.....LEDs are not expensive and it's a little part that will help you give less stress to the battery and alternator. Besides Alternators are one of the weakest points in any car.

 

uh no the alternator is generaly fairly beefy. it puts out the power for the entire car AND charges the battery puting in led lights (unless its a entire pannel of them spanning the entire lens) is pointless ans likly to get you hurt this is coming from a 17 year old. im the only sencible person amongts a bunch of ricers i know and that all a mod like this is..... rice

 

Sorry to hear that..... but you are missing The Load Resistor Kit which sends the information to the computer that nothings wrong with your stop lights (actually you'll need to get five of them for each light bulb).
Same problem occurs with the turn signals although they blink faster (which is very annoying-most ricers have this blink on their Hondas).

Again it's up to the driver if he likes them or not.... me personally love that non sleepy blink when you turn your signals (like new BMWs, Audis...)

 

...I would love to shake your hand, but....

 

Few night shots of my car

 

www.clearcorners.com.. now that is how LEDs are supposed to be used, look at his products for S13s. I want to try something like what he does on S5 tails.

 

I'm getting my computer back in two days I'll post some pictures as well.

-doca

 

I dont even own an Rx7. I just joined this forum to say that LED's RULE and can be EASILY seen from OVER 500 feet. I have them as side markers as well as a bunch of my friends. Never had a problem seening any of them on any car any driving conditions.

<Image edited due to flaming- I guess you want to be banned- you are off to a good start newbie>

 

I've been meaning to pull apart some of these broken scanners at work and grab the ultra bright cold cathodes from them, hehe. I could have some fun with those...

 

it's been done...I've seen in in a Magazine in a Japanese store a while back.

 

The problem with the resistor add on, is that then the light (with resistor) has the same load as a regular bulb... so whats the point then???

 

Thats TOO FRIGGIN FUNNY..... (well, looks like they ditched that pic that i was laughing about.... oh well, if you saw it, you knwo what i mean!!!)

I have an LED shift light stealth mounted in my a-pillar above the gauges
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And just outside the direct viewing angle



gonna go with LED side markers and running lights.. but not brake lights yet until they get something with a wider viewing angle in superbright mode.

YES, led's can been seen farther away... but only in a narrow path... not what i want for brake lights

 

I have LEDs on my car and the voltage doesn't move when I turn my lights on.
And I forgot to add they have longer life than regular bulbs.

-doca

 

hehehe

 

yeah.. you!!!!!

 

Oh BTW while taking the pics of my car i went 1000 FEET... double what you said!!! and they were CLEARLY visible... then switched to incandescents and they werent near as visible... Unfortunatly my phone wont take pictures from 500feet... much less 1000 feet... once i get ahold of the proper equipment i will post the pics

 

From clear corners on their front marker lights for the FC:
Now here is a company that specializes in LED lighting, but even they don't use a LED for a Turn or Stop light. Why??? because a LED array can't put out the same amount of light.

I think you guys are missing the fact, that I want LEDs to work, I'd rather use them. I have bought bunchs of them. All trying them hopeing they would work.

But my requirements are only to use them if they can put out the same or more light than a conventional bulb. If they can't (which none appear too) I do not consider them safe. You might... but that is your choice for safety.

 

"Due to the tight amount of space"

 

Yep.. they can't get a LED array in there that produces the same light as a incandescent in that same area.

 

I have to break with stride here and side with Icemark on this one.... Until they come out with a LED brake bulb that has at least a 120 viewing angle... i'd steer clea of using them in the brakes... someone ******** you and they find out you had non SAE lights in the brakes... you could be in for a law suit..... even though 99% of rear enders are the rear-end-er's fault

I for one, would never get what my car is worth from the insurace company even though i have full covereage on it, so i REALLY don't want some idiot plowing into me because i was trying to be cool....

I'm cool with using the style that have the LED's set at different angles for the markers and runnners... but not for the brakes...... nope

Also.. you need to think that about 55% of the light you see comming out of your tail lights is REFLECTED off the chrome tail light housing BEHIND the bulb because the bulb radiates about 350 degrees in a spherical pattern.... LED's only shoot straight out in a conical pattern.... thus, your tails will never fill out your lenses like the standard bulbs

 

Never did they say that...

I guarentee a block of LED's will be brighter... Didnt i just prove that with my ONE THOUSAND FOOT study????

 

Actually I have a set of Red 1157 19 LED lights sitting on my desk right now that claims to have a 120 degree veiw... but they are not much better and still too little light (other than a nice 1 inch circle on the lens) to be practicle.

 

Email them and see what the answer is.. I know what it will be.. same as my answer.

And as far as your "study" prove it. All we have is your post claiming it. Every single one of the pictures you have posted, proves otherwise (except for the blurry images you posted on page 2 of this thread, but then you don't have a NON LED comparison with those hard to see pics).

 

Just tryin to show they light up most of the lense and can be seen from angles

 

Icemark, I found it interesting that they didnt use LEDs in the markers as well. Why I pointed that site out is I think LEDs should be used like how he uses them, in arrays, not just as a replacement drop in bulb, they dont work that way. If you want a 3x3 inch square to light up you cover its surface with LEDs.

Im not sure about his corner lights but I would take his LED solutions for tail lights any day over incandescent. Note what he does though, in his S13 tails he says he uses over 200 LEDs.