LED Taillight Bulbs?
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The light will stay on.
LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.
But here is the problem with LED's
They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.
It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.
I would stick with normal bulbs.
Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.
But here is the problem with LED's
They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.
It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.
I would stick with normal bulbs.
Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
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The light will stay on.
LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.
But here is the problem with LED's
They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.
It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.
I would stick with normal bulbs.
Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.
But here is the problem with LED's
They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.
It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.
I would stick with normal bulbs.
Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
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