Changing Tail Light Bulb For Led: Red Or White?

[cobrAA]

Should I go RED or White since the cover is already red?

[turbo5050]

I guess white should be fine since standard (non-led) bulbs on most cars with red covers aren't red. Therefore i think it should be the same for Leds.

[89CAL]

remember that LED's emit a brighter and more direct white light so you may end up getting a bit of a pink glow from your tail lights. I put one in mine that i had lying around and it didnt make much different. That is in a 33 GTST but.

[wisey18]

You want red LED's.

[cobrAA]

remember that LED's emit a brighter and more direct white light so you may end up getting a bit of a pink glow from your tail lights. I put one in mine that i had lying around and it didnt make much different. That is in a 33 GTST but.

That why I was wondering if I should go red or white but while I was browsing on ebay, a seller said to not use red led if the cover is red..

[Bennett]

remember that LED's emit a brighter and more direct white light so you may end up getting a bit of a pink glow from your tail lights. I put one in mine that i had lying around and it didnt make much different. That is in a 33 GTST but.

I was gonna say the exact same thing. Get red or they will turn out pink like the faded VN commodore brake lights you always see

[(B1) MR_fanny]

may sound silly but do you think because red leds emit "red" light obviously when it passes through the red cover something happens to the light say it gets filtered maybe?? probably the reason why the seller says not to use red leds in under red tail light covers??

i dunno but ive seen some strange things happen when you pass coloured light through coloured filters.

[Bennett]

I know it gets filtered and only lets the red part of the light through etc etc. Just thought it might look a nicer deeper red with red led's but maybe not. Take some photos when you get them in anyway.

And whats this funny thing that happens when coloured light passes through coloured filters?

[89CAL]

opps i forgot to say in my post that i used a red multi LED bulb not a white one. I had the LED in one and a normalin in the one next to it and couldnt really tell the difference. The LED one was slightly reder i think.....

But yeah remember a normal globe works much different to an LED. a normal globe will emit a duller light but emits it over a wider area, The LED is concentrated light so if you can get a multi-directional one it would be better. And def get a red one... Ive seen white LED's in some that look pink as said above. Red will do fine, worked in my old VL just wasnt that visible in the daylight, is much better in the skyline tail lights

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

or you could not use led's

[Excess]

or you could not use led's

any other option to have brighter brake lights? except the L.E.D.s option

[Phatboy]

any other option to have brighter brake lights? except the L.E.D.s option

Why do you need brighter brake lights?

[(B1) MR_fanny]

And whats this funny thing that happens when coloured light passes through coloured filters?

like when a green led is covered by a red film it comes up whitey grey instead of green. i tried to make my clock red to match my interior lights but meh...still looks better than green.

[Bennett]

LOL that is weird. I thought you meant when a red light goes through a red lense

[brent32]

is it just me or are there some LED haters on this thread.

Its not like fitting 20" chromies which decrease performance and look ghey, leds are actually brighter and use less electrical energy which is why they are used in new cars.

I admit its up to the individual and is alot of coin for a largely aesthetic mod.

I like them cause they match the ADR LED high stop light mounted in the rear window.

Also i find silver or clear tail light surrounds -like on the new WRX look shit so dont get clear.

[Bennett]

Pretty sure he is just talking bout replacing the globe... to one of those LED globe things?

Or are you changing the whole brake light casing?

[Excess]

Why do you need brighter brake lights?

mines a bit dull? or is it just me

[666DAN]

You want Red, but in my opinion of all the brake light LEDs I've tested, I'm yet to find a drop in solution that is brighter than the original bulb.....that's my I don't sell them.

The only thing I have found that are any good are some 3W T20 indicator lamps that are actually bright in daylight and do the job.

[brent32]

sorry i didnt know you could do a replacement for just the globe with LED- you must be desperate for brighter tail lights to bother.

[Bennett]

Have a read of this all you guys who are interested... http://www.superbrightleds.com/carbulb-notes.htm