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Rear LED bulb swap questions on GenIII
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<blockquote data-quote="HotRodZilla" data-source="post: 1259291" data-attributes="member: 13519"><p>What they're saying is, "This has been done before, and this has failed before." The LED bulbs don't take advantage of the OEM reflector pattern and just shoot light straight out. Because of this, the LED light is reduced at most angles, making it appear they are not as bright. So far, this has happened every time, with about 80-85% going back to the OEM bulbs.</p><p></p><p>What most do, and what I did is add an auxiliary LED based light in addition to the existing OEM lights. I use the Whelen LIN3 and have it mounted below my plate, just above the OEM reflector. It is super bright and gets attention, while my OEM housings are still reflecting filament based light at at their intended targets.</p><p></p><p>Up to you, but we're trying to save you money and hassle. As this thread lingers more, I'd bet people that have tried the LED route in the rear housing will pipe up. Haven't seen one of them happy about the change yet, as far as light output is concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HotRodZilla, post: 1259291, member: 13519"] What they're saying is, "This has been done before, and this has failed before." The LED bulbs don't take advantage of the OEM reflector pattern and just shoot light straight out. Because of this, the LED light is reduced at most angles, making it appear they are not as bright. So far, this has happened every time, with about 80-85% going back to the OEM bulbs. What most do, and what I did is add an auxiliary LED based light in addition to the existing OEM lights. I use the Whelen LIN3 and have it mounted below my plate, just above the OEM reflector. It is super bright and gets attention, while my OEM housings are still reflecting filament based light at at their intended targets. Up to you, but we're trying to save you money and hassle. As this thread lingers more, I'd bet people that have tried the LED route in the rear housing will pipe up. Haven't seen one of them happy about the change yet, as far as light output is concerned. [/QUOTE]
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