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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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LED Tails???

Whats the deal? I have been waiting patiently and still nothing....Im getting antsy!
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Nice post onBelay... very resourceful and helpful. We all appreciate your help.


I'm waiting as well 04comp... Stock look, LED performance. I suppose that some think that LEDs on Cadillacs, BMWs, Mercedes, and even select FORD products look 'ricey'.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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Nice post onBelay... very resourceful and helpful. We all appreciate your help.


I'm waiting as well 04comp... Stock look, LED performance. I suppose that some think that LEDs on Cadillacs, BMWs, Mercedes, and even select FORD products look 'ricey'.
LMAO. Not to mention every vehicle over $40,000 with the exception of a few. Maybe it's the high quality vehicles that are safer, smoother and have more features that are all "ricey".

Oh well, what ever happened to that guy who found someone who made a set. Wasn't the company matrix or something like that?

Duke
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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So now we are so ignorant to call LED taillights "rice"? I think some idiot is getting altezzas confused with an LED that will emit light much farther and much longer period of time then an incandescent bulb. This is one mod that I would really be interested in provided they look stockish and are a quality piece.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by F150 Duke
LMAO. Not to mention every vehicle over $40,000 with the exception of a few. Maybe it's the high quality vehicles that are safer, smoother and have more features that are all "ricey".

Oh well, what ever happened to that guy who found someone who made a set. Wasn't the company matrix or something like that?

Duke
I have been checking the web site regularly and nothing on it yet. I will give them until the 30th and then I will call them again to see what the status is.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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I've got LED tails on my Accord. It's a nice touch, especially since the car wasnt a fortune to get.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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I haven't looked for my truck but I know I've seen LED replacement automotive bulbs in the past. Wife has the truck right now so if anyone cares to post the bulb types we might be able to track some down.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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I tried the LED bulb thing. Worse than stock as far as emitted light. THEN I got the APC's. They have this nasty 'tumor' on them at the bottom and beyond that, the way they're built, the led's 'angle outward' and if you're slightly off center to the truck, you can't see them both lit. You have to face them dead-on, each one, to see them lit. I've had too many people say 'hey dude, you've got a tail light out' to even consider keeping them.

I looked into having a company build some a few years back for superdutys, went through the layout, patent and proposal but ultimately couldn't find a company to build them. We made one 'prototype set' out of factory lenses and a cadillac light base. They were kinda cool, but my design required certain parts to be lit with running lights and certain parts to come on with the stop/turn lights and that couldn't be done with the caddy tails. If anyone knows of a company that will accept a design and actually build the lights, let me know.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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If anyone knows of a company that will accept a design and actually build the lights, let me know.
BlackSky... check with Duke on this one. I know he's been in contact with some folks that can probably rocketship this up to somewhere near the manufacturing stage. I'm very interested in hearing what you come up with...
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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BlackSky... check with Duke on this one. I know he's been in contact with some folks that can probably rocketship this up to somewhere near the manufacturing stage. I'm very interested in hearing what you come up with...
We're still in the process of putting something together but it's starting to look doubtful. The price of building the interior light shroud our taillights require for the LED pattern to look good and OEM is quite expensive.

I keep you guys updated as I know more.

Duke
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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I found a set for the old body style F150. They got it right...these are what I want for our trucks! They look stock, not ricey, and have the good led pattern with a reflector for each of the led bulbs (like the infinity's)...heres a picture...
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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I like those LED tails, now if they would just make one for the new body style.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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I did manage to find these:

Found them on SlickCar.com
 
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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04pro... any word on who makes that part? I've searched that particular ebay.com user with no luck...
 
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