DOT-Legal Rectangular tail-lights

[strictlypersonl]

The white wire is a ground. I would connect it to a light stud with an eye. By the way, my lights didn't come with nuts. The thread is not the same as the Lucas studs. They are 8-36.

[DanEC]

Yes - being an electrical idiot it threw me when I saw the 3 wires but then I read the white is a ground lead (white - who would have figured that would be ground) and figured I just needed to put a ring terminal on it like you noted and secure it and the harness ground on the mounting stud.

My first one came with nuts but I just received the second one today and I haven't unpacked it yet. I really like the substantial gasket that comes with them since I was always fighting the one on my original lights when trying to install them. Keeping my fingers crossed since my luck with LEDs has been pretty spotty.

[DanEC]

One small challenge is drilling two new holes to mount the lights as the studs are centrally mounted on these instead of staggered like the originals.

[DanEC]

Success - they work fine on my car and that's saying something as I unsuccessfully spent days trying to get LED bulbs to work in it.

Very bright - typical new car-like LED star wars effect but that's just a small issue for better visibility.

[FatBoy]

These are really nice tail light units that provide a separate yellow turn signal.

https://www.spiyda.com/magento/index...board-115.html

The brake and tail light is moved to the lower half of the lens behind the reflector and the top half is a dedicated turn signal, which shines bright yellow through the red lens. These lights will work on 3-wire or 4-wire (including earth) setups.

The above light fittings will convert your existing lights, but if you want the complete light units, you need these:

https://www.spiyda.com/magento/index...amber-red.html

This is the new tail light:



And this is the tail light and turn signal:



The price shown is for a pair, but if you use discount code "L542cobra" you will get a £20 discount off the listed price. These are really nice quality units using aluminium circuit boards to act as heat sinks for the super bright yellow turn signals, which will ensure long bulb life, but spares are available from the same place if you ever need one. I have them on my Kirkham as do many of my Cobra friends and the difference is remarkable and a real safety aid in my view.

Paul

[strictlypersonl]

Originally Posted by FatBoy

...I have them on my Kirkham as do many of my Cobra friends and the difference is remarkable and a real safety aid in my view.
Paul

Do they have SAE markings on the lens?

[FatBoy]

The lenses supplied with the complete units probably don't as they're copies of the original Lucas L542 lenses. From memory, I think they have a BS number on them.

Paul

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by strictlypersonl

Do they have SAE markings on the lens?

Yes they have, SAE DOT IST 14 is the marking on the bottom of the lens.

I got them and tried them out, they work great and unlike other LED lenses they are not purely directional. You can see the light from different angles too.
It lights up the whole light and the brake/stop light is very bright.

Thanks again for the find strictlypersonl!!