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L.e.d. Tailights

Old Oct 27, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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The clear ones would look good with a set of 22" spinners and some chrome door handles.
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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I think the black ones look awesome. I see lots of cars today that have led brake lights and most aren't ricers. I for one will get them in black as soon as i come into the cash for them.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:14 AM
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I've been waiting on a set of LED tail lights for my JK. I had them on my TJ and loved them. And I didn't use the round lights either. I had a set that looked stock. The also used two levels of brightness instead of the dual patterns that these offer, which I think is of better value. These are close to what I've been looking for, but I must agree, the price is way out there. I got my others from a guy on eBay and they were way cheaper. When someone comes up with a clean replacement that uses a solid pattern for a little less money, I'm in... I also wonder about the hyper-flash. Anyone know if these are self-correcting, or will they require a flasher mod?
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:54 AM
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In case anyone's interested, here are my LED taillights.



I'll have to take a pic at night 'cause this picture doesn't do them justice. The brake lights are brighter than stock... I used some red dual-intensity "Luxeon" LEDs for the brakes, and some white ones for the backup lights. I had to wire a 6 Ohm resistors on the brake wires (one on each side) to fix the 'fast flash' behavior common to LED swaps like this.

More info on the LEDs: superbrightleds.com/specs/315x-xLX3.htm

And the load resistors: superbrightleds.com/pdfs/load_resistor_info.pdf

I probably should have tried the 25 Ohm resistors first, to see if they worked, but I was a little lazy and just went with the 6 Ohm. :-)

Here's a shot of the resistor on the driver's side:



Mounted on the driver's side (I used the sheet metal as heat-sink):



And the passenger side:



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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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I don't see the pics?
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Choppus
I don't see the pics?
They were there earlier, but now I can't see them either.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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maybe he turned the lights off?
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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Does anyone make some that are not LED just new lens covers? Also front marker lenses too.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by HappyCurmudgeon
maybe he turned the lights off?
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jkMatt
Does anyone make some that are not LED just new lens covers? Also front marker lenses too.
They don't have the tail light covers, but gorecon . com has front turn signal and marker light LED conversions for the JK.
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