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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 10:32 AM
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These bulbs are amazing. They are five times brighter than the 12 LED bulbs I had in the tail lights, and these are so much cooler looking. I will be installing these today, and will post more pics of them installed and lit up.

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Are they $pendy or fairly reasonable?
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you veeta looks like a good car and y pray to wacth it finnished. the spiders looks very cool, bt i prefer the spiders of the old school.
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Are they $pendy or fairly reasonable?

I got a slight discount for ordering four of them, but their list price is $49.99 each. I would not consider that reasonable.
Old Apr 4, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
I got a slight discount for ordering four of them, but their list price is $49.99 each. I would not consider that reasonable.
WOW! I agree

I'm sure they'll look pretty cool, but $200 is a little more than I can spend for tail light bulbs (that's a lot of bananas).
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
I got a slight discount for ordering four of them, but their list price is $49.99 each. I would not consider that reasonable.
me neither. Do they have a lifetime warranty? If they make you more visible......how can you put a price on safety.

you think they're gonna go in the lamp housing without interference. It looks like they fold but it looks like it may be close.
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me neither. Do they have a lifetime warranty? If they make you more visible......how can you put a price on safety.

you think they're gonna go in the lamp housing without interference. It looks like they fold but it looks like it may be close.

I agree they increase the rear visibility by at least five times, and that's not an embellishment.

The warranty is limited lifetime, which means if they fail on their own accord then they replace them but if I break them it's my dime.

They actually fit in the housing very well and there is room for the large version whereas I got the mediums.

They do collapse too, for installing from the rear. You can remove the socket itself, put the bulb in, collapse it, and put the socket back in. Saves from having to take the cover off.

Also, they may require inline resistors, which I already installed, for the signal flashers to work properly.
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They look cool Where did you get them?

Still waiting to see them on your car
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They look cool Where did you get them?

Still waiting to see them on your car

http://spiderlite.com/

Pics coming soon.
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Okay, here's a preliminary pic of the SpiderLite exposed next to the two lensed bulbs, and then a pic with the lens in place. See how much brighter they are?

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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
I got a slight discount for ordering four of them, but their list price is $49.99 each. I would not consider that reasonable.
$50 ea for tail light bulbs? You've got to be kidding!
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And I thought I was a fan of overkill...

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$50 ea for tail light bulbs? You've got to be kidding!
Thats what a corvette speacialty shop would charge for an 1157 bulb replacement.
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And I thought I was a fan of overkill...


Yeah mister +.060 over and forged rotating assembly.
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Originally Posted by Kid Vette
$50 ea for tail light bulbs? You've got to be kidding!

Look what his workbench cost....
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Look what his workbench cost....

Hah hah, that's actually where I just tossed a bunch of the stuff that was on my work bench when I cleaned it off to work on some large parts and brackets.
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Yeah mister +.060 over and forged rotating assembly.

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Thats what a corvette specialty shop would charge for an 1157 bulb replacement.
This is all starting to make sense to me. The reason for the dual alternators is to supply enough power for the $200 tail light bulbs. The Mark IV fan is to cool the engine which is overheating because its trying to spin the dual alternators.
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Originally Posted by Kid Vette
This is all starting to make sense to me. The reason for the dual alternators is to supply enough power for the $200 tail light bulbs. The Mark IV fan is to cool the engine which is overheating because its trying to spin the dual alternators.


That is funny. Sounds like something i'd say but nicer.

Edit: I saw Durango's picts of the spider bulb. Only 1 question. If you blind the driver behind you and then he rear-ends you is it really safer?

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Originally Posted by Kid Vette
This is all starting to make sense to me. The reason for the dual alternators is to supply enough power for the $200 tail light bulbs. The Mark IV fan is to cool the engine which is overheating because its trying to spin the dual alternators.

Hey, do you have A/C on your car?



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