NEW LED Spider Tail Light Bulbs!

[TheFallenAngel12]

I Bought me a very nice set of Spider 5-Arm LED Tail Light Bulbs for my Sonic. I finally recieved them in the mail today. damn cold out today but i didnt care. i just had to get these in like right now... :banana:

They look amazing and were very easy to install. simply unscrew the 2 screws holding the tail assembly onto the car, pull out the assembly, Dissconnect the Tail Light Bulb from the socket. Pull out stock bulb, replace with the new LED Bulb and insert into the housing. Twist to lock and screw the assembly back on... DONE! Check to make sure they light up and thats it. Easy as 1-2-3.

Love how they look. Once it gets dark out i will take more photos of them in the dark. But here is a daytime view of them under normal load running and with the brakes pressed...

Strangely these were hard to capture with my new cannon powershot digital camera as for some reason when i would look at them thru the camera screen they would dim/fade on and off so i had to time each shot to get them when fully bright on the camera?? But in person they dont dim/fade, only on the camera? weird i know. but here is the first set of pictures for you to view... opcorn:

PS:: They are bulb size 7443

 

[SonicBoy24]

ehh, not for me, but I can understand why you like them.

 

[Preloader]

Not bad.

A little camera tip that might work. Lock in the focus on something less bright, then point it at the brakes and shoot. That's the only way I was able to capture shots of the solar eclipse last fall.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

Thanks for the Tip Preloader...

I think they give the rear end a nice "Transformers" kind of feel. Would make my name fit it even more with that idea, The Fallen. I dont expect everyone to like them. But i think they make the rear end look better. Thinking about doing LEDs for the Turn signals and reverse lights also. not sure yet...

 

[Preloader]

I'd be the first to tell you if I didn't like them, but I do. I'd even consider doing that to mine if I weren't already invested in my LED project.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

I'd be the first to tell you if I didn't like them, but I do. I'd even consider doing that to mine if I weren't already invested in my LED project.

thanks, but just to say the second part of that post was meant for sonicboy24. i just forgot to add his name to that part of the message. but yeah, I think they turned out pretty nicely. Will get some nice night shots here shortly now that its dark out. Will have them up either later tonight or in the morning. depends how late i stay up tonight.

 

[rodslinger]

Are the regular brake lights even working? The brightness on the right with the brakes pressed looks the same as the left.

 

[Eric Smit]

Are the regular brake lights even working? The brightness on the right with the brakes pressed looks the same as the left.

it's slightly brighter. these eventual night pics will show it.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

Night Pictures of LED Tail Light Bulbs

Here are some night time shots of the bulbs. They indeed are not as bright as i thought they would be. and the difference between brakes pressed and not pressed is not really all that much honestly. a little dissapointed in that aspect. will see how they fair. I would had thought 30+ LEDs would give more light than this honestly. Not sure about this one. i like the design but may have to put the stock bulbs back in if the differnce cant be seen from brakes pressed and not pressed.

 

[Eric Smit]

I mean, it's noticeable, but barely. good thing you have a third brake light.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

I mean, it's noticeable, but barely. good thing you have a third brake light.

My Thoughts exactly. I cant believe there isnt a bigger difference between pressed and not pressed. That third brake light is the only thing saving these from causing an accident. I might just have to pull them out and put the stock bulbs back in. damnit, i wish these aftermarket people would create a nice LED Tail Lamp Assembly already so we sedan people can get rid of these ugly stock tail lamp assembly. I was hoping these bulbs would give them a better look. and then this :sadbanana: Oh well it was worth a shot. thanks for your honest opinion on it though eric. Im right there with you on it...

 

[Eric Smit]

your tails are tinted though; maybe it would make a bigger difference without it. If you decide to get rid of them, shoot me an email.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

yeah they are tinted but honestly they are barely tinted. i only did a light coating on them. nothing like alot of the other members have done with theres. so it shouldnt really have that much affect on the bulbs brightness. Really my gripe with these are the fact when you press the brake i expected alot more of a difference between pressed and not pressed. Stock bulbs there is a huge difference between the two. With these LED bulbs. like rodslinger said, its barely even noticable esp during the daytime. If i decide i dont want them i will email you.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

Oh, i have a set of 3157 size LED Bulbs just like these laying around not being used. bought them thinking they would work with the sonic and then found out they dont. So now i have a brand new set of lights with nothing to put them in as that size doesnt fit any vehicle i know of in the family. 5-Arm Setup like these i have installed. just a 3157 size bulb instead of the 7443 we need for our sonics tail light bulb.

 

[acire91]

It sucks they aren't brighter. They look really nice. I was just staring at my taillights earlier this evening thinking about how hideous they were too.

 

[Preloader]

Are they white LEDs or red LEDs?

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

I like the way they look but they need to pop before I could use them with my tinted tails.

 

[TheFallenAngel12]

Are they white LEDs or red LEDs?

The original Set i bought the 3157's were Red LED's. But when i searched for the same ones in the 7443 bulb size that the sonic takes, i kept getting a "currently not available" message on the page when i clicked on it. So i had to buy the White LED version of them. So yes, these i have installed on the car are the White LED version. Like i said, i expected alot brighter lights when i put these in. I have several LED units in the house and they are bright as hell and can tell the difference between a low setting and high setting. so i thought, lol, the same would apply with the car's LED Bulbs. not so much.

As Eric said, they are noticable, but barely. not much of a difference. especially during the day. and as i stated, my tail lights are barely even tinted. if they perform this weak in a lightly tinted tail assembly. what they hell would they do in a almost blacked out tail like TMO's or other members? So yeah i dont know if i want to keep these in or not. The only thing telling people im braking really is probably that third brake light. Its a bummer as i had high hopes for these Bulbs. :sadbanana:

 

[Eric Smit]

depressing.

 

[mowcowbell]

I wish we could find LED units as bright as the ones Dodge uses on the Charger. Those tails are insanely bright!

I'm sticking with stock bulbs until I can find something that bright.

Darin