Depo Smoked Tail Lights -- Anybody Tried 'Em?

[Stylo07]

Has anybody bought and installed a set of these? I'm curious about how they'd look and how bright the signal and reverse sections are.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/31037789523...ee-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1#ht_8515wt_864

 

[scottryana]

Yep running them on my truck. Work great, look pretty good. Quality isn't OEM but it is pretty good. The reverse lights are a little dim, but I will swap them out with bright 7W LED's.

 

[Stylo07]

Sweet. Thanks for the pic. They don't look as smoked on your LX as they do in the pic on the eBay auction. They look better (to me) on your LX.

If you have any other pics handy, I'd love to see them.

 

[scottryana]

lights

 

[NLXTACY]

Interesting...

 

[KKAAAR]

 

[Stylo07]

KKAAAR, thanks for the pics. I'll be ordering a set.

 

[KKAAAR]

KKAAAR, thanks for the pics. I'll be ordering a set.

I think its an upgrade to our trucks look.. I love how the way it looks

 

[Stevesnj]

What color is that on your rig? I like that color

 

[KKAAAR]

What color is what... if you are talking about my rig its, stock silver (bluish)

 

[wyodude]

Keep in mind quite a few that replaced rear tail lights with a LED's ran into cruise control glitch, including myself. There is a fix I just never got around doing it on mine.

 

[dtrain]

lights

what color liner is that? Looks good!

 

[scrowley]

I really like the look of these lights. But they are also like $120ish....And not high quality. I would buy them if one of mine broke.

 

[scottryana]

I didn't have any issues with Cruise Control yesterday on a 400 mile trip. Did you replace your turn signals with LED's?

 

[Stylo07]

I think its an upgrade to our trucks look.. I love how the way it looks

It does make it appear a little more modern, but not stick out like a tacky sore thumb. I remember when altezza tail lights were cool. Couldn't stand them...

 

[wyodude]

I didn't have any issues with Cruise Control yesterday on a 400 mile trip. Did you replace your turn signals with LED's?

No, turn signal are regular bulbs. The glitch I was referring to is: while driving with cruise control on, once you switch the turn signal, cruise control disengages. You can read on the cause and solution by searching the forum for cruise control problems.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/96032-anyone-had-cruise-control-problem.html

But you might be one of the few that didn't end up having the problem after switching to LEDs.

 

[scottryana]

Yeah I didn't have any issues. I was in the car for almost 7.5 hours yesterday and the majority of it was with the Cruise Control on. I wonder what the difference is? It looks like it was a well known problem in 2006, maybe the newer LED's have fixed this problem?

 

[Stevesnj]

What color is what... if you are talking about my rig its, stock silver (bluish)

My bad, the OP's rig color

 

[Stylo07]

What color is that on your rig? I like that color

Thanks It's dark grey metallic/blue slate. I'm not sure what the actual color name is.

 

[2 E L O]

I installed the Depo LED tail lights the other day on my '96 LX and I tested my cruise control afterwards, blinker and all, with zero issues whatsoever. The fit and quality of the Depos are not as good as OEM, but they look sooooooooo much better and the quality is acceptable. They look like they "could" be factory tail lights, they're just much more modern looking than the originals.