WARNING: LED 1157 bulbs (eurolite/APC) advisory.....

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12-15-2000, 04:54 PM

ny96max

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I just bought the APC LED 1157 bulb and installed it. The bulb itself is flat and can only give off light at the top. SO what happened was, only half of my taillight was illuminated. It almost looked like i had a light out, thats how badly it was missing light. I also noticed that in the assembly where the bulbs are plugged into, the sockets are at an angle, therefore not allowing all the light to show through the taillight. With the standard 1157 glass bulb, its able to give off light in all directions, illuminating the entire taillight. Just wanted to let everyone know before they go out and waste $11 a bulb.

Anthony

12-15-2000, 07:20 PM

Ravq

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Good looking out man!

12-16-2000, 12:26 AM

Carl

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Yes, I thought that would be a problem as soon as I saw the pix of the bulbs.

12-16-2000, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by ny96maxse
I just bought the APC LED 1157 bulb and installed it. The bulb itself is flat and can only give off light at the top. SO what happened was, only half of my taillight was illuminated. It almost looked like i had a light out, thats how badly it was missing light. I also noticed that in the assembly where the bulbs are plugged into, the sockets are at an angle, therefore not allowing all the light to show through the taillight. With the standard 1157 glass bulb, its able to give off light in all directions, illuminating the entire taillight. Just wanted to let everyone know before they go out and waste $11 a bulb.

Anthony

I got a pair of those in my outer taillights and they don't look as brigt as the one on the wing SE. I'm looking for a riceboy who to sell 'em to $20 wasted.