<VV> LED lights for the rear.

[Ron]

Does anyone on this list have any experience with the brighter 1157's from: 
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/tail-brake-turn/
Will these bulbs fit in the Corvait taillight housing?
RonH

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From: <jvhroberts at aol.com>
To: <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> LED lights for the rear.


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> For more info on production taillight bulbs, see:
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> http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/lights/signal_bulbs/signal_bulbs.html
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> John Roberts
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Pitchford <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>
> To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thu, May 16, 2013 7:25 am
> Subject: Re: <VV> LED lights for the rear.
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> Mike - Clark's sells pretty good incandescents that are brighter 1157
> replacements. I too want to upgrade to LEDs, but the brighter 1157s are a
> good temporary fix until Seth's tech article is published.
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> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:02 AM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Mike
>> If you don't care about how much light you want, it is not a problem. The
>> design of the socket aims the LED at an angle so that limits the output.
>> There  is no good easy, simple, cheap solution.  I was never able to get
>> the
>> Southern California company to come up with a reasonable price on a plug 
>> in
>> lens/LED, but this new design is close. Cost is about $55 in parts and a
>> bit of work on your part. But it is bright - 24 LEDs aimed straight to 
>> the
>> rear at the stock lens. I installed one on a car and we experimented with
>> the
>> brake lights. The LED side definitely came on sooner than the 
>> incandescent
>> side.  It might save your butt if someone was following too close. It is
>> also much  brighter, in both taillight and turn signal mode. I am working
>> on a
>> tech article  to show "How to do it".  Drop me an E-mail directly and I
>> will
>> send you a  couple of photos on a set-up that works great and looks stock
>> from the outside.  PS - the first thing you will need is an extra pair of
>> tail light housings.  The big metal piece that the lens screws onto. 
>> Clean
>> them
>> up well and pick up a  set of the appropriate gaskets for the housing to
>> body and the lens to housing  from Clarks. (That cost in not included in 
>> my
>> $55 estimate)
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>> - Seth Emerson
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>> In a message dated 5/15/2013 6:08:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> kovacsmj at yahoo.com writes:
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>> Does  anybody have a recommendation on what brand/type etc. of LED bulbs
>> are easy to  just "plug in" to a LM tail light socket? This would be an
>> easy
>> substitute for  the 1157 bulb.
>>
>>
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