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| pnewman |
 Aug 31 2011, 04:32 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Lincolnshire, IL Member No.: 3,606 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
QUOTE(Zundfolge @ Aug 28 2011, 01:13 PM)  How difficult would it be to replace all the brake and turn signal lights with LEDs in addition to a 3rd brake light? Bulbs just don't seem to be bright enough and nobody seems to see our little cars. I figure its only a matter of time before I'm flattened (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Their are 1156 and 1157 led replacement bulbs on the market. I know that I have seen them on ebay for less than $10 each delivered. Some of our odder bulbs aren't as easy to find but most are out there. Just google or ebay search the oem part number with LED and they should pop up. i.e. 1156 LED ebay result: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2x-BA15S-11...=item415c979455 |
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| Ductech |
Aug 31 2011, 05:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 356 Joined: 16-July 10 From: AridZona Member No.: 11,949 Region Association: Southwest Region |
For all you visibility obsessed peeps ... give this a shot to start. go to the automotive lighting and select the correct style of bulb. Their are multiple designs so go with the brightest with the largest viewing angle. I was planning on doing these upgrades myself.
I have purchased raw leds from them for retrofitting into 914 gauges http://www.superbrightleds.com/ |
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| mikey63 |
Sep 1 2011, 10:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Windsor,Ca Member No.: 11,529 Region Association: Northern California 
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I did the LED upgrade on my 73. I wanted a little more lighting on the back end, so I went with the 48 led round lights for the tail/brake and tied in the turn signal lights as well to act as tail/brake lights. I used 25 led strip lights for the turn signals.This makes the back end a hell of alot more noticible.
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| Zundfolge |
Sep 1 2011, 11:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 847 Joined: 12-August 07 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 7,994 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE(pnewman @ Aug 31 2011, 03:32 PM) Their are 1156 and 1157 led replacement bulbs on the market. Excellent! I thought you had to have some sort of power adapter or something to get the LEDs to work. |
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| JmuRiz |
Sep 1 2011, 11:55 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,488 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(mikey63 @ Sep 1 2011, 08:00 AM) I did the LED upgrade on my 73. I wanted a little more lighting on the back end, so I went with the 48 led round lights for the tail/brake and tied in the turn signal lights as well to act as tail/brake lights. I used 25 led strip lights for the turn signals.This makes the back end a hell of a lot more noticeable. That's damn cool! |
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| Ductech |
Sep 1 2011, 03:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 356 Joined: 16-July 10 From: AridZona Member No.: 11,949 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(Zundfolge @ Sep 1 2011, 10:52 AM) QUOTE(pnewman @ Aug 31 2011, 03:32 PM) Their are 1156 and 1157 led replacement bulbs on the market. Excellent! I thought you had to have some sort of power adapter or something to get the LEDs to work. Most likely he is talking about the more pre engineered led plug in bulb assembly's if you were to use just regular single led's you would have to use resistors to get the correct voltage to the led's |
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| Nürburg Nomad |
Sep 13 2012, 05:56 PM
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914Rubber.com! Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Buckeye State Member No.: 11,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(roadster fan @ Jul 27 2010, 02:33 AM) QUOTE(Nürburg Nomad @ Jul 24 2010, 11:54 AM) The unit I have is removed from an undisclosed 2010 GM automobile.... That's alot of questions asking for help and a bump, for an undisclosed part source........ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) Ha, well it seems this thread was resurrected about a year after I posted.... so why not resurrect it again! The brake light donor automobile in question is a 2010-Current Chevrolet Camaro Coupe (Not the Convertible as it has a different red element LED brake light which won't blend semi-seamlessly into the brushed trim) The 16 LED unit is just a board and a lens once removed from the rear window/housing of the Camaro so assuming I get around to polishing off the installation it should fit quite nicely within the upper roll-bar trim! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This project has definitely been on the back burner but the -$40 "Back Off XP" I installed inline for the rear tails (which flashes them 5 times before going steady) has certainly done wonders for keeping would be tail-gaters back from my teener! ( http://signaldynamics.com/index.php/produc...14&vmcchk=1 ) |
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