New 1157 "Plasma" LED Taillight Bulbs: Friggin' Bright!

I can see the graphics and video. Nice comparison graphics btw. Those bulbs are bright!

I can see the pix fine. What is the backing on the lens housings, the stock silver color? I wonder how these would look with a white backing.

We don’t block any content items here no matter whether you are a member or not. I hate sites that won’t let you see pics without joining. And I really love these lights!

They are just good used originals on all three cars. You would not want them any brighter!

Bill. I constantly get the “you do not have permission to view” on this site.
I don’t know why I see some pics but not others.
I do see them all, once logged in.

I’ll second that, can’t see most pics without logging in. I did see the 3 pics Andrew posted on the new lights, but the video wasn’t embedded in the post (as it was on the other site) but clicking on the link took me to the youtube video. But oh man are those bright :smoke:

Hmm… that is really odd. Must be something has changed when we did a software update. Thanks for the heads up.

Whats the difference in amp draw between the three ?

I have a 71 convertible and put the Led’s in the rear, you have to change the sequential unit in the trunk as well. Prior to installing them I checked amp draw with marker lights on and drew 6.2 amps with brake lights I drew 11.2 amps. Changed to the Led bulb and drew 4.9 amps on marker lights and 6.1 amps with brake lights. That’s just over a 5 amp difference! I could not test turn signal draw as the Led’s will not fire the turn signal flasher can and we are out of stock on the new solid state one. With the original can in it did turn on the inside light and the outboard marker light so I drove it home from Salem to Gresham (about 50 miles) some interstate and some two lane country road. These lights are very bright, and I could see the road signs behind me for oncoming traffic clearly with just the marker lights and when I stepped on the brake it lit them up for 75-100 yards behind me. They are also clearly bright during the daylight hours also.

Kind of on the same topic but are there any headlight bulbs that one would recommend for our Cougars that are a direct bolt in with a much higher luminance value.

I used H1/H4’s with a Rocketman relay kit and Hella housings. Go directly in with no changes? No.

A relevant question, we should probably do a video on this subject. In order to run brighter headlight bulbs you’ll need to add one of these relay kits. Given that most replacement bulbs are halogen anyway, you might see an improvement with your current bulbs just by installing the relays. I’m sure the sky is the limit from there, whatever 7" round sealed beam bulbs you can find (Xenon? Maybe even HID?).

I have Hella H1/H4s in my Cat, using a relay kit I purchased from Summit. Very effective. Direct bolt-in, although I had to get longer screws for the retaining rings on the high beams. There is a short adapter harness for the high beams as well that comes with the lamps.

A neat side effect of using the relay kit: dash lights (Stock 1194 bulbs) are a bit brighter.

Mine are originals and working great, all that changing over to solid state this or that worries me. I started down that path in my '68 KR, and six months later they still were not working correctly, no thanks, not going down that rabbit hole again.

OK, so I changed my mind after I looked and saw the digital flasher, so I ordered them to give them a try. WOW! All I can say is…. WOW! Fantastic!

Anyone know when these will be back in stock? I have some other cars they work good on.

This tells you exactly what you need.

Really cool. I want some. I like how the light actually fills the lens. Did an LED brakelight bulb in my softail, and was actually more dim as it didn’t seem to illuminate the lens, just a very bright small dot. Needless to say it came out as I need all the help I can get being seen on my bike.

I installed my LED conversion today. It works well. I had called WCCC with a question about the front 1157 light bulbs. I was reading the instructions for the electronic flasher and it states for use with LED bulbs only. I also should have red the LE Sequencer instructions. The front bulbs can be 1157s.

Just installed the plasma bulbs on my 67 and noticed with “key on” the tail lights are slightly illuminated. To clarify this is with the headlight switch in the off position and not pressing the brake pedal. The license plate lights are however not on as they would be with the switch in the parking/headlights position. Switching to parking/headlight position result in a brighter normal running light operation, and brake lights operate correctly too. Turn signals also work correctly. This isn’t normal is it?

By they way, I have the solid state sequential box.