[DeTomaso] LED Brake Lights - Plasma Bulbs

[Stephen]

First and foremost - Garth - thank you for all the knowledge you share!  Gads, seems like every time I turn around I find another gem with your name attached.

OK- 5332 is up on the lift - I am assuming there are two bulbs on each side that should be replaced, leaving the one for the turn indicator alone?  

Stephen Nelson


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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso
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Subject: [DeTomaso] LED Brake Lights - Plasma Bulbs

Product Review - Two enthusiastic thumbs up!

I had an LED light kit from the Space Cities Panteras crew which I've been really pleased with, but I felt the brake lights were a little underwhelming.  They were about equally as bright as the original filament bulbs, but definitely no brighter.  


In my quest for brighter brake lights I found a review and recommendation for Red Plasma LED bulbs from West Coast Cougar.  They're a bit pricey, but I thought I'd give them a try.  Anyway, they are definitely brighter than my old LED bulbs!  And they're much brighter when viewed off-angle than the old LED bulbs were.
http://www2.cougarpartscatalog.com/plasma2.html


You can probably find some cheap Chinese versions of the same bulb, but supposedly the guys at WCCC tested a number of different ones with less than satisfactory results before discovering these.

Attached are a few comparison pictures...

The bulb on the left is the Plasma LED, and the bulb on the right is the SMD LED (old style).

Cheers!
Garth
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