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You're welcome. I bet you could design a cool, better and brighter set up for yourself.

Craig

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I'm betting it's bright enough with those HF string LEDs but I do see they are only 9 some inches wide. The CMHSL units on our cars are about 12in wide.
I may see fit to lengthen them "for a few dollars more". :)

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Work great! As I too have a madvet switch I had to reverse polarity in the weather pack of the switch plug as well. Works like a champ. Thanks GC

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I took advantage of the Corvette HID group buy also. Thanks Daryll. There's a Corvette Mods on the other forum that sells LED's at lower cost but I haven't heard how people like them. They also sell reverse lights. If anyone tried them, I would be interested to know how well they work.

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Hi Scott,

I'm sure you'll find a way to tweak it and improve it with your ingenuity and knowledge. On another note, today I finally installed the HID conversion H4 headlights I was given by a friend here 2 years ago. It only took less than an hour to install and all plug and play. Why did I wait so long? This one is a 55W, 8000K unit with white light (did not want any trouble with colored lamps); it is simply awesome.

Craig :cheers:

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I wish I were still young with a good memory. I know I did an upgrade to bulbs for reverse and it was just a high wattage to make it brighter when backing up. I would be interested in what has been discovered for the reverse lights. I had to do some other mod too for the reverse switch on the tranny to last longer too. I hope all is going well in Maui. Take care, Craig

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Craig,
"Lance,

I know squat about lighting and photography and with your explanation I think I understand why and how importing lighting is when taking photographs. I notice when the car is in the sunlight as you said it looks red and when I take pictures in darkness or the garage, my car always looks orange from the flash. At least I think that is why now after your education about kelvins and mood/color. Thanks for highlighting this related to lighting. :cheers:

Craig "
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What the human eye sees is a function of several things but the color will vary with the light that is on the car's finish for sure. I have two Vettes, both "bright red" 1991 I believe it is and on a day where there is no direct, bright, overhead light full of glare they tend to look like a darker and red red. On the opposite day they will tend to have an orangish cast to them. It's a function of a tiny amount of some kind of yellowish pigment in the paint's make up and the ambient light reflecting off the finish. A truer red is something like Torch Red which tends to be more the same in different lights just as an example. Your eye will see light differently than the camera does which tends to see it in their digital sensors which pick it up somewhat more accurately and without the context of surroundings so when you look at photos under different lights color expressed in kelvins is more apparent.

This whole area of led's is growing and they are capable of a wide range of colors in the light generated. As I incompletely understand it an led has a substance of a certain chemistry in it which electricity runs through and that generates the wave length of light depending on the chemistry of the substance to determine color. I'm not sure how intensity is developed, maybe current draw but I don't know that. Regardless, they offer some terrific light sources at much lower amp draws. Boats, cars, anything battery driven is beginning to use them despite their high cost. They also don't have fragile wire filaments in exotic atmosphere glass encased housings and for cars which bump around, it's a real plus. So, I'm trying to learn about them. Scot is way, way ahead of all of us with his skills but I work best when I understand the principles behind something especially if it's an emerging thing.

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I am using the led rears. But I picked those up from Madvett about 6 years ago. They are a very bright improvement over stock.

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My new under hood lighting; $21 and a 5-minute install! And, light enough to see around the entire front end! Thanks Scottfab!!
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But, Scott...Somehow it just doesn't look quite right???? (Punishment for "ripping" my secondaries out, no doubt. But! I can't argue with a good KLUDGE solution!) :sign10:

Jess pokin some fun. Saw some (of your?) under hood LEDs on Friday, and they're SHARP! :thumbsup:

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I take absolutely NO offense. A kludge is in the eye of the beholder.
We've got to get along here even if we disagree on stuff. AND AND AND it should be OK to disagree. Suppression of an opposing view is tyranny. :nono:(we don't live in N Korea)

I ripped out the stock exhaust as soon as I got the car and would not take offense if ANYONE said I ripped them out. What's the big deal?
If I took offense it'd be a sure sign that I'm insecure in my conviction to do so.
My brothers and I grew up in a boys home. We learned to roll with ribbing but not with abuse (personal attacks). Besides, I've had my coffee, dog is fed and life is good. :fahne:
And I know the difference between engine displacement and the moniker given to it :-D

I've published an extensive list of systems and components that I've modified for reliability and/or performance. Some are well documented some not so much (kludge). I've tried to keep an accurate record of such for the next owner. It's about the people AND the car. For the "people" part of it to work we have to communicate with future generations of owners through supportable and documented changes.
Many of mine come in the form of notes in the manual.
As you can tell I've had enough coffee to reach cruising altitude. :hello: