G Body LED Tail Lights

[kingcolbert83]

thats bad engineering if you ask me. why in the world would they put the high beam switch in turn signal instead of with the other light switchs. Unless they had some genious reason then I say thats crazy

 

[84GP455]

Here are some pic's of LED vs. 2057 bulbs in my taillights.
LED is first 2057 is second

LED

2057 See how the bottom half of the lens on the LED is dark?
And these LED bulbs have 24 led's 18 facing forward and 6 around the bulb facing sideways.

 

[DRIVEN]

thats bad engineering if you ask me. why in the world would they put the high beam switch in turn signal instead of with the other light switchs. Unless they had some genious reason then I say thats crazy

Pretty much every automaker does it that way and have been for the last 30 years.

 

[kingcolbert83]

thats bad engineering if you ask me. why in the world would they put the high beam switch in turn signal instead of with the other light switchs. Unless they had some genious reason then I say thats crazy

Pretty much every automaker does it that way and have been for the last 30 years.

o dang you are right. i guess i'm so used to never using them that i forgot. i just ran through my mind all the different cars i have driven and it is on there. haha

 

[kingcolbert83]

Here are some pic's of LED vs. 2057 bulbs in my taillights.
LED is first 2057 is second

LED

2057 See how the bottom half of the lens on the LED is dark?
And these LED bulbs have 24 led's 18 facing forward and 6 around the bulb facing sideways.

I see what you're talking about now. They are brighter up top but it's only in a concentrated area.

 

[ibanezfxer]

Those peticular led bulbs don't light up everything. I have seen ones that are a square board and are married to a regular light socket that plugs into the receptacle. You can actually hook up two of these "boards" and will light up the whole lens. Heck, you could probably even hook up 3 since leds draw absolutely no current.

 

[kingcolbert83]

Those peticular led bulbs don't light up everything. I have seen ones that are a square board and are married to a regular light socket that plugs into the receptacle. You can actually hook up two of these "boards" and will light up the whole lens. Heck, you could probably even hook up 3 since leds draw absolutely no current.

u know where to get them? how would you run 3 boards off one socket? it must not be a plug and play unit

 

[ibanezfxer]

kingcolbert83

here is a link to one site I use: http://superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/stor ... R#315x-x25

if you get one that has the correct base, that one will plug right in but you will have to splice the other boards in. So not completely plug and play, but where would the fun be in that?

 

[tusk]

ok quick question. Do the 78-80 gbody use the H4 or H3 headlights? I have the single headlight assembly with no high beam. Im wondering because I want to order the hid kit off ebay but not sure if I need the h4 or h3. the h4 says hi/lo

Um, yes you do. You'll find them if you pull the lever on the left side of the steering column.

there is no lever. just a knob for the lights. pull out once the parking lights come on. pull out all the way and the headlights come on.

its on the turn signal lever,up and down is turn signal,pull back for high beams