View Poll Results: Which mod? Window tint or LED tails?
Window tint
47
67.14%
LED tail lights
23
32.86%
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Which mod? Window tint or LED tails?
Pro
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Albuquerque New Mexico
I'd vote for tint -
LEDs are trendy overated Autozone pimp-ur-ride aisle "upgrade" but at 5 x the price. Watch - in just a few years they'll all be in the junk pile with the red double-bladed windshiled wipers as people wonder what happened with the dotty-spotted tail-light craze.
Tint will keep the car cooler, look more solid and other advantages.
LEDs are trendy overated Autozone pimp-ur-ride aisle "upgrade" but at 5 x the price. Watch - in just a few years they'll all be in the junk pile with the red double-bladed windshiled wipers as people wonder what happened with the dotty-spotted tail-light craze.
Tint will keep the car cooler, look more solid and other advantages.
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Olathe, Kansas
For Sale!
1 set of trendy, overated, Autozone pimp-ur-ride, dotty spotted LED Tailights! Best offer!! And if you act right away, I'll throw in a set of
red, double bladed windshield wipers at no extra charge!! Got to get me some of that cooler, more solid window tint!!
red, double bladed windshield wipers at no extra charge!! Got to get me some of that cooler, more solid window tint!!
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Ramona CA
I had LED tails. Took them off. Every time I hit the breaks or turned my turn signals on I got static in the radio. Thought it was just my C5. My son-in-law has a Z06 and he put in LED tails. Same thing. Static in the radio when ever the tail lights cam on. I assume the tail lights had a small microprocessor in them. Micros use high frequency crystal oscillators. The oscillator frequency produces RFI harmonics that got into the antenna system causing static in the radio.
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From: Winfield IN
I had LED tails. Took them off. Every time I hit the breaks or turned my turn signals on I got static in the radio. Thought it was just my C5. My son-in-law has a Z06 and he put in LED tails. Same thing. Static in the radio when ever the tail lights cam on. I assume the tail lights had a small microprocessor in them. Micros use high frequency crystal oscillators. The oscillator frequency produces RFI harmonics that got into the antenna system causing static in the radio.
Very interesting... anybody else ever have this problem or hear of it?
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I'd go with the LED tails - makes one heck of a difference in the looks of the car and sure allows others to see your back end (safety issue).
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I had LED tails. Took them off. Every time I hit the breaks or turned my turn signals on I got static in the radio. Thought it was just my C5. My son-in-law has a Z06 and he put in LED tails. Same thing. Static in the radio when ever the tail lights cam on. I assume the tail lights had a small microprocessor in them. Micros use high frequency crystal oscillators. The oscillator frequency produces RFI harmonics that got into the antenna system causing static in the radio.
The halos are not supposed to hyperflash. Hyperflash will only occur if the load resistor on the back fails.
