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      05-14-2015, 02:49 PM   #23
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Here are some pics.
any way you can show us pics both lights on and off while braking if you don't mind please!! thanks in advance
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Here are some pics.
Prissy where did you find these for sale? They look great!
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      05-14-2015, 06:04 PM   #25
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Prissy where did you find these for sale? They look great!
Looks good.... any US locations for sale?
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      05-14-2015, 06:51 PM   #26
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These look pretty good, in for more pics !
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Looks like they do have LED bars from that picture, the LED row of bulbs probably serve as brake lights and turn signals.
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Prissy where did you find these for sale? They look great!
Look on the original post
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      05-14-2015, 08:32 PM   #29
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Other than Bimmian. If these are made by Eagle Eyes, they'll be a lot cheaper elsewhere when available.
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I don't think I've seen them anywhere else but bimmian. I've gone through ebay, and nothing, Google brings up nothing as well
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Sorry guys, I found these photos from a FB group for you guys. I think they are quite popular in Asia, apparently there are a few makers and they are a bit different, but I am not sure of the details. The pics that I posted are the ones made in Taiwan and they cost somewhere around $400 in the FB group, here is a seller in Taiwan that sells for $4XX and ships to worldwide if you contact them.

http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21512676286130
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Where are these made and what is the quality? They look pretty descent and sorta makes the rear end look more F10ish...
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Where are these made and what is the quality? They look pretty descent and sorta makes the rear end look more F10ish...
They're made in Taiwan by Taiwan Lamp Co. LTD. Quality must be decent since it's a popular tail light over there from what I found via my research. Sadly I can't find anyone selling it other than Bimmian, or the Taiwanese link above.
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They're made in Taiwan by Taiwan Lamp Co. LTD. Quality must be decent since it's a popular tail light over there from what I found via my research. Sadly I can't find anyone selling it other than Bimmian, or the Taiwanese link above.
Everything is made in China these days, what could be so bad? Any more pics of the turn signal or the brakes or rear fogs on?
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Everything is made in China these days, what could be so bad? Any more pics of the turn signal or the brakes or rear fogs on?
I FOUND SOMETHING! These pictures show everything, turn signal, brake light, and glowing lines.






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      05-17-2015, 12:08 PM   #36
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I FOUND SOMETHING! These pictures show everything, turn signal, brake light, and glowing lines.





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How do you replace an led if it goes out? See it on the highway on semi-trucks. Annoying to say the least. Especially after I laid out 425 bucks for it.
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How do you replace an led if it goes out? See it on the highway on semi-trucks. Annoying to say the least. Especially after I laid out 425 bucks for it.
You hope they come apart nicely and break out the soldering iron (and hope you can get hold of an LED the same spec)
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      05-18-2015, 09:14 AM   #40
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How do you replace an led if it goes out? See it on the highway on semi-trucks. Annoying to say the least. Especially after I laid out 425 bucks for it.
A lot of semi's don't have resistors going to the LED's and they get shorted out over time. I would think these tail lights have the proper resistor/canbus combination so the LED's never short out or burn out.
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      05-18-2015, 09:36 AM   #41
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I like the orange led tirn signal
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      05-18-2015, 11:30 AM   #42
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How do you replace an led if it goes out? See it on the highway on semi-trucks. Annoying to say the least. Especially after I laid out 425 bucks for it.
On LED tail lights you do not replace LED. If you are concerned about LED going bad, I would recommend staying with your OEM tail lamps.

LED rarely would need replacement and if they go bad, they would need individual replacement. That would mean opening the tail lamp and replacing that individual LED, a process which involves soldering etc.

What I find funny about these is that they have that exposed heat sink in the back. Not sure why. My VW has OEM LED tail lamps made by Hella and they do not have any heat sink, at least not exposed. MY VW has nearly 150K miles and is nearly 10 years old and the LED tail lamps look and operate as if they are new.

My biggest concern with these is the quality of LED and overall quality. If they are good quality they should least at least 10 years if not more.
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Interestingly, there's less noise in the photo of the rear lights than there is of the brake lights which implies the brake lights aren't as bright as the standard rear lights. I'd be concerned about that tbh.
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