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Cool Back-up Light Mod for Z's


JJ77

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I ordered two 19 led bulbs for my Back-up lights just to see if they would make a difference. I got them in today and in a rush it put them in, I forgot to take a before pic , but the after pics speak for themselves.

 

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Look how bright they are

 

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They are from http://www.autolumination.com/ under the 3157 back-up and taillight section

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Cool, to bad its only for the Z...

I think reverse lights SHOULD be bright because when you are backing up in a rural area you can't see shit - or at least I can't...

 

- Jeff L.

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The pics look like they light up most of the light, but in real life they almost always just have 2 bright 1-2" circles on the lens. Are the pics really accurate to real life?

 

That site is pretty cool though, the Light Towers look very interesting.

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During the day they look like this, but the night pics are true to real life. The back-up light cover diffuses the light , but you could get some that shoot light to the side so it would fill up the fixture

 

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Here is a pic at night with the flash on

 

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And don't put them in the blinkers, they don't work

 

 

 

I have 3157's all the way across my back end of the Z and 4 led red 194 bulbs on the corners. My blinkers work fine. I believe a normal 3157 is a dual filiment bulb. The 3156 is the single filiment bulb. Anything called 3157 should be able to blink. At least mine do. But i did have to get a heavy duty LED flasher made for semi's to handle the amount of led's. Each of my 3157's have 12 led's...plus the 4 led on each rear corner....blus my 2- 12 led amber signals up front and my 2- single led corner amber's. That's alot of led's... :D

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Yeah, I've seen those halogen replacement backup bulbs. I think they'd be a lot brighter than LEDs, but also a lot hotter, suck a lot more power, and will still burn out eventually. Backup lights aren't ever on for very long so I don't think any of that is a big problem. I wouldn't leave the car in reverse too long with halogen backup bulbs though, it could warp or melt the reverse lights.

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Yeah, I've seen those halogen replacement backup bulbs. I think they'd be a lot brighter than LEDs, but also a lot hotter, suck a lot more power, and will still burn out eventually. Backup lights aren't ever on for very long so I don't think any of that is a big problem. I wouldn't leave the car in reverse too long with halogen backup bulbs though, it could warp or melt the reverse lights.
my suburban's tail lights haven't melted yet. so i don't think the bulbs will ever be on long enough to melt my tail lights. i think i'm going to buy a set and put them in. i'll let everyone know how it goes :)
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1993 OLDSMOBILE Cutlass Supreme (2-door model)

 

Low beam headlamp

H4351

 

High beam headlamp

H4352

 

Parking light

3057A

3057AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

3057ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Front turn signal

3057A

3057AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

3057ALL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Rear turn signal

3057

3057LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Tail light

3057

3057LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Stop light

3057

3057LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

High mount stop light

3155LL

577

891

 

Fog/Driving light

885

 

License plate

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Back up light

3057

3057LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Front sidemarker

24

 

Rear sidemarker

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Ash tray

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Glove box

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

 

Map light

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

212-2

561

 

Dome light

212-2

561

 

Step/Courtesy light

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

212-2

 

Trunk/Cargo area

920

 

Instrument-general

168

194

194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

37

74

 

Hi-beam indicator

74

 

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The applications presented in this replacement guide have been compiled using the best information available from the vehicle manufacturers at the time of your search. This guide is intended for general information purposes only, not to be construed as any type of warrantee as to any particular application. For specific applications the vehicle owner's manual should be consulted.

 

 

DAMN!!! Thats quite a few!

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that would be a 1000.00 dollars to convert the car over to complete LED. but think of the power it would save! a LED flashlight has a huge battery life over fulliment light bulbs! The power savings would be enough to make up the power usage of a big system!

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