing the turn signals is worth it 'cause it looks cool. Does it add safety? I dunno. But it's fun and I haven't seen any other P5's with LED lights in my area.
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Ok, finally got the pics loaded onto my computer. The left sides are always the LED's, while the right side of these pics is the regular bulbs. As stated previously, the turns are just as bright if not brighter in person. The brake tails kind of "hot spot", but the intensity is still pretty good. Email me if you have any Q's.
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See post #22 of this thread, or led_warehouse on ebay. I got the resistors from Super bright LED's.
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KanseiZM said:
I have the same kind of thing. I put red 360 degree LEDs in for my rear signals and during the day, they aren't that bright, but at night they match the brake light perfectly. I also have LEDs in my rear brake lights, and the LED strip on the 03.5MSP wing, so at night when I'm braking, I can see the red reflection off of a car 100 feet behind me, lol. When someone is right behind me, I can see the red lights lighting up their interior, it's great, I love how bright they are!
The taillights/brakelights light up just fine, we recomend any LED
that has bulbs in a 360 degree pattern, at the very least, but the 'towers' are the way to go.
The reverse, fender blinkers or front signals aren't an issue, but the rear
signal, we figure because the glass is just smooth, no pattern, do not light up very well in direct sunlight with just basic 360 degree bulbs, but the towers work pretty good.
If you want to get rid of the rear amber, your other option is to go with a chrome coated bulb, either amber or red.
Any question, just post or check out our site, cdnautoworks.com (toronto area) or autolumination.com (everywhere else)
Mike
that has bulbs in a 360 degree pattern, at the very least, but the 'towers' are the way to go.
The reverse, fender blinkers or front signals aren't an issue, but the rear
signal, we figure because the glass is just smooth, no pattern, do not light up very well in direct sunlight with just basic 360 degree bulbs, but the towers work pretty good.
If you want to get rid of the rear amber, your other option is to go with a chrome coated bulb, either amber or red.
Any question, just post or check out our site, cdnautoworks.com (toronto area) or autolumination.com (everywhere else)
Mike
Someone sell me there factory tails I need a drivers side. I can't post new threads on the buy page??? I have paypal and a good rep on the rx7club site. ewbourne@yahoo.com Thanks, Eric
has anyone installed these Spiderlites on their P5?? they look nice, but am worried about the daylight issue most LED's have. they're a bit pricey too! check out www.spiderlite.com for more details.
