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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Sorry for the size of that pic, it's taken from the SEMA show website.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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Now THAT is a very unique and useful idea... putting the LEDs on spring-loaded arms. Bunch them up to get them in the hole, once in, they spring back out and spread the light. Someone should get a raise for that idea...
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:38 PM
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ok, we need prices on these puppies...
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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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All I remember is that they are called spider lights, I swiped my card at their booth, so I will be getting a price sheet and catalog eventually.
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Old Nov 18, 2004 | 09:41 PM
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keep us posted, very interested.
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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 05:32 AM
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I installed the autolumination 15-led rear brake lights. They seem to be built well and overall I like them. The only negative aspect is, that the difference between low output (ie. with headlights on) and high output with the brakes on is not as pronounced as before.

However, with the third brake light I am not too concerned.
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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 06:50 AM
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those do look pretty promising. this is their website, no prices only a flash intro right now but it has a e-mail link

http://www.spiderlite.com/
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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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The spider lights look neat but I'm not sure they address the real problem with the Z tail lights, which is that the bulb is positioned to point up. Maybe if you could get two or three of the arms to stay up in the air the would direct the light in the right direction.
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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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Originally posted by maxpowers
I installed the autolumination 15-led rear brake lights. They seem to be built well and overall I like them. The only negative aspect is, that the difference between low output (ie. with headlights on) and high output with the brakes on is not as pronounced as before.

However, with the third brake light I am not too concerned.
Did you get the red or white bulbs? It's nice to know the 15-led models fit, i'm gonna have to get myself a pair. You ordered right from their website right... did it take very long to arrive?
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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I ordered the red and I'm glad I did. I also ordered white LED's for the parking lights and when I pointed them inside the brake housing they made the tail light look a little more orange.

I did order them from the website, they took a while (16 days) as the guy ships US Mail.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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gonna be honest, that spiderlight thing is freakin genious, yeah some applications might not be perfect, but over all, wow.even facing up, the light would probably refract. it depends how good of LEDs they use and the overall construction, also bet itll cost an arm and a leg, 200$ a bulb wouldnt suprise me if they went all out, but thats awesome.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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So with those spider lights, they could theoretically go anywhere that has a socket? Could I use these in my taillights?

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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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Originally posted by GQ 350z
So with those spider lights, they could theoretically go anywhere that has a socket? Could I use these in my taillights?

ravi
That's what they were developed for actually. They had them displayed in a bunch of tailights at SEMA in their booth and they were bright and clear. I was worried about the angle our Z's tailights are on, but with these lights it doesn't matter, they have LED's on both sides of the arm to reflect, it's great.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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P.S.
Still havn't recieved the catalog from them yet, i will let you guys know when I get it.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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http://www.clearcorners.com/products...350ZX3/R_full/
they convert your taillights into leds.
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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Anyone change out the rear turn signals?
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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JUN has another thread, he changed out both front/rear turn signals as well. He said that load resistors were needed to prevent the bulbs from blinking twice as fast
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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hmm, how do they look?
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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JUN's signal lights? they looked pretty cool from the video he put up. instant on and off
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 10:45 PM
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Could I get a link to Jun's website?
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