Opinion on ebay led tail lights - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

keroppilee · 08-16-2009, 12:54 PM

Has anyone purchased these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tchlink:top:en

Does anyone know if they're bright enough to avoid issues with the PO-lice in CA?

nuchieboy · 08-16-2009, 12:59 PM

i have the oem looking led ones...same thing just not smoked...but yea they r def bright enough

keroppilee · 08-16-2009, 01:00 PM

Thanks for the reply. I'm curious if the smoking makes it too dark.

nuchieboy · 08-16-2009, 02:18 PM

i doubt it because they are DOT approved

njerald · 08-16-2009, 02:31 PM

You might get stopped by the ugly police.....

***bandit*** · 08-16-2009, 03:54 PM

Its the same one I have but slightly thicker. You will not get pulled over. If the lens was completely black, you would have issues. Since you can see inside, you will have no problems.

keroppilee · 08-16-2009, 10:04 PM

Ugly? Hm. So smoked led lights on a black car don't look that good? better to go with one that looks stock but LED? Opinions?

Pawel062 · 08-16-2009, 10:09 PM

look in the show and share. there is a pic of a black with smoked. i think it looks good. it's up to you though.

MJZ · 08-16-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by keroppilee

Has anyone purchased these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400051397675&fromMakeT rack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

Does anyone know if they're bright enough to avoid issues with the PO-lice in CA?

They are TWICE as bright as the stock tail lights.

ebumdude · 08-16-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by njerald

You might get stopped by the ugly police.....

LOL.

ophamTastic · 08-17-2009, 02:09 AM

aren't these blacked out ones? not smoked? or are they the same thing...
it feels as if the smoked ones are a tad lighter

***bandit*** · 08-17-2009, 07:39 AM

The one the OP posted is just darker. It could either be in the lens that is darker or the inside chrome is darker. By the looks of it, the inside is darker.

Pawel062 · 08-17-2009, 07:48 AM

yea they are different. smoked ones like tims say smoked. these are black so it'll be darker but should look better on a black car.

keroppilee · 08-17-2009, 12:09 PM

I looked at pics in the show section and I was trying to decide between black and smoke but the pics are taken in different light so I'm not sure what the exact effect is. My car is a black SE so I was curious as to what people think between black and smoked. I see a lot of the cars go with the smoke and I think the effect is more easily visible. The black seems to only slim the silouette of the tail light. Opinions?

***bandit*** · 08-17-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by keroppilee

I looked at pics in the show section and I was trying to decide between black and smoke but the pics are taken in different light so I'm not sure what the exact effect is. My car is a black SE so I was curious as to what people think between black and smoked. I see a lot of the cars go with the smoke and I think the effect is more easily visible. The black seems to only slim the silouette of the tail light. Opinions?

Search for the user tobeit. He has a black SE with smoked LEDs. The reason why there are more smoked LEDs is because that was what was originally available. The black LEDs that you see now are new and recently offered.

Regardless of what you get, both will look good. Theres no one here with the black LEDs (that I know of). Its your ultimate decision on what you buy. Some will tell you to get smoke, some will tell you to get black. In the end, you're at square one, thinking of which to get because you're getting mixed ideas or results.