Tail Light LED's?

jtseltmann · August 5, 2005

Looking for feedback from anyone who has purchased or seen the LED tail lights upgrade? I have seen them on ebay in a chrome housing or in red. I think both look pretty cool and would love to see an 'installed' picture.

Ebay Item Link

Anyone got em? or have seen them that could throw two cents in?

thanks!

toneman · August 5, 2005

Looking for feedback from anyone who has purchased or seen the LED tail lights upgrade? I have seen them on ebay in a chrome housing or in red. I think both look pretty cool and would love to see an 'installed' picture.

Ebay Item Link

Anyone got em? or have seen them that could throw two cents in?

thanks!

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I have the smoked version of those LED tails; style-wise, they're okay IMHO. I got them because I got a killer deal on them, plus I wanted LED tails that could light up faster than filament bulb tails (confirmed via A-B-testing on my truck; the difference is negligible but noticeable) The clear lens/chrome background combo may be a bit ricey for some folks; and unless the maker of those tails have changed the design, IIRC the red ones are really clear lenses w/ the chrome backing being red in color--IOW the red one does not utilize a red lens. You may find that you may need to resolder the LED bulb connections; I have personally found that the solder job on these units leaves a bit to be desired...having found this out after noticing that a few LEDs not lighting up. If you do decide to get the Eurostar LED tails, make sure they come with the adapters so that your cruise control will still work; the factory GM cruise control on our NBS trucks/SUVs works in part by detecting resistance from the filament taillight bulb. The LEDs in the Eurostars apparently don't put out enough resistance for the CC to detect; hence the addtion of adapters (essentially, a module containing a resistor or two) to correct this deficiency. I was one of the first folks (if not the first--when I mentioned this to the distributor, they claimed that it was the first time they had even heard of the problem) who discovered the CC issue...hence my somewhat-detailed knowledge on this matter.

jtseltmann · August 6, 2005

toneman,

Thanks for the response and info. I appreciate it! Do you have any installed pictures? Also, how do the parking lights and brake lights work with the three rows of LED's. I think I read that they are dual stage LED's does that mean they have the 'double-filament' style of the old bulbs or does one line of the LED's light up for parking and another set for turnsignal/brake?

Thanks again!

great info!

j