Came home from work and another new part in the mail... nothing crazy but should help me. Since I have uber dark window tint I can't see **** when reversing... If you have dark tint to you should definitely look into these! www.retro-solutions.com

Here is my stock bulbs



Well RetroSolutions came up with a new bulb for the 05 when I asked a couple of weeks ago!





So lets compare!



uhm yeah.... BIG difference!!




And now both together!

 

I wonder why they aren't uniform in the light output. But yeah, nice upgrade. I replaced all the halogen bulbs in my car with LED, interior and exterior.

 

Looks cool. enjoy it while it lasts, retro-solutions have the shittiest LEDs I've ever used. And I change them frequently.

 

oh **** really?!

 

If you have issues check out autoillumination.com. A friend of mine buys LEDs from them and he has had them for years!

 

Yea I used to change LEDs every couple months. Retro solutions ones didn't last a day. (well one of them). other one flickered all the time.

 

I got mine from superbrightleds.com and haven't had any problems for over a year now.

 

Really..... Let's see, you told people on another forum your LED bulbs were the "same" as ours even though we both know that is quite simply not the case. We had to put up a disclaimer because of your claims.
Additionally, we have had your customers come to us for replacement bulbs, and one commented how ours in comparison were brighter and they liked the quality better. Go figure.

 

Great minds think alike! Both of my cars have the LEDs from superbrightleds.com; no problems or differences in illumination etc for years now here as well.

 

Its all about quality. I can't personally comment on your products because I am not a customer but as long as you stand behind your product I don't see any issues.

"we have had your customers come to us for replacement bulbs" is this a competitor dispute here? The competition trying to plant a bad seed?

Well either way I'll be the neutral party. As an electrical engineer I'll tell you that LEDs are awesome as far as lumen output and longevity as long as two factors are considered; quality LEDs (these companies usually don't manufacture the LED itself, they design and build a circuit/"bulb" for 12V automobile use) and a quality voltage/current regulation circuit built into the bulb. LEDs are again awesome but they are more sensative to over-voltage and over-current conditions than your standard bulb.

LED replacement "bulbs" aren't that crazy expensive. Just don't take one persons opinion as gold, buy one of several brands to compare to get YOUR opinion, then select favorite for the full setup. Simple, can't we all just get along?

Me personally, I'm working on custom fitting LEDs into a full array with pulse control modulation and pattern programmability with some other funky styling thrown in.

 

nice

 

There was a point in time we had to disclaimer certain posts on another forum because a certain someone made fictitious claims regarding their bulb offerings being exactly the same and from the same manufacturing as ours.

That's the way to do it. We used to offer services doing exactly that, but the time and costs involved with custom PCBs and bezels got the prices a little high up there, more than what most enthusists want to pay for a set of quality lamps. Its a shame though, because we loved those projects!
If you want some help or want to run some ideas past us, please feel free, we still have a passion for it!