[DeTomaso] Group IV Taillight recommendation/ BRIGHTNESS.

[Mike Thomas]

In my own experience following Panteras with stock and group IV tail lights,
the group IV lights are a lot more visible than the stockers without the
help of LEDs or other possible solutions.
FWIW
Mike Thomas
Panteras Norhtwest 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Dickruzzindesign at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:09 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Group IV Taillight recommendation/ BRIGHTNESS.

There was some discussion a while back about LED and other new technologies
to improve the brightness of tailamps in Panteras.

I feel increasingly that this is a real safety issue as modern cars with
larger tailamps have defined an expectation for lighting that is not
fulfilled by older ones.

A Mangusta or Pantera is enough of a distraction on the road to other
drivers 
without   considering the handicap of small tail and brake lamps. I do not 
want to be rear-ended.

I think the addition of one or two LED high level stop lamps would be a real
improvement, but upgrading the brightness of the tail and stop lamps, I feel
is a must as well.

Has anyone done that successfully?

The parabolas of lamps of all kinds are designed around the lamp filament to
meet required standards of brightness. That means that halogen conversions
probably have the best chance for lighting the entire lamp as the original
bulb does. I see now that some LED lamps claim to do that.

I would like to see this group arrive at a recommendation based on the
experiences of the members.

Dick Ruzzin
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