Has anyone replaced there 1157 Brake lights with 1157 LED lights?

and if so, do they work fine?

i attemped to put them in my GSR, but they do not light up all the way, very very dim... i thought it was the bulbs but i test them in another car and their fine.
Thoughts?

 

LEDs are going to be much much weaker than normal bulbs. Thats why most cars with them have like 20 in the rear

 

You probably got the LED bulbs that have several in a round cluster that all face the same direction. In an Integra, it's only going to make a red spot inside the lens because none of the LED's are directed towards the reflector inside the lens.

I have seen some new automotive LED replacement bulbs that have LED's in a sperical-type cluster, w/ LED's facing in all directions. I would think those would be alot more effective as you would have the light coming from the LED's bouncing off the reflector and illuminating a larger area of the taillight lens.

 

The led's in the stock taillights won't matter. Actually they will not be as bright as the regular bulbs. Save the money and stick with the bulbs.

 

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Have you seen or tried the ones I described? They're pretty new I think. I'm sure they would be alot more effective than the regular "straight out" LED bulbs we're used to seeing.

 

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I think this calls for some research

 

Hmm...



or

 

those look unique how much they retail for??? id be a first to try them if anyone is interested in knowing

 

hmm that wasn't the one I had seen, let me look...

 

Here we go, it has 15 LED's aimed 360 degrees around all sides, and 3 pointing straight back. Since most of the light from Integra tail and brake lights is reflected light from the reflector inside the housing, I would think these would work pretty well in our taillights.

 

do you think the light output would be better?

 

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better than regular bulbs? I don't know, only way to find out would be to try them. They would last alot longer, though, and have that cool instant on/off effect that LED's have.

 

pics of a car with those bulbs????

 

Does it really matter much for tail-lights anyway? Those last ones shown look like they'll probably be pretty steep in price.

 

Patrick, where did you find thoses bulbs?

 

It was posted on HIDplanet sometime last week I think.

*edit* they're available from one of the eBay Store vendors.

mmmm I want them, but it would be around $70-$80 just for 2 red brake lights and 2 amber front bumper lights.

Red 1157's: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33713

Yellow 1157's: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...34559

They also have a turn signal flasher made for using LED's or any other kind of lighting. Supposedly it flashes 60 cycles per minute, regardless of how much voltage is passing through it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...96378

 

You can solve the directional hotspot problem by sanding the LED with a dremel or something. This will cause internal refraction and will give a even light diffusion. You can also do this to LEDs for use in gauge cluster retrofits.

 

You will notice that the blinkers will go crazy fast with the use of LED signals due to its low resistivity. But instead of buying that flasher replacement, you can go to radioshack and and buy a resistor to mod your current flasher to compensate. I have a potentiometer set up so that I can adjust the speed of blinking as necessary.

 

 

Review of those 360 degree LED bulbs: http://hidplanet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2444

Not sure if they would be good for Integra brake lights or not.

 

HIDplanet eh?

:signs up:

 

what ru talking about? only $18

edit: oh u mean for all around ur car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It was posted on HIDplanet sometime last week I think.

*edit* they're available from one of the eBay Store vendors.

mmmm I want them, but it would be around $70-$80 just for 2 red brake lights and 2 amber front bumper lights.

Red 1157's: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33713

Yellow 1157's: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...34559

They also have a turn signal flasher made for using LED's or any other kind of lighting. Supposedly it flashes 60 cycles per minute, regardless of how much voltage is passing through it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...96378</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats alot

 

also, you might want to check out
SUPERBRIGHTLEDS.COM
That's where I used to buy my car LEDs.

 

most people that do led conversions to taillights cut the backside of the taillight off(just the area with the bulb hole), then make a panel of leds in the same shape to replace it.