LED Tail-lights....New Design
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I would like to see what they look like turned off.
Since I probably know these tails better than anyone (well, David Hayes probably knows them as well as I do, at this point...), here's my 2-cents on these tails:
The problem with this type of design (esp. on our tail lights) is what happens when 1 LED burns out - then you have a gap in the design.
e.g. let's pretend 1 random LED dies on the light, now your tails look like this:
And believe me, it does happen, even on OEM LED tail lights. Here are a few examples I found with a 2 second google search:
http://i46.tinypic.com/97inpi.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/1DeadLED.jpg
Unless these tails use some kind of fancy back-housing replacement that allows easy access to "swap out" LED bulbs, it would be a nightmare to get that one deal LED changed out.
This is why I have always preferred the use of a "diffuser" in front of the LED arrays - that way if one LED dies, you are less likely to notice it since all the light gets diffused anyway.
Funny, I just bought another set of USDM tails to play with and I was picturing a very similar style/design, but with diffused light instead of exposed/single-LEDs...
Since I probably know these tails better than anyone (well, David Hayes probably knows them as well as I do, at this point...), here's my 2-cents on these tails:
The problem with this type of design (esp. on our tail lights) is what happens when 1 LED burns out - then you have a gap in the design.
e.g. let's pretend 1 random LED dies on the light, now your tails look like this:
And believe me, it does happen, even on OEM LED tail lights. Here are a few examples I found with a 2 second google search:
http://i46.tinypic.com/97inpi.jpg
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/r...r/1DeadLED.jpg
Unless these tails use some kind of fancy back-housing replacement that allows easy access to "swap out" LED bulbs, it would be a nightmare to get that one deal LED changed out.
This is why I have always preferred the use of a "diffuser" in front of the LED arrays - that way if one LED dies, you are less likely to notice it since all the light gets diffused anyway.
Funny, I just bought another set of USDM tails to play with and I was picturing a very similar style/design, but with diffused light instead of exposed/single-LEDs...
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Basically what the Germans have been doing to their cars lately.
Same design as the new Audi's and Porsches.
It would be interesting to see these suckers on a car, full daylight and nite time use.
Same design as the new Audi's and Porsches.
It would be interesting to see these suckers on a car, full daylight and nite time use.
I was thinking a solid strip in the center section for brake, if the outer ring is setup to be both running and brake light then I think a solid amber strip in the center for turn signal will look better.
