Lights?
Lights?
11-28-2011, 12:12 PM
#23
(11-28-2011, 03:58 AM)sassparilla_kid Ok I will forget about the LED idea...
I am not conceding that tungsten-filament 1156's are better; I am simply inviting Mike to park our cars side-by-side and compare.
You can blow all the smoke you want to, about dispersion pattern and fear of overheating and lumens, but it is the fifth paragraph of that article that matters, not the first. The red taillight lens filters out most of the lumens from an 1156 tungsten-filament bulb.
The plain facts are: the (AutoZone) Jam Strait Super Bright 1156R LED bulb is just as bright or brighter than an 1156 tungsten-filament, has no heating issues, and as a brake light it is two tenths of a second faster to come on. Which means that, when you must panic-brake to a stop on the freeway, this gives the soul coming up behind you at 60 MPH an additional 18 feet of space to react and to hit his-or-her brakes and/or swerve and not crunch into your trunk.
Having used both, I will never go back to 1156 tungsten-filament bulbs.
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, 12:12 PM #23(11-28-2011, 03:58 AM)sassparilla_kid Ok I will forget about the LED idea...
I am not conceding that tungsten-filament 1156's are better; I am simply inviting Mike to park our cars side-by-side and compare.
You can blow all the smoke you want to, about dispersion pattern and fear of overheating and lumens, but it is the fifth paragraph of that article that matters, not the first. The red taillight lens filters out most of the lumens from an 1156 tungsten-filament bulb.
The plain facts are: the (AutoZone) Jam Strait Super Bright 1156R LED bulb is just as bright or brighter than an 1156 tungsten-filament, has no heating issues, and as a brake light it is two tenths of a second faster to come on. Which means that, when you must panic-brake to a stop on the freeway, this gives the soul coming up behind you at 60 MPH an additional 18 feet of space to react and to hit his-or-her brakes and/or swerve and not crunch into your trunk.
Having used both, I will never go back to 1156 tungsten-filament bulbs.
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).
Messages In This Thread
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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