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Sep 11, 2018 | 09:37 AM

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NOLAGT

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May not be legal in some states that's why. Federal law is that only red can be showing on the rear of vehicles. And for you who want to install LED's in your head lights, make damn sure you aim those lights properly when you do. Most are not aimed correctly and blind the **** out of everyone else on the road. I have taken to carrying a hand held spot light to remind these morons what their lights look like to others. If the cops won't do their job in this, then I will.

Agreed aiming is very important...as well as the bulb design. The older style with LED chips all over would not use the halogen reflector as it was designed and scatter light all over blinding drivers and producing poor output. The newer ones out today with just a fed chips on each side mimic the halogen bulbs output and use the housing as it was designed making a similar cutoff and not blinding people while increasing output.

Sep 11, 2018 | 07:00 PM

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May not be legal in some states that's why. Federal law is that only red can be showing on the rear of vehicles. .

That's completely wrong. There are many cars & trucks on the road with amber turn signals, and have been for decades. The only reason for an auto maker NOT having them is cost. They provide far better visibility and far clearer communications to other drivers, as the brake light signal ONE thing - stopping - instead of being dual function.

On another note, I'm still shaking my head over someone taping wires together and then posting pictures to brag about it. Enjoy the lights while they still work. You'll be back in there redoing that slop.

Sep 11, 2018 | 07:23 PM

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For commercial vehicles, it is federal regs. So you're not completely right here. State to state varies in other regards. As for criticizing someone for his workmanship, he may not be as experienced with wiring as you are so I'd hold my tongue here. I'd be more concerned about splicing those tiny wires that aren't meant to be cut and sliced and extra lights added there. As long as they stay dry, the taping isn't an issue, the splices are themselves an issue with modern circuitry. I went through this adding a trailer harness in an 06 Mustang GT. In that car, you couldn't splice the wires period without ****ing up the electronics, I had to buy a special harness just for that vehicle that used induction sensors to activate the trailer lights that were powered by a separate wiring system from the battery.

Sep 11, 2018 | 07:30 PM

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For commercial vehicles, it is federal regs. So you're not completely right here.

I can see how that would be relevant, if we were talking about commercial vehicles.

Sep 11, 2018 | 08:40 PM

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I can see how that would be relevant, if we were talking about commercial vehicles.

I can see how you'd like to be relevant here too.

Who peed in your Wheaties ?

Sep 12, 2018 | 09:04 PM

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Sep 13, 2018 | 06:37 AM

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Don't worry Mr. superior, there were proper connectors under that tape. And I never had to go back in there to fix anything while I owned the van through 2016. But thanks for your concern.