<VV> LED taillights

[Marc Sheridan]

Norm,
My experience with LED's on a Corvair is with the 1157 bulb replacement 
variety. I was very disappointed. Upon further research online, I found 
a web site selling LED's that said brightness was not one of the 
advantages of LED's. The main advantage is long life. The disadvantages 
are high initial cost and a very directional light pattern.

What I ended with for my tail lights was the metal sockets from NAPA, 
standard (not long life) 1157 bulbs, and  white painted reflectors. In 
my testing , this set up is much better than the LED replacement bulbs 
and slightly better that stock.

Having said all of this, show me what you got and I'll think about it 
:o). I'm still impressed with the LED's that trucks run and I like some 
of the LED lights that are made for many of the high volume vintage 
cars, like the Tri Fives.

For now, I'll stick with what I have, but I'll buy your system if it 
proves to be much better. However, I won't commit without seeing and I 
doubt many others will either. If you actually make a product that shows 
clear superiority over what I have, and demonstrate that, you will sell 
many. However, you need to decide if it is worth the risk to develop, 
just like any other manufacturer in business today.

Personally, I hope you succeed. I worry about our 40 year old tail 
lights among all the new high tech lights, of which very few are LED.

Marc Sheridan
'66 Monza 'vert

Norman C. Witte wrote:

>
>I have two questions for the group:
>
>1.  How much interest is there in something like this?
>
>2.  How much would people be willing to pay?  Cost is an issue at this point
>but if there were enough demand that might bring it down.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Norm Witte