LED Tail Light Bulb Replacement

[tom4bren]

I fail to be convinced but I'll let it go.

Don't need no 'lightning bolt down my shorts' moment ... again!

[vt_maverick]

As V said I think it's more or less just a style/coolness factor.

[tom4bren]

... you theoretically give the driver behind you a split-second longer to react.

I remember seeing a commercial for tail lights that come on quicker and providing a safety enhancement (I think it was Audi back in the mid 90's). I remember thinking at the time that it was a really good sales pitch but that it probably wouldn't make any difference in the real world.

Ranks right up there with Mercedes advertising that they now (as of last year) sell cars with self drying brakes which decrease stopping distance. Again, a really good sales pitch on something that's been available for 30 years ... they're called disc brakes (pads always in contact with rotor = self drying).

I'm not trying to convince anyone to avoid doing the mod, just understand that the benefits are questionable.

[vt_maverick]

I'm not trying to convince anyone to avoid doing the mod, just understand that the benefits are questionable.

Couldn't that be said for 80% of VX mods?

[tom4bren]

Nah - Hidden hitch, seat sliders, & diff drops were all worth their weight in steel.

[vt_maverick]

Nah - Hidden hitch, seat sliders, & diff drops were all worth their weight in steel.

I'm with you all the way on the hitch and seat sliders. But diff drops have unquestionable benefit only if you do another questionable mod (lift) that requires it...

[Vendetta]

Soooooo ... LEDs in the tail lights is just for braging rites then???

Aww go easy, man. Not all of us have enough style to rock the killer offset. Fortunately, the VX offers lots of other aesthetic options to pursue.

Actually, come to think of it, and more seriously, the fact that our rigs are so rare means that very few people even know what a "reference" model should look like. This keeps people asking "what the heck IS that," instead of saying "I can't believe he did that to his car!" I'd reckon an extremely high percentage of VXs remaining are truly one of a kind in some fashion or another. Pretty cool.

Nah - Hidden hitch, seat sliders, & diff drops were all worth their weight in steel.

Say, you got any more of those seat slider extensions lyin' around?

-V

[tom4bren]

Yup

Welder Guy is sitting pretty (relatively speaking of course) on 3 sets.

[Vendetta]

"And then there were two."

Thanks Tom. PM inbound.
-V

[tom4bren]

I'm with you all the way on the hitch and seat sliders. But diff drops have unquestionable benefit only if you do another questionable mod (lift) that requires it...

I have no response to that.