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calebjohnson

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Sorry for the delay! Here are the photos of black smoke on tornado red!! Thanks again @oneperfectdose for setting this thing up! i have already gotten multiple compliments on my car and they have only been on for 1 day!!

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calebjohnson said:
Sorry for the delay! Here are the photos of black smoke on tornado red!! Thanks again @oneperfectdose for setting this thing up! i have already gotten multiple compliments on my car and they have only been on for 1 day!!
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Caleb,

Your car looks great!!! WOW!!! I think you've answered a lot of questions about the Black Smoke hahaha. Thanks for the pictures.

Pop out those reflectors and wrap them in matte black or gloss black vinyl... finishing touch to the rear!
 
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sharky1

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I have an incoming blue graphite pearl golf and am unsure as to the colour of these tails that would look best.
 
eldiablo1

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Wow Caleb! Those tails look great on TR. Really giving me something else to think about. Decisions / decisions...
 
SuPeR GTi

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can anyone comment on why this picture looks like this? i have this too, but i did not purchase from OP. until this day, i thought who ever put the tails together didnt do a very good job at cleaning the insides, but i may be wrong. comments?
 
NYCSuits

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Thanks Joseph! They were shipped asap weren't they? hahah

SuPeR GTi said:
can anyone comment on why this picture looks like this? i have this too, but i did not purchase from OP. until this day, i thought who ever put the tails together didnt do a very good job at cleaning the insides, but i may be wrong. comments?
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The reason the picture looks like that is because from that angle (+ the camera settings for the picture) it captures the light of the leds bouncing around in the housing...which basically means his camera is awesome and is able to pick up that reflected light. The inside of the tail lights are very clean from the pictures I've seen...maybe moisture got into your tail light causing that cloudiness??
 
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NYCSuits said:
Thanks Joseph! They were shipped asap weren't they? hahah



The reason the picture looks like that is because from that angle (+ the camera settings for the picture) it captures the light of the leds bouncing around in the housing...which basically means his camera is awesome and is able to pick up that reflected light. The inside of the tail lights are very clean from the pictures I've seen...maybe moisture got into your tail light causing that cloudiness??
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lol thanks, yeah I ordered the camera with extra awesome included :p

It's a 2,5 second exposure which tends to blur light & reflections as NYCSuits said. The lenses themselves are crisp and clean. There is no cloudiness or water vapor in or on these lights at all and I put them through a car wash yesterday.

Here is another pic I took 5 mins after that one with a faster shutter speed:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2wcjn7a.jpg
 
DavidLGTI

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Tourenwagen said:
lol thanks, yeah I ordered the camera with extra awesome included :p

It's a 2,5 second exposure which tends to blur light & reflections as NYCSuits said. The lenses themselves are crisp and clean. There is no cloudiness or water vapor in or on these lights at all and I put them through a car wash yesterday.

Here is another pic I took 5 mins after that one with a faster shutter speed:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2wcjn7a.jpg
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Looks really great! :w00t:
 
xd-data-ii

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NYCSuits said:
The reason the picture looks like that is because from that angle (+ the camera settings for the picture) it captures the light of the leds bouncing around in the housing...which basically means his camera is awesome and is able to pick up that reflected light. The inside of the tail lights are very clean from the pictures I've seen...maybe moisture got into your tail light causing that cloudiness??
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What I presume he meant is the hazing inside the lights - not necessarily the picture. From that kind of angle(s), in person, the light in the housing lens does look hazey and cloudy - in my lights too anyway.
Does make them look a bit dodgy but not gonna let it bother me.
 
calebjohnson

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eldiablo said:
Wow Caleb! Those tails look great on TR. Really giving me something else to think about. Decisions / decisions...
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Glad I could help! Personally I think all of the choices look good on TR so you can't go wrong in my book.
 
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OnePerfectDose

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SuPeR GTi said:
can anyone comment on why this picture looks like this? i have this too, but i did not purchase from OP. until this day, i thought who ever put the tails together didnt do a very good job at cleaning the insides, but i may be wrong. comments?
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I believe most LED lights do this due to the light reflection and the light diffusing through the lens. A standard incandescent bulb produces 200-300 lumens from a 16W bulb. (1) 4W LED emits about 450 lumens, then multiply by 12 (for your outer) and the light being diffused is a lot more intense.
Normally you wouldn't notice this if it was a clear lens, yet Red is used because red light does not cause the eye to dilate like white light and the way it diffuses light. Therefore why its not just Red LED's in a clear lens.

Also, you see the outline of lights on the lens because LED's are a focused, directional light compared to incandescent. Take a light bulb in the middle of a room and it will light almost 360 degree, an LED will only light in the direction it is pointed at. Therefore you get the beam through the lens in the same pattern as LED placement in the housing.

Hope that makes sense.
 
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Chef_R_Gamie

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xd-data-ii said:
What I presume he meant is the hazing inside the lights - not necessarily the picture. From that kind of angle(s), in person, the light in the housing lens does look hazey and cloudy - in my lights too anyway.
Does make them look a bit dodgy but not gonna let it bother me.
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Mine do this as well but only when looking at the light from a sharp angle .. When behind the car they are very crisp
 
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Tourenwagen said:
lol thanks, yeah I ordered the camera with extra awesome included :p

It's a 2,5 second exposure which tends to blur light & reflections as NYCSuits said. The lenses themselves are crisp and clean. There is no cloudiness or water vapor in or on these lights at all and I put them through a car wash yesterday.

Here is another pic I took 5 mins after that one with a faster shutter speed:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2wcjn7a.jpg
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Looking really nice! Are you around Jersey City? Where do you get your car wash? I either do it myself or call my detail guy.
 
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