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Old 12-21-2007, 10:24 PM
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Hella Tailight questions...

for those with the Hella tails, or thinkin about them...

I was searchin around about the Hella LED tails for our trucks and found lots, but not really what I was looking for. I noticed that the reverse light "clear" part is really small, for those with these tailights, how is the output, and could you get a pic if you dont mind, of the output at night. I plan on adding some aux. backup lights, but no time soon. Second how is this "Celis" stuff for the running lights, I saw some pics of it but it doesnt look very bright, or seem to be a very big portion of the light for that matter. Maybe Im OCD but why cant the LED's function as the running lights as well, that way there could be more LEDs and maybe the reverse on the bottom...

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Im looking into getting the hella smoked tails with led..........
 
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Old 12-22-2007, 02:35 PM
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Im looking into getting the hella smoked tails with led..........
where are these at? I havent seen a smoked version, got any pics?
 
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Old 12-22-2007, 02:54 PM
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I dont have any output pics but I can tell you that these do get the job done. I didnt add any backup lights and Im cool but I do have a Z2 with a backup camera and reverse sensing and I love it
 
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Originally Posted by FX4life
for those with the Hella tails, or thinkin about them...

I was searchin around about the Hella LED tails for our trucks and found lots, but not really what I was looking for. I noticed that the reverse light "clear" part is really small, for those with these tailights, how is the output, and could you get a pic if you dont mind, of the output at night. I plan on adding some aux. backup lights, but no time soon. Second how is this "Celis" stuff for the running lights, I saw some pics of it but it doesnt look very bright, or seem to be a very big portion of the light for that matter. Maybe Im OCD but why cant the LED's function as the running lights as well, that way there could be more LEDs and maybe the reverse on the bottom...

Thanks for any input..
I have pics in my gallery
 
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Old 12-22-2007, 05:28 PM
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Pmason718 and RUSS04-- In my searches I acctually ran across both your galleries. How do you guys like this "Celis Light output" stuff, is there anyway to describe it? It doesnt look like much of a running light from the pics...
 
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Old 12-22-2007, 09:26 PM
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Pmason718 and RUSS04-- In my searches I acctually ran across both your galleries. How do you guys like this "Celis Light output" stuff, is there anyway to describe it? It doesnt look like much of a running light from the pics...
FX4life Celis is a wrap around You get more light on the side but there is about 4inches of tail light that is visable from looking at the rear I like them I never got stopped by the copsThere is a member on line that wired them up to light up all of the time I think it was F150DUKE MERRY CHRISTMAS:santa:
 

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Old 12-23-2007, 01:07 AM
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Have had them on my truck for over a year now and love them. Celis running lights are brighter than stock and much brighter LED brake lights. As far as the reverse lights, they are bright enough to get the job done but don't seem as bright as stock tails. A very nice upgrade in my opinion.
 
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Old 12-23-2007, 01:32 AM
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Have had them on my truck for over a year now and love them. Celis running lights are brighter than stock and much brighter LED brake lights. As far as the reverse lights, they are bright enough to get the job done but don't seem as bright as stock tails. A very nice upgrade in my opinion.

thanks for the info everyone, i was curious about the output in reverse, and this celis crap. I might have to pull the plug and order some, idk.


Got any pics XLTeaser?? I have yet to see these lights on a bright red truck like ours...
 
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Old 12-23-2007, 11:35 AM
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the hellas are d.o.t. so there should be no problems with the po po. the running light output is about the same as the celius output on the 2000-2003 bmw 5 series, and the new bmw 6 series. as for the back up lights???? i dont know, i have 5% tint....
 
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Not the best pic but its all I had.
 
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Not the best pic but its all I had.
those seem to blend in great with the bright red...Thanks for the pic!
 
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Old 12-23-2007, 01:22 PM
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just do some reverse fog lights

 
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Pics here



 
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Old 12-23-2007, 01:41 PM
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running lamp


running and brake
 


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