i put a luxeon altilon 1x4 in each of the reverse lights of a 71 olds 442.the lights are metal and can take the short term heat.at 1a each thats about 900 REAL lumens.EACH!it looks like daylight behind it in reverse.
i thought of a switch to flash them to back off tailgaters.the bare led is nasty to look at directly.the lense softens it a bit.
Kind of crappy picture comparing stock w16w bulb and “50W” ebay led (link above in my previous post).
It’s hard to notice any big difference, except for the tint.
Whooaaaa. Thanks for these pics. You even got me interested in this solar light! This read led light looks hella bright. Just what I might need! Is it just a remove and replace bulb or is some modding needed? Any heating issues? Re-reading the thread meanwhile for answers!
In the manual of your car you can find out what type of bulbs are used.
The led “bulbs” are avaliable with most types of fittings, but some led bulbs are larger than the standard car bulbs.
It always looks brighter on a photo because the lightmeter in the camera tries to get the lighting of the photo as correct as possible.
If there is not mucht light, the shutter stays open longer.
But the led reverse lights of my Dacia are pretty bright now, much brighter than the 21W bulbs.
I tried a couple LED “globes’ originally. YUK.
Waste of money.
Spent $35. bought a pr of 6in small LED bars, centre beam. outers spread.
Good for 30/40 yds.
Left originals in, with a dash sw to others.
Backing in dark, nobody around. It’s near daylight for 40yds back.
Anybody around. just use std. no problems.
you ever thought why reverse, sign and also turn lights are limited in their max output?
Its not because even with light bulbs it wont be possible to get brighter its because they should not blind other drivers
Here in Germany replacing them with some LED means
you loose operation licence of your car —> Insurance wont pay on accidents
problems when Police controls you (they simply say put in original light bulbs or your car wont move anywhere before replaced) you also get a very unpleasant fee to pay —> you may be forced to make new TÜV check on car as well