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Old 08-26-07, 03:23 PM
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I'll have the night time pix later.
Old 08-26-07, 03:31 PM
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i think they look pretty good. cant wait to see the nightime pics.
Old 08-26-07, 06:30 PM
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i think they look great. can't wait to see the night time pics. did you just leave the bulbs in them that they come with, or did you put in aftermarket bulbs? how is the light output quality?
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Originally Posted by SADDLE
i think they look great. can't wait to see the night time pics. did you just leave the bulbs in them that they come with, or did you put in aftermarket bulbs? how is the light output quality?
For the turn signal and reverse I used my old bulbs. Like most people say, they aren't too bright but they look damn good. Here's the first pic, for comparison.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:45 PM
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Another comparison with the stalked turned one click.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:46 PM
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LED and non-led inner, stalk turned one click.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:47 PM
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Comparison with stalk turned one click and brake pressed.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:48 PM
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LED and non-led inner stalk turned one click and brake pressed.
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Both led tails installed, brake pressed.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:51 PM
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Both led tails installed, stalk turned one click, brake pressed.
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Old 08-26-07, 07:52 PM
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Stalk turned one click, flash on on camera.
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Old 08-26-07, 08:03 PM
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I will try to have daytime pix of both tails installed up by tomorrow. Now on to my review. First off the lights were well packaged. As I stated before the quality of the lights seems to be close if not as good or better than OEM. The black plastic has a nice shine to it not like the dull plastic on the OEM tails. The install was pretty straightforward, you just plug the plugs into where the bulbs would go. I did have to remove one of the plugs on each light because it wouldn't fit into the socket but that was no problem. I used electrical tape to hold down the wires and there are quite a few. As I said the light output isn't all that bright, actually when you press the brake there isn't that much of a difference as far as light output, someone behind you might not notice that you are pressing the brake. Other than that the lights look amazing. I might have to get the led inners to match though but not for now.

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Old 08-28-07, 07:46 PM
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thanks for the review. sounds like a great product. i might have to be picking these up myself!
Old 08-28-07, 09:03 PM
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sounds scary tho if the person behind cant really tell whether your braking or not tho
Old 08-29-07, 12:00 AM
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there's gotta be some difference if they got DOT approved right? (brake and no brake light output)


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