has anyone tried those pointy looking halogen 1157 bulbs for their motorcycle brake/tail light. i feel the heat on the bulb when lit, but has anyone roasted their brake light lens yet? imlooking for a brighter bulb, but dont want to go LED. i have a tail light out light on my instroment cluster and it lights when i use an LED bulb because of the minimal draw. any ideas?
I am not very clear about that. But I advise u to have a try on a site called bikerkiss. There are many motorcycle experts there. I think they will give the exact answer.
1157 Halogen Tail Light Bulb
Prob about the equal brightness, you just need to be definite the the viewing angles on the LEDs are correct. They tend to just have a viewing attitude of ~25 degrees or much less. If the bulb has leds which factor sideways, and the bulb goes in a reflective housing, you will have to be nice
Would you ride the brakes that much to be a problem? LED dulbs will have to be wired differently, Get the kit from a dealer. The difference in draw and light output is minimal. The only difference will be a kinda cool looking brake light.
get a load equalizer for the LED. about 15 bucks.
