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Who sells the rectangular tail lights with a reflector?
I like the looks of the original style tail lights. I was told they don't have a reflector in them and don't really put out much light back there. Is there any vendor who has the lights with the built in reflector? Thanks.%/
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It's very possible Larry knows more than I do on this, but the picture doesn't show a rear reflector. It'd be best to call and ask.
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The honeycomb portion is a reflector.
You can brighten up the light some by building a backing plate out of aluminum or something else that reflects light when the bulb is on. They aren't very bright w/o some kind of backing. Larry |
Just bought a set last week from ERA, they are shown on thier web site,under options I think,had them in 2 days,and you can't beat the price and the quality.
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Superformance dealers have them. I modified my SPF lights even further by trimming the retainer plate, opening up the hole in the body of my ERA, using a halogen bulb for the stop-lamp, and rewiring the car to accept two bulbs with separate functions for stop/turn and taillamp (using the brighter halogen bulb for stop/turn, and a standard bulb for taillamp circuit).
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...170lights3.jpg Made a significant improvement in rear lighting. regards, Jeff |
CobraJeff, did you make the bulb holder (holds two blubs), or do you have a source for it. I like this idea a lot. Thanks, Jim
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The 2-bulb box is part of the SPF taillight assembly
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Taillight reflectors
I just modified my taillights by cutting out the bottom section of the backing plate and modifying reflectors from Pilot PL250 back-up lights. There was a fair amount of work involved and when I was done, I did a comparison to the stock tallight. The modified light is more consistent top to bottom, but not as bright in the top portion. I like having the assembly closed up with the reflector so contamination won't get into them, but would probably buy the Superformance taillights if I was starting from scratch. Current price from Bill at the Snakepit is $80/pair plus $5 shipping. Just read a review on bulbs, the halogen bulb surface gets up over 300 degrees and if the brakes were on for a couple of minutes continuous they began melting the test motorcycle's lens. I use 2357LL's in place of 1157's for the brighter brake light with only .1 amp more current.
Pictures in my gallery of the difference in brightness and a shot from the back, Art |
Rectangular with LED bulb
There was a thread about using a special right angle LED bulb in these lights. Very hard to find, but they do make a 1157 version sold at some of the hot rod places.
Seems like this would be the ultimate approach, extremely bright, no need for a reflector and little heat generated. Multiple elements would eliminate an outage, and they advertise a very, very long life! No modifcations necessary either. LED's... of course if they worked as well as advertised, we'd see these in all the traffic lights... and all the new large truck trailers... If someone tries LED's, please let us know how it work!!!!!! |
LED taillights
http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcyc...icles/halogen/
Here is the article I referenced. Ledtronics and Bright Lights make LED replacements but they are not as bright as an 1157 bulb, and about $26 a pop. Ron Francis makes what they call Brite Bulbs, they claim as bright as halogens without excessive cost or heat. The 1157 replacement is 1077A and costs $6.95 each. Anyone have experience with these? |
I used aluminum flashing to make a reflector, looks very similar to the drawing above, flashing is cheap and easy to work with, try Lowe's for a roll
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It may have to do with the number of LEDs in each bulb unit, but I know a guy who had to buy a polycarbonate lens because the standard lens woud melt when he installed LEDs in his '65 Mustang. The distance between the LEDs and lens, etc. would obviously also make a difference.
Dan |
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