I'm looking to get a replacement LED tail & stop light. I used to have one on my eBay watch list from a bloke in Germany that was only a tail & stop light, didn't have the integrated indicators (I don't want those.) He only sells the smoked version of it now and I really can't tell how it's different from the hundreds of ones sold by Asian sellers. The one from Germany is more than twice as expensive too.
I've considered changing the bulbs in my own unit to some special LED ones that give light rearwards and sideways. Red LEDs with a red lens gives the best light for the tail & stop light unit. Has anyone used these, how is the visibility from other angles other than directly behind your bike?
Part number LD24RST:
http://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/goffyleds.htmThere seems to be two different tail lights sold by the Asians, one has a matrix of LEDs mounted on a non reflective back board, the other has a matrix mounted with a reflective back board that cups each LED.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390544871037http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390604458996Has anyone used any of these? What did you think of them? Were they reliable? What's the build quality like, acceptable?
I'd prefer to have a clear LED tail light even though the smoked ones look much better (cosmetically.) Am I being daft wanting a clear one? Is the light still brighter on a LED smoked rear light than it would be on a normal rear light?