bigjim66
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posted July 14, 2002 12:32 PM
tail light bulbs
looking for tail light bulbs for eurotail kit I put on my '00 12r . I also have a clear lens so I need red bulbs would l.e.d. bulbs work to replace the 1157 bulbs that keep burning out
  
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havabusa12r
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posted July 15, 2002 01:41 PM
The 1157 RED L.E.D. bulbs are fairly common at most auto parts chain stores and the larger truck stops.
Have you tried them?
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted July 16, 2002 08:17 AM
bad bulbs
ya'll stay away from the halogen 1157's, I had a a set of tem in my 01 ZX6R and it melted the plastic holders and shorted out in Daytona. This happened on my buddies Intruder 1400 as well.....later all Jim
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redelk
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posted July 16, 2002 08:33 AM
I tried 'em too
The halogen 1157 15/50W, that is. It looked like I was braking all the time. Sure, they got brighter when I hit the brakes, but it didn't look like 35W brighter. I also learned that you don't want to take them out right after a day's ride either. Blistered my frikkin' fingers. They suck!
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posted July 16, 2002 09:24 AM
I believe there are some LED replacement ones for sale on ebay all the time.
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frEEk
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posted July 16, 2002 01:46 PM
u should be able to get LED's at a local car parts store. but there r also TONS of places on the net that sell them. jsut do a search on google for "LED 1157". there is one particular model being sold bymany sites that includes 8 (i think) radially mounted LEDs to work with the original reflectors. it means the light is much less point source. certainly appears to be a large improvement over the regular LED bolbs. however, seems that ALL LED 1157 bulbs rnt all that bright. the only LEDs that seem to work well r the ones some bikes use stock.
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zxlnt
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posted July 16, 2002 02:57 PM
I have a set of CATZ hotspots that seem to work well.
Good lucking finding them now though. Dont know what happened to the seller...
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TurboBlew
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posted July 17, 2002 02:34 AM
Try Summit racing. They have them for $9 each.
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