Good deal....will wait to hear what you find out.
Adding 4350 Lumens in Reverse Bulbs (1 Viewer)
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Good deal....will wait to hear what you find out.
Nice!~ Will have to try them out... Curious to see if I can rig up both Rev Light spots (at lic plate and next to turn sig).
That being said, I tried the LED mini bar that attaches right above the Lic plate itself... ended up returning them.
They were bright, but also had glare, and made the rear view camera useless.
Curious to see how your experience with them will be.
That being said, I tried the LED mini bar that attaches right above the Lic plate itself... ended up returning them.
They were bright, but also had glare, and made the rear view camera useless.
Curious to see how your experience with them will be.
ramangain
Clarksonian disciple
BTW, a simple piece of black electrical tape, cut into a semi-thin strip and placed on the top of that LED mini bar, should almost completely eliminate the glare. It's just stray light from the mini bar saturating the camera CCD, and the stray light can all but be eliminated with a bit of effort.
Interesting..
This was the exact bar I tried... I tested it on several different vehicles, and they all had issues with glare on backup cameras.
I wasn't really in love with it, and returned it instead of trying to block some of the light and figure it out. I'm lazy.
VLEDS LPR LED License Plate Back Up Reverse Light System
VLEDs LED license plate mounted back up reverse light system from HID Kit Pros - Seattle, WA.
hidkitpros.com
ramangain
Clarksonian disciple
I'll follow up on my previous statement.Interesting..
This was the exact bar I tried... I tested it on several different vehicles, and they all had issues with glare on backup cameras.
I wasn't really in love with it, and returned it instead of trying to block some of the light and figure it out. I'm lazy.
VLEDS LPR LED License Plate Back Up Reverse Light System
VLEDs LED license plate mounted back up reverse light system from HID Kit Pros - Seattle, WA.
The LEDs used in these devices probably also emit a fair amount of IR light in addition to the visible light. The sensitivity of silicon (the normal material for CCDs of this variety) are more sensitive to IR light that visible light. I grabbed the graph below from Thorlabs, a big vendor of stuff for optics folks.
Visible is ~400-700nm, and the IR is for longer wavelengths (up to a point, then even longer wavelength classifications exist). You can see that silicon is 2x or more sensitive to IR light than visible light, and then the material essentially stops absorbing (ceases to become a useful detector material). If the LEDs used in these mini bars emit a lot of IR light on top of the visible light, the "dumb" (read: no automatic gain control) backup cameras (common for automotive) just saturate out.
To get really custom and try and solve this issue, you can try and slap a filter on the camera lens that has a spectral response similar to that shown below to block the IR light.
The world is your oyster, budget permitting, to customize a solution.
Wow... that's way more detailed than I would have thought. Perhaps someone will try it out...
In my case, as mentioned, I wasn't in love w/ the Lic plate light bar light enough to change or modify parameters of the camera or the light itself.
Plus I think, like the way Lou did, having brighter lights in the factory reverse housings, seems to be fine for now, but thanks for the explanation.
Simply put (laymans terms... ) the lic plate LED light bar was just too bright, and too close to the camera lens... created too much glare.
Sorry - may have missed it... but did you guys land on a bulb you like for the '06'/07 factory reverse lights? I have the Pfran bulbs... they're brighter, but that's not saying much - I've watches that put out more light than the factory reverse lights.
Thanks @Luke111 !
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So TRS sent 20 pairs of the carbide 2 bulbs I ordered to the wrong address but were able to turn them around before delivery, I was just notified they arrived. I apologize to anyone who’s placed an order....they will go out tomorrow.
I will also include a small piece of headlight
sealant to secure the bulb ... these bulbs are heavy and as I previously stated they did not stay secured in the connector.
Below you can see my solution
I will also include a small piece of headlight
sealant to secure the bulb ... these bulbs are heavy and as I previously stated they did not stay secured in the connector.
Below you can see my solution
Let me know if you get a chance to try these in a socket that takes a 7443 bulb. IF they will work (even with an adhesive) then I'm game to buy some.
Super bright - thanks for the reco
Just ordered. I had been eyeing some vled hosix bulbs, but at less than half the cost and with more lumens these seem like a better option.
@flintknapper I used these from TRS - 7440/7443 Universal: GTR Carbide Canbus 2.0 LED (White) - https://www.theretrofitsource.com/GTR.LED593?quantity=1
| GTR.LED593 7440/7443 Universal: GTR Carbide Canbus 2.0 LED (White) |
The 7443 also works for the LC not just the early LX correct?
