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thanks tiny. I assumed inside LOL! OK makes sense and thanks for the pictures......

Update... Instead of painting white I made a white "reflector" surface from plastic that I put just behind the bulbs. Shaped like the like housing with two holes to slip over the bulbs. WOW did that make a huge difference! I imagine with the plastic lenses it will be great. Thanks for the advice......

That is great to hear the results. Keep an eye on the plastic to make sure the heat from the tail light bulb is not too much for it. The brake light bulb should not be an issue

If I remember correctly the original tail light bulbs were 2 co and the brake light was 20 . I made mine both the larger power.

Some time ago I saw the inside of a modern flat screen TVs on YouTube. In the back there was a large sheet of white plastic with a slightly concave shape. It had a couple of horizontal LED strings across it. That supplied all the light for the screen.

The #63 is 3cp and the 1129 is 21. The one saving grace is they're both on when you apply your brakes (if you have your headlights or parking lights on) so you end up with 27cp (when you use the 6cp #81) which is pretty bright. With the gloss paint and plastic lens it's quite noticeable.

You would need to put the plastic well away from the globes especially the brake light as there is surprising amount of heat generated while you have your foot on the brakes at traffic lights, that is 1 of the reasons the globes are set so far from the lens in modern cars.
With 2 globes of the same cp nor many will notice the difference between 1 globe or 2 globes, that is why tail lights have a lower cp rating so there is a noticable difference when the brake lights come on.
Tony

thanks ill check that

Good point. With a standard transmission it likely won't be an issue unless you're in hilly territory where you have to hold your foot on the brake. It hasn't been an issue for me anyway.