Another route to get much brighter tail lights is to use the "brite lite" bulbs from Ron Francis Wire-Works HERE
Click on the online catalog button and then search for "brite bulbs" in the sub-category.
The bulbs you want are the 1077. The candlepower for the brake/tail combination is 50/14 (compared to 32/3 for stock) Bulbs are $6.50 each and not available anywhere else. Use the 1077A (same candlepower as the rears) for your front turn signals and the 1015 bulb for your rear turn signals.
In real terms this means my tail lights are as bright as stock brake lights. When I apply my brakes you KNOW they are on!!!
Doug Mohr and I had a tail light face-off at the Lafayette 10th anniversary meet one night. Had our cars parked side-by-side for comparison. His LED setup was brighter and more intense and in a smaller area. Mine were brighter all across the entire lens area, not showing up as individual elements.
The LEDs are more red, like the third brake light, the brite-lites are more the red-orange you are used to seeing.
(The brite-lites were developed for the street rod industry. Cars from the 30's and 40's had very small tail lights and something was needed to give the stock tail lights more visability while keeping a stock appearance) I have quite a few spares of each in case of a burn out. I will never go back to other bulbs.
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