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[amulheirn]

Looks great Paul.

Is there much light bleed between the upper and lower halves? Would a middle divider plate be worth including to prevent that?

[Paul Blore]

The LED's are very close behind the lens and they're directional, so I don't think that there will be much bleed between the upper and lower halves.

Paul

[Roger King]

The LED's are very close behind the lens and they're directional, so I don't think that there will be much bleed between the upper and lower halves.

Paul

Doesn't look like there is from the 'action' pictures.

[nikbj68]

Funny. I started working on a similar setup to Dave`s just after Christmas, Using the brightest yellow 5mm LEDs I could source(14,000mcd) in a 5x5 array...
Damn, they`re bright...but behind the reflector, the light is seriously dissipated.

OK... I`m officially withdrawing from the LED development lark...Despite being very bright out of the lens or head-on, testing on the car proved most disappointing, almost invisible from 20 degrees up/down/left/right of dead centre, when placed either behind the reflector or stop/tail segments of the lens.
Fingers crossed Paul or DB`s versions come out at a reasonable price, unlike the insane £450-a-set EUROPA version.

[Roger King]

...Despite being very bright out of the lens or head-on, testing on the car proved most disappointing, almost invisible from 20 degrees up/down/left/right of dead centre, when placed either behind the reflector or stop/tail segments of the lens.

Ah, you've discovered VW Passat (and some buses) disease. This is the main concern with LEDs, which don't radiate light well.

[Paul Blore]

We're building another prototype with 50% brighter yellow LED's.

Watch this space.

[agnoraan]

Hi Paul, do you have an approximate date for the avaialbilty of these lights? Just trying to plan when I can start modifying the rear end of my car

Nige

[Paul Blore]

Hi Nige,

I don't yet I'm afraid. However, the mounting will be no different to any other L542 rear light and if you already have separate indicators, they will be a straight replacement from a wiring perspective.

Paul

[peterc]

Any chance we can have a demonstration at Silverstone?
Nothing quite like seeing it for real.
Peter C

[db replicas]

Just to add even more confusion to the mix.
My (half) conversion is about to go into production.