daniel37

I recently bought 2 1157 LED replacements for the rear tail/brake lites. The incandescents work fine but the Superbright BA15 rxl3 lites are way brighter. Only one big problem.. When you apply the brakes they dim instead of brighten. And When the parking lights are on, they are the brightest. Opposite of what they should be. But they work fine with the old bulbs. Bad polarity in the bulb you think? They are not there now to answer my questions, so I was wondering if anyone else had these issues with their bulbs.. I know some of you may have used them..Cheers D

LSUvetteguy

I used the led 1157's for a couple of years and I was real happy with them until I saw a 65 with the full led light lens - Wow. I've bought two sets of the full lens leds and they are excellent. If it turns out that your bulbs are bad I'd recommend the full lens leds in the future.

daniel37

What are those?

Frankie the Fink

On eBay at times there are sellers that provide the entire tail light ***'y for C1/C2 cars (I run them)...its the complete red-colored lens; the internal LED lights and the whole thing plugs into existing wiring...

Nowhere Man

the old 1157 can do that too if you put them in wrong, are the new LED 1157 made the same way

daniel37

1157s can only go in one way. staggered pins. So why do the old 1157's work and the 1157 LED's are the opposite. Just thought someone else may have had this experience. all this stuff is made in china.. Yes they are identical.

Nowhere Man

nope the staggered pins can be put on back wards

daniel37

must be what they did. Guess I'll send them back. Don't you hate when you get stuff and it not right? Jeez

larrywalk

Hey LSUvetteguy,
Can you post a link to those you recommend?
Thanks!

6T5RUSH

larrywalk,

Here ya' go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CORVE...Q5fAccessories

Regards,

Jim
In God We Trust!

vettefred

Go to www.uapac.com and look for Corvette under vintage usage.

This will show you the complete corvette LED tailight assembly. They are on ebay all the time. Two for about $60 and they will be the best investment for safety on your vette you will ever make.

I have them on my 58 and they are bright! about twenty LED's in each assembly.

Regards,

Fred

Looks like I took too long....6T5rush found them..lol.

Cruzmeisters

Hey Fred: Better to have a "dupe" than ZERO info!

Frankie the Fink

Yes...these are what I run....although I have LED replacement bulbs in the front parking lights; I like this approach much more...just replace the entire bulb and lens with a one-piece unit using the existing socket and wiring. Mine have worked great for about 14 months.

I suspect the low current draw of LED's helps in other ways ... like reducing the famous C1 fuel gauge 'flop' when you hit the brakes due to the shared ground circuit...

66BlkBB

Fred,

Doesn't appear that they list Mid Year usage on their site. If I remember correctly the 61/62 tail lights are the same as the Mid Years, aren't they? Would they be the same as the 61 Impala? That way a person could install the back up lights also.


Steve

LSUvetteguy

I got mine from Keen Parts, one of the CF supporting vendors. Keenparts.com

66BlkBB

Went to Keen's site. Doesn't say if these are LED taillights or standard. Did you get the LED's from them???

vettefred

Just double checked....they show listing through 66......just got to buy two more than I did.



Fred

66BlkBB

Everything they sell then must be LED. Is that correct???

LSUvetteguy

No, they sell originals too. I think the part number for the full lens LED's is 310221 but I'd give them a call 800-757-5336 to be sure.

camelot97330

Corvette Central has a pair for $56 - under part number 491055 and they have a simple picture that shows the lens/PC board and pig tail.

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....Z5Z5Z50000050x