Updated pics(tails,level,grill)
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Updated pics(tails,level,grill)
Finally got finished with the grill inserts(plastidip),2" level(Rear)w/o removing o/l spring and tinted taillights n 3rd brake light(vht nightshades)......Taillights are more dim than I thought would be..whats the bulb size 3157? and whats my brightness options as far as "plug n play" bulbs go?http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/n...urrent=012.jpg
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I likes! Your wheels look good. The tails look real good too, but when I did mine, I covered the clear reverse lens to keep the bulb brightness. As far as buying a bulb to put in there as a replacement, all 3157's produce the same output. If you go buying anything that says it's a hotter output, you'll likely ruin the contacts on the circuit board inside the tails. The ONLY tail light bulb that will be brighter than your stockers are goin to be overdriven bulbs(basically oem style bulbs with less internal resistance to provide more output wattage). This is what they do for bulbs like GE Nighthawks, Silverstars..etc the problem is they don't last as long because they are being overdriven.
LED bulbs will NOT be brighter. Even the one's with the 68smd chips on them that are an outrageous $50 or $60...lmao
There is NO led lightbulb that is capable of producing a brighter output light than a halogen bulb of equivilent size. LED's are directional and guys who say they are brighter are looking directly into the bulbs single vision path. Step to the side and the ouput is gone. Do the same with halogen bulbs....Head-on is bright and step to the side the output is still super bright. I could go on-on-on-on.....
Either get some back-up lighting like I did(mounted narrow height fogs to my leafs) but since you are lowered, maybe you can figure something else out. I think regardless of what bulb you find, even if it were twice as bright, it still won't be bright enough!
LED bulbs will NOT be brighter. Even the one's with the 68smd chips on them that are an outrageous $50 or $60...lmao
There is NO led lightbulb that is capable of producing a brighter output light than a halogen bulb of equivilent size. LED's are directional and guys who say they are brighter are looking directly into the bulbs single vision path. Step to the side and the ouput is gone. Do the same with halogen bulbs....Head-on is bright and step to the side the output is still super bright. I could go on-on-on-on.....
Either get some back-up lighting like I did(mounted narrow height fogs to my leafs) but since you are lowered, maybe you can figure something else out. I think regardless of what bulb you find, even if it were twice as bright, it still won't be bright enough!
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I was wondering how exactly you did your grill. I like that look alot and am very interested in doing mine the same way. I have never worked with plastidip so this is new to me. Did you remove your grill or just tape everything off? I have read in some other threads that using adhesion promoter helps to.
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I was wondering how exactly you did your grill. I like that look alot and am very interested in doing mine the same way. I have never worked with plastidip so this is new to me. Did you remove your grill or just tape everything off? I have read in some other threads that using adhesion promoter helps to.
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I likes! Your wheels look good. The tails look real good too, but when I did mine, I covered the clear reverse lens to keep the bulb brightness. As far as buying a bulb to put in there as a replacement, all 3157's produce the same output. If you go buying anything that says it's a hotter output, you'll likely ruin the contacts on the circuit board inside the tails. The ONLY tail light bulb that will be brighter than your stockers are goin to be overdriven bulbs(basically oem style bulbs with less internal resistance to provide more output wattage). This is what they do for bulbs like GE Nighthawks, Silverstars..etc the problem is they don't last as long because they are being overdriven.
LED bulbs will NOT be brighter. Even the one's with the 68smd chips on them that are an outrageous $50 or $60...lmao
There is NO led lightbulb that is capable of producing a brighter output light than a halogen bulb of equivilent size. LED's are directional and guys who say they are brighter are looking directly into the bulbs single vision path. Step to the side and the ouput is gone. Do the same with halogen bulbs....Head-on is bright and step to the side the output is still super bright. I could go on-on-on-on.....
Either get some back-up lighting like I did(mounted narrow height fogs to my leafs) but since you are lowered, maybe you can figure something else out. I think regardless of what bulb you find, even if it were twice as bright, it still won't be bright enough!
LED bulbs will NOT be brighter. Even the one's with the 68smd chips on them that are an outrageous $50 or $60...lmao
There is NO led lightbulb that is capable of producing a brighter output light than a halogen bulb of equivilent size. LED's are directional and guys who say they are brighter are looking directly into the bulbs single vision path. Step to the side and the ouput is gone. Do the same with halogen bulbs....Head-on is bright and step to the side the output is still super bright. I could go on-on-on-on.....
Either get some back-up lighting like I did(mounted narrow height fogs to my leafs) but since you are lowered, maybe you can figure something else out. I think regardless of what bulb you find, even if it were twice as bright, it still won't be bright enough!
