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Margal 05-23-2013 05:36 AM

Lci tail light rod brightness
 
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I install the lci tail lights with 6.1 cable but as you see they are not so bright in day time and hardly noticeable? Is this the way the Light during day?, I ve seen them on other e60 at day time and they look much much brighter. What is the problem. I was thinking to lightly tint them to make them more visible. Need your advise
Thanks

540i 05-23-2013 06:40 AM

Is the sun shining right at them? If so, it will look less bright. If the son is facing the front of the car then they should be brighter.

Margal 05-23-2013 07:27 AM

Actually it was cloudy when I took the pic. You even can not see it from the angel
Any suggestions how to make them brither? Kind of disappointed becoase this mod is not cheep and is just for look and does not make sense to keep it if not visible.

nomis_nehc 05-23-2013 07:30 AM

Take more shots for us? That definitely looks a bit on the dimmer side.

Also, tinting it will not make it more visible... if it's blacked out from the inside on the other hand...

Margal 05-23-2013 07:31 AM

And as you can see from that pic they are not on all the way. I see the other pictures of the light and they have 5 rods mine only has 4. Is the deference euro and us lights?

540i 05-23-2013 07:35 AM

I'm pretty sure you have 5 rods. The one at the top is not very visible in that shot.

Margal 05-23-2013 09:52 AM

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here is another pic. it is cloudy and no sun. as you can see still dull and hardly visible

Crckrjck 05-23-2013 10:30 AM

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For comparison I took a couple of shots of mine. These are Euro-spec LCI Tails w/6.1 cables. These are with the brake pedal depressed, so brake lights on. Sun is directly overhead. I agree that the rods are not that bright, however when you are down at car level like someone behind you would be, they are certainly visible. The top bar across the windshield is highly visible and the center round lights inside of the bars are bright.

And anytime after dusk, they look OUTSTANDING! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
3rd pic at night is just with parking lights on, no brake on.

nomis_nehc 05-23-2013 11:01 AM

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Nah, I agree with you. Unless your camera is just that bad at capturing (since pictures are suppose to make them look brighter than they actually are).

Maybe you got a defective set or something?

This is how mine looks, of course, I modded my tails so it looks a little different than your's:

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Margal 05-23-2013 01:20 PM


Originally Posted by nomis_nehc (Post 1507113)
Nah, I agree with you. Unless your camera is just that bad at capturing (since pictures are suppose to make them look brighter than they actually are).

Maybe you got a defective set or something?

This is how mine looks, of course, I modded my tails so it looks a little different than your's:

https://i.imgur.com/FQytl5Ol.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/F3hR9xRl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mJWtGojl.jpg

Yours look great. What did you do with tail lights. Did you just tint it?
Thanks


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