[Mgs] Led brake lights

[Barrie Robinson]

Hello folks,

A while back I got some LED rear end bulbs but they did not look any 
brighter.

Barrie

On 2/24/2020 4:01 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
> Poor.
>
> Less difference between stop and tail than with incandescents, 
> flickering,
> not as bright or with the same spread as incandescent.  With one set 
> if the
> tail lights were on the brake lights didn't work.  A second set didn't 
> have
> that problem but if you had a short that blew the green circuit fuse 
> for the
> stop lights it extinguished the tail lights even though they were fused
> separately, and the other lights on that circuit were glowing.
> http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ledpark.htm
>
> I've also tried LED headlights and they were also poor.  Whiter to be 
> sure,
> but with no additional illumination that I could see, and a 'dead' 
> area in
> the middle of the pool of light.  Basically all they do is change the 
> colour
> temperature.  http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/headled.htm#1
>
> Strictly speaking external LED lighting is not legal in the UK unless
> E-marked (which none I've seen are), but more importantly checking 
> with my
> insurance company they would not accept them.
>
> And don't get me started on LED indicators/turn signals ...
>
> PaulH.
>
>
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>> What do you think?
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