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Stop/tail Conversion To Led ?

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Hi

I'm thinking of changing my stop/tail bulbs to LEDs but cannot get confirmation of LED have the stop/tail capability. The bulbs have two filaments. Its the same for the position lamps / parking lamps in my HR31. When switching the indicator on, the second filament lights up.

Do LEDs have half light up on tail, then all on brake?

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When switching the indicator on, the second filament lights up.

Dude that is so confusing, what are you talking about? Your brake lights or indicators?

A good LED replacement bulb will be:

1. More expensive than ebay stuff

2. Have the ability to divide voltage so park will be dim (~5V) and brake will be bright (~12V).

Check out VLEDs.

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Dude that is so confusing, what are you talking about? Your brake lights or indicators?

I'm talking about the position/parking lights here. In HR31's they're a stop/tail globe with two elements. When the indicator is switched on the second filament lights up on that side. Its like a high beam that shines out to the corner you're turning into.

I'll search VLEDs... cheers!

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so, your converting your front parkers, not your stop-tail lights to LED?

Stop-tail and parkers. They use the same globe and operate in the same way which is why I've mentioned it in the same topic.

I assume with LEDs they just operate at half power then when brake is on they go to full.

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