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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jdmvette
rich!

have one of the manufacturers make a halo-style euro LED tail setup.

have the amber lights incorporated in the tail somehow. maybe 3 to 5 of them similar to the signal mirror:



i'd be the 1st in line for those!
I wish it were that easy. I did discuss the possibility of Euros, all Clear lenses, and C6 LEDs. They advised me that they won't do clear, because they could not get DOT approval, and they didn't feel that they would sell enough Euros to justify the approximate $200k to reman the entire unitinvestment. They also advised that there aren't enough C6's on the road yet, to justify the same expenditure for C6 LEDs as of yet.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by C5VetteLS1
The LED themselves are Red. They look clear to the naked eye, but light up Red. We stock Red, White and Amber LEDs. We're constanly plugging them into a bench power source to confirm color prior to shipping, because you can't visually see the difference until lighted.
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Wow!...I would have never known.....I was hoping someone would post a correct and clear explaination...no wonder you are so darn popular Richard...right on top of things

BTW...my halos are working great...I may have to get a spare set sometime in the future.....just in case someone steals mine

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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by C5VetteLS1
I wish it were that easy. I did discuss the possibility of Euros, all Clear lenses, and C6 LEDs. They advised me that they won't do clear, because they could not get DOT approval, and they didn't feel that they would sell enough Euros to justify the approximate $200k to reman the entire unitinvestment. They also advised that there aren't enough C6's on the road yet, to justify the same expenditure for C6 LEDs as of yet.
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yet they sell the nasty ones i posted above that almost no C5 owner has.

i can see the business sense in that...yeah lets manufacture some lights that nobody wants but to heck with the ones that lots of c5 owners now already have (regular euros).

hell i could make a business case in selling them to the export c5 market. i'm sure those guys plus the locals would sell way more than the ones above!

i mean seriously...the ones above are not popular for a reason...
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Sorry folks, I mean no disrepect but...



(well maybe just a little disrespect... )
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