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Thread: Increase the Brightness of Your Brake Lights & Turn Signals by 45%

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    Quote Originally Posted by rattlecan View Post
    John,
    The one reason some of us may be a little hesitant is, like LED's, the look of the lights are often too far from the original look of the tail lights.
    Almost a fake look. Now of course I don't know what these look like, but do you or someone have a side by side comparison or at least a photo of these bulbs installed?
    Just sayin. Or am I just too out there to even ask a question like this(?)
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    I agree, I also like to see comparison pictures and I’m working on it. This little Audette Collection adventure has really gotten busy lately.

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    Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail…


    With apologies to Buck Owens...

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    People love pictures, look at Instagram and it’s mighty draw. My thoughts would be a filament bulb with a higher output should should still look original. Where a LED bulb is directional and take multiple diodes to create light volume so they look “futuristic” or “Alien” or “not correct at all”.

    Someone who bought these should post a picture of one taillight with the new bulbs and the other taillight with the standard bulbs. Or before and after pics.

    In regards to John being busy, I totally agree that these little hobby businesses can end up taking huge amounts of time. If you have work and customers then sometimes putting on a show for all the looky loos comes second to the work or way down the line in importance. I just came back from consulting on a major Porsche project in Thailand where they have loads of employees to handle all sorts of things - with a $300/month minimum wage and qualified technician pay at $1000/mo no wonder they can have all those employees/techs/cooks/cleaners/5 gals in the office! Here everything costs so much to operate and the customers are pinching ever penny so it’s such a struggle. Good work John, always great to see you latest light offerings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rattlecan View Post
    Now of course I don't know what these look like, but do you or someone have a side by side comparison or at least a photo of these bulbs installed?
    If John or someone else doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to remember to take some some photos once I receive my order.
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    For those who have wondered here’s the math supporting the 45% gain in brightness claim...

    Standard bulbs
    - single filament: 460 lumens
    - double filament: 440/35

    AC High performance bulbs
    - single filament: 677 lumens = +47%
    - double filament: 684/46 lumens = +55% / +31%

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    They are too far from the original exactly for that reason you say, their purpose is to be too bright and help you not getting rear ended. In this case to hell with originality!

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    Quote Originally Posted by teenchy View Post
    If John or someone else doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to remember to take some some photos once I receive my order.

    Just received my order, John. It's gonna be cold here over the next few days and there's still salt on the roads, but I'll try to get these in and photographed within the next week. Again, if someone else beats me to it I'll defer.
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    ** ALERT **

    I thought I would bring you up to date on these. First of all, they are the real deal. They are much brighter than standard incandescent bulbs and they last longer. They sell briskly and, unfortunately, the supply seems to be drying out. And when I do find them prices are generally higher than they were originally, maybe because folks see supplies drying out. I've searched and searched and I cannot find anything comparable - these are evidently some kind of freak that appears to be out of production.

    I have enough confirmed and on the way to fill back orders and I will have some left for a few new orders. If you have been thinking about buying a set of these now is a good time to act. With all of the research I have done this has entered the "Would you like fries with that?" category of profitability but I want to be successful in terms of getting them all distributed and I'm informing this group first.

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    Thanks, John for bringing this up to the top again -- perfect timing for me -- two sets ordered.
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    Thanks Jim. Your order is firm.
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