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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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Those of you that have tinted tail lamps, which leds did you use in place of your stock bulbs?

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I have Black Cherry Halos from Richard at Corvette Enhancements and they are the real deal
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the overall consensus is that replacing just the bulb with an LED is pretty worthless. they do not light up as bright as the OEM bulb in the stock housing. plus, unless you have a bypass harness, you will get hyper-flash.

the real way to do LED tails is to replace the stock housings with halo LED tails or some other similar full-replacement tail light swap.
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the overall consensus is that replacing just the bulb with an LED is pretty worthless. they do not light up as bright as the OEM bulb in the stock housing. plus, unless you have a bypass harness, you will get hyper-flash.

the real way to do LED tails is to replace the stock housings with halo LED tails or some other similar full-replacement tail light swap.
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Tinted OEM tails are dim. If you want tinted lights that people can see (especially in morning/afternoon sun) you need Halos or similar LED Tails.
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Originally Posted by TheRadioFlyer
Tinted OEM tails are dim. If you want tinted lights that people can see (especially in morning/afternoon sun) you need Halos or similar LED Tails.
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