Headlights/FogLights

[Lowndex]

Here they are. Pics I took last night

Very nice of you. Thank you.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

If using for tail/brake you want the red.

LEDs are not like regular bulbs, if you use a white bulb behind a red lens the light will look orange. Because the light wavelength is flat in LEDs, use a red bulb for a red lens, yellow bulb for a yellow lens, white bulb for a white lens, etc. to make the lights look their proper color.

This is true. However some OEMs are able to get it right with a white LED like Dodge Chargers. Some day I will experiment with my white LEDs to see how bad it looks through the red tail lamp lens.

[MyBlackBeasts]

I did not know about the flat wavelength. Thank you.

There are many sources for info, I learned on Vleds site a while ago but looks like they dumped educational stuff when site reworked.

Here's another:
For best results the LED color should be the same as the lens color or if bulb is behind a clear lens, use the appropriate color for turn and brake light functions. As an example: a red lens will filter out all but the red portion of the light so if the light is all red, none or very little light will be blocked by the lens. The light from a White LED contains very little light in the red portion of the visible spectrum so most of the light would be filtered out by a red lens. In additional, usually the lens are designed in some optical theory such as reflection, the original color( red lens and red LED) creates the best result. (Bulb Color = Lens Color unless Lens is Clear. Bulb Colors = Lens Colors unless Lens is water clear.)

https://www.per-accurate.com/ledfaq1h.html

[MyBlackBeasts]

This is true. However some OEMs are able to get it right with a white LED like Dodge Chargers. Some day I will experiment with my white LEDs to see how bad it looks through the red tail lamp lens.

I always wondered when pics were posted of cars with LED switch why the rear lights were brighter but looked orangy, looked like lenses were old & crappy so I didn't like.

Then learned on Vleds site about wavelength/light spectrum and using bulb color same as lens color.

Then saw a pic where a guy put a red on one brake lt ang a white on other then hit the brake pedal. Wow, what a visible difference, one bright red and other bright orange.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

I always wondered when pics were posted of cars with LED switch why the rear lights were brighter but looked orangy, looked like lenses were old & crappy so I didn't like.

Then learned on Vleds site about wavelength/light spectrum and using bulb color same as lens color.

Then saw a pic where a guy put a red on one brake lt ang a white on other then hit the brake pedal. Wow, what a visible difference, one bright red and other bright orange.

Yep makes sense as I remember seeing a video about a police car led strobe tested with the outer colored reflectors switched, and the blue lens kept almost all of the red led visible light from passing through it. A brighter white LED will not necessarily be brighter than a red led once it has been filtered through the red lens. The red led light passes through easier.