haha, 'fraid not. but they sure look dope! just ask steve

seriously though. would love to know of us early adopters of them, whats the percentage of them having had a few fail?? i bet it's higher than it should be and i cant even imagine what might be an "acceptable" range of failure!?

all i know is I'm outa warranty any minute and i paid 900 fkn dollars for em so i'd sure like them to consistently EMIT some FREAKIN LIGHT! ya damn DIODE(s)!

 

Sounds like I should check mine ASAP! They do look damn nice and the reverse lights are terrific too!

 

led lights should be supplied with pulsating current

 

No, for me - 3 red vertical just left of the turn signal. Hardly noticeable, but they are there if you are looking.

 

Mine are all working as of last night! Pulsating current for an LED? First I've heard that...

 

look at the videos behind 997 turbo led s and you can see it

 

Yes, I've seen the weirdness with the refresh rate videotaping LED lights on some cars but not all. Cycling them fast will keep them cooler and can be used when overdriving the lights. I don't believe it's a general requirement to power LED.

 

... all i know is i no longer rest my foot on the go slow pedal while sitting at stoplights. sheesh.

who makes taillights that burnout!! within a cpl months!? arghhh.

 

The Chinese?

 

^ actually i think they're "taiwanese"?? all i know is they are poorly made, and that's just a guess..

.. but as you know, if we took away EVERYTHING made in china, we be without clothing, cooking over open fires, and listening to philco radios.

 

I'd pissed if I had forked up 1K and LED's started failing within a year. Says a lot about the quality of these Taiwan made units. Leave it to the rice boy community..........

 

It's the camera,not the lights. Stand behind the car while someone presses the brake - no pulses.

 

It's both. It happens when the refresh rates of the camera and the lights don't sync up.

 

Maybe. It has to do with persistence of vision and frame rate. Your eyes can't detect pulses faster than around 60 per second. Fluorescent tubes flash but you seldom notice them for instance. It's possible that some OEM are pulsing the LED to lower heat and maybe even do so while overdriving them but so far as I know it's NOT a requirement for the technology. Cameras have different rates and when out of synch can make pulsing noticeable. Video of spinning airplane props etc. can also demonstrate this, obviously the prop is still spinning even when it appears still. Oh, look at some of the cheap Christmas LED. Ever notice how they sometimes seem to shimmer or sparkle a little? 60cycle "hum" from the AC since the power is getting rectified by the LED acting as diodes, the flicker is pretty close to our ability to sense it apparently.

Anyway, TL:DR it's not just a camera thing the lights may be pulsed but I don't think it's a requirement of the technology. It should help longevity to do it though by lowering heat if you're overdriving them. Hopefully these lights aren't overdriving the LED...

 

The 3 LEDs that burned out for me were all the yellow turn signal LEDs so they are only on intermittently and briefly. However, other owners had the running LEDs burn out. So there seems to be a very basic problem. I am wondering if the moisture issue is degrading the contacts? I raised this issue as a potential problem last spring when the moisture problem was first discovered and discussed. If this is the case then perhaps the contacts need to be sealed with a rubberized coating.