Date:         Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:47:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Crazy BRIGHT(!!) reverse lights
Comments: To: pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <91c8f9760807242006s44036edeqc0b8357d65e721e0@mail.gmail.com>
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It looks like LED lamps are finally catching up!  SWEET!

I use the halogen upgrade lights in my Westy, which are better than stock
but don't have the light output of these LED lights.

Chris S.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:06 PM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>
wrote:

> So,
> sick of not being able to see what's behind me, I set out on a quest for
> the
> "last word" in reverse lights.  I have a Fenix flashlight (the L2D) that
> uses a cree led, so I knew that these led's are ridiculously bright, and I
> wanted to find a 1156 socket mounted version of the cree to use as reverse
> lights.  I only found one place selling them:
> http://www.besthongkong.com/product_info.php?cPath=10_67&products_id=522
>
> They are very pricy, but VERY BRIGHT!! and should last forever, since they
> are leds.  They also consume much less power than the stock bulbs, at 1w,
> so
> there are no problems with overloading the circuit that can happen with
> other ways of going to brighter bulbs.  I would estimate that they are each
> 8-10 times as bright as the stock bulbs.  I believe this is the brightest
> drop-in option for vanagon reverse lights, probably by a factor of 2 or 3.
>
> Just thought I would pass this along.
>
> The Luxeon leds are not as bright but are available stateside.  I will
> probably eventually get some of these for turn signals, etc.   The cree's
> are too bright for that purpose anyways.
>
> -Wes
> '83 1.9l westy
>