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I bought some $5.00 LED TAIL LIGHT BULBS on ebay. They have 19 LED'S. They are 12 volt for my '57. The bulbs are not as bright as the conventional bulbs.
I did get some 6 V for the '50 from Chevs of the '40's and will be installing them tomorrow. They cost 3X as much and are the bulbs Brewster has.
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thanks for the info...
keep us posted, good info to know !!
guess it may be true, ya get what ya pay for ?!?
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Let us know how it goes. You should be happy with the ones for the '50…
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I installed an LED bulb on one side. I am rather disapointed with it. The center of the lens seems a little brighter. This is the area the LED;s point at. The rest of the lens doesn't light up as much because the light is concentrated in the center.
Will need to test it more under diffeerent conditions.
I always thought the brake lights were fairly bright on my '50 especially compared to 1941-1948's with the heavy glass lenses.
The problem is that the lights are so small. Don't know what they were thinking back then.
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Get someone else to step on the brake for you, and walk back 4 or 5 car lengths like on the hiway. They're bright back there!
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I bought some very expensive 6v LEDs from Highspeed Garage and was very disappointed. No brighter than stock for a LOT more money.
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I instaled one of the Filling Station $15.00 LED bulbs on one side of my '50. It (the brake light in daylight) about 15 % brighter than the other side.
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I instaled one of the Filling Station $15.00 LED bulbs on one side of my '50. It (the brake light in daylight) about 15 % brighter than the other side. Is that 15% worth the price .... in other words, are you satisfied with that improvement ?
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Too low of a satisfied percentage to consider buying those bulbs.
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