[FC] LED taillights

[Rad Davis]

I think this has to do with the Fresnel lens molded into the lenses on 
FCs.  The design depends on all the light coming from a single location 
(the filament) and radiating all directions from that point.

The LED bulb replacements I've seen all have the LEDs arranged on a 
plane.  All their light is directed in a very limited arc, and a maximum of 
two or three LEDs might be close enough to the focal point of the lens to 
do any good at all.

There are better options out there, and I'm hoping to put something 
together to address the scary dimness of our tail lights in relation to the 
scarily increasing dimness of the cell-phone wielding hordes sharing the 
roads with our Corvairs.


At 08:01 PM 8/13/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>   Has anybody tried out any of the LED bulb replacements for the 1157s 
> used in our trucks?
>   I tried some from superbrightleds.com and they are not as bright as the 
> 1157 standard bulbs.
>   I had my wife stand back there while I cycled all the rear light 
> functions and then asked her which side looked better. She chose the 
> 1157s as I did. The LED units turn on quicker,  but are not as bright. 
> These were red ,24 LED units, wide angle.
>
>   Thanks,
>   Bill Wells
>
>
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