[DeTomaso] LEDs - approaching last call!

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/11 15 48 53, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:


> No, the LED's color needs to match the color of the Lens for optimal 
> effect. Otherwise, light output through the lens will be diminished. Matching 
> LED color to lens has an impressive effect.  Essentially, white bulbs wash 
> out the color of the lens.  Red looks orange and yellow looks, well, less 
> so.  With the colored LEDs the lens color is deep.  My wife, who is not a car 
> person, points out that the incandescent bulbs make the lens on my Pantera 
> look old and the LEDs make them look new.
> 

Ah, okay.   That then points out the great importance of not only 
specifying the type of lens in use (Gr4 versus standard) but also the coloration of 
the lens (red/red/white versus red/amber/white), for a total of four 
different possible combinations....

Mike