91GPSTE Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 I made my taillights brighter today by taking out the bulbs and wiping them with alcohol. They get pretty dirty in 10+ years. Sorry I was bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 I made my taillights brighter today by taking out the bulbs and wiping them with alcohol. They get pretty dirty in 10+ years. Sorry I was bored. cleaning them.....what a concept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Or just replace them since old bulbs darken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 do LEDs work for our cars? does any-one know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Id say High intensity LEDs, but first off, thats ricey, and second, the "High Intensity" part just screams false advertisment.. Oh, I didnt know I needed clear/Euro tails.. FUCK.. Make a set for a 1990 Chevy Lumina then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 do LEDs work for our cars? does any-one know? they can be wired into any car....I don't know how good they would look in our cars though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 do LEDs work for our cars? does any-one know? they can be wired into any car....I don't know how good they would look in our cars though...... i mean just the bulbs that plug in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EurosportZ34 Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 that's so true. i got the Z34 reverse light assembly brand new from GM for my Euro and it was a hell of alot cleaner/brighter than my Z34's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 You can also replace 3157 bulbs with 3457 which have higher candlepower. LEDs replacement bulbs suck. You'll just have 2 small dots of light on your taillights. All I've seen are dangerous and very much not DOT approved. The only safe way to do LED brake lights is to put a large matrix of many dozens of them behind your taillight lenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 You can also replace 3157 bulbs with 3457 which have higher candlepower. LEDs replacement bulbs suck. You'll just have 2 small dots of light on your taillights. All I've seen are dangerous and very much not DOT approved. The only safe way to do LED brake lights is to put a large matrix of many dozens of them behind your taillight lenses. Word.. I was thinkin of makin some like the newer Cadillac DTSs have.. The plates of just LEDs looks kinda slick.. But I dont even know where to begin on that, so its on the back burner for now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Yeah, I've wanted to do that for awhile too... but too many projects, too little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Yeah, I've wanted to do that for awhile too... but too many projects, too little time. WORD!! Props on THAT one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORBI Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 I used to put LEDs as replacement for brake lights and rear blinkers on my 88CS and they had like 12 light dots on them. When they were brand new (2-3 weeks) they worked perfect and then they stopped working and started creating short circuits with my blinkers and brake lights so had to remove all of them. But are cool when they work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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