Lights?
Lights?
11-28-2011, 01:52 AM
#19
(11-28-2011, 01:48 AM)mike-81-240d LED's in our cars taillights is a big no no. You would have to use well over $300 worth of LED diodes, resistors, and drivers just to make them as bright as stock. Then there's the big problem, Heat. LED's put out a tremendous amount of heat, and require a heatsink.
Those cheap 1156, and 1157 led pnp bulbs are exactly that, CHEAP. They don't even put out 1/10th of the usable light of a traditional 1156 bulb.
Baloney. I've been using 1156R LED brake and tail lights for the last eight months without a problem. They are just as bright as regular 1156's, actually noticeably brighter from straight behind; the brake lights do come on noticeably quicker; and there has been no warpage of my taillight lenses nor the lamp holders. No extra diodes, resistors, drivers, or heatsinks needed. Just buy the LED lamp, take out the old filament lamp, plug in the LED lamp, reassemble, and drive.
Eventually, I do intend to LED-ify my instrument cluster. There, I agree, heat might be a problem. So I intend to very carefully experiment first. In particular, West Marine sells 194-type and rice-grain LED bulbs for boating applications, which might do perfectly.
But for the rear lights, heat is no problem at all, at least not with the Jam Straight LED 1156R bulbs that AutoZone sells.
This post was last modified: 11-28-2011, 02:28 AM by JustPassinThru.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
JustPassinThru
11-28-2011, 01:52 AM #19(11-28-2011, 01:48 AM)mike-81-240d LED's in our cars taillights is a big no no. You would have to use well over $300 worth of LED diodes, resistors, and drivers just to make them as bright as stock. Then there's the big problem, Heat. LED's put out a tremendous amount of heat, and require a heatsink.
Those cheap 1156, and 1157 led pnp bulbs are exactly that, CHEAP. They don't even put out 1/10th of the usable light of a traditional 1156 bulb.
Baloney. I've been using 1156R LED brake and tail lights for the last eight months without a problem. They are just as bright as regular 1156's, actually noticeably brighter from straight behind; the brake lights do come on noticeably quicker; and there has been no warpage of my taillight lenses nor the lamp holders. No extra diodes, resistors, drivers, or heatsinks needed. Just buy the LED lamp, take out the old filament lamp, plug in the LED lamp, reassemble, and drive.
Eventually, I do intend to LED-ify my instrument cluster. There, I agree, heat might be a problem. So I intend to very carefully experiment first. In particular, West Marine sells 194-type and rice-grain LED bulbs for boating applications, which might do perfectly.
But for the rear lights, heat is no problem at all, at least not with the Jam Straight LED 1156R bulbs that AutoZone sells.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
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Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-06-2011, 02:59 AM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-06-2011, 03:42 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-06-2011, 04:40 PM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-08-2011, 02:36 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-08-2011, 07:25 AM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-08-2011, 05:09 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-20-2011, 04:33 PM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-22-2011, 04:56 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-22-2011, 06:40 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-24-2011, 06:26 PM
RE: Lights? - by w123love - 11-24-2011, 06:42 PM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-25-2011, 04:58 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-26-2011, 12:38 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-27-2011, 06:34 PM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-27-2011, 08:07 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-28-2011, 12:38 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-28-2011, 01:46 AM
RE: Lights? - by mike-81-240d - 11-28-2011, 01:48 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-28-2011, 01:52 AM
RE: Lights? - by mike-81-240d - 11-28-2011, 02:26 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-28-2011, 03:26 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-28-2011, 03:58 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-28-2011, 12:12 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-29-2011, 01:01 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-29-2011, 11:22 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-29-2011, 12:30 PM
RE: Lights? - by larsalan - 11-29-2011, 04:23 PM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-29-2011, 08:16 PM
RE: Lights? - by Captain America - 11-29-2011, 04:34 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-29-2011, 04:35 PM
RE: Lights? - by larsalan - 11-29-2011, 05:13 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-29-2011, 06:20 PM
RE: Lights? - by larsalan - 11-29-2011, 08:47 PM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-29-2011, 09:09 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 11-30-2011, 12:51 AM
RE: Lights? - by mike-81-240d - 11-30-2011, 04:03 AM
RE: Lights? - by JustPassinThru - 11-30-2011, 03:12 PM
RE: Lights? - by larsalan - 11-30-2011, 05:37 AM
RE: Lights? - by mike-81-240d - 11-30-2011, 05:49 AM
RE: Lights? - by larsalan - 01-20-2012, 12:28 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 01-20-2012, 05:34 PM
RE: Lights? - by capflya - 01-22-2012, 01:32 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 01-22-2012, 06:05 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 02-02-2012, 03:16 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 02-15-2012, 01:39 AM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 05-15-2012, 04:58 AM
RE: Lights? - by Secondaries - 05-15-2012, 11:37 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 05-15-2012, 11:40 PM
RE: Lights? - by Simpler=Better - 05-16-2012, 01:13 PM
RE: Lights? - by Secondaries - 05-16-2012, 01:47 PM
RE: Lights? - by willbhere4u - 05-16-2012, 03:22 PM
RE: Lights? - by Secondaries - 05-16-2012, 09:06 PM
RE: Lights? - by sassparilla_kid - 05-17-2012, 02:33 AM
RE: Lights? - by w123love - 05-17-2012, 08:30 PM
RE: Lights? - by Secondaries - 06-11-2012, 12:53 PM
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