F55/F56 LED Brake Lights Red or Clear??
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Granada Hills, CA
Do what they say.
Use a red LED behind a red lens, and amber LED behind an amber lens.
Your use of the term "clear LED" is not correct (there is no such thing). Red LEDs actually emit red light (and amber LEDs emit amber light) — these are not white LEDs that are colored with a tint. An LED emits its natural color and doesn't work the way a tinted incandescent bulb works.
Use a red LED behind a red lens, and amber LED behind an amber lens.
Your use of the term "clear LED" is not correct (there is no such thing). Red LEDs actually emit red light (and amber LEDs emit amber light) — these are not white LEDs that are colored with a tint. An LED emits its natural color and doesn't work the way a tinted incandescent bulb works.
Anyway, went back to incandescent bulbs for the amber turn signal, LEDs dont work well in that reflector housing.
But the brake lights do work well with LED, richer red.