Attachment Points on Rear Cowling & Tail Light

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E.Marquez
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Re: Attachment Points on Rear Cowling & Tail Light

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MacV2 wrote:LED rear tail lights come as a complete unit & bolt straight on....
Yes they do, if you like the looks of those..
I tried two, and did not so went back to the OEM light housing and simple drop in LED bulb replacements.
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Re: Attachment Points on Rear Cowling & Tail Light

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The plastic pin on your taillight get a rubber cover that usually falls off when you remove the tail section. It probably keeps the bulbs from failing from vibration.
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Re: Attachment Points on Rear Cowling & Tail Light

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tony.mon wrote:Just took my LED one off, it had vibrated the wires off the circuit board again.... When I looked inside, it had also vibrated the lower little circuit board off it's mounts- it's the one that illuminates the number plate- or did, anyway.
It's clearly been running round trying to shake itself to bits for a while, as three loose LED's had come off the loose board and were also floating about.

So no, they're not exactly vibration proof!
I just had the exact same thing happen with mine! I really should mount the new light differently to keep this from happening again. Last thing I want to happen is the main circuit board goes out and I have no brake lights. However, if this does happen, I do have two, small, but bright LED auxiliary brake lights underneath the integrated LED tailight.

I have purchased three of these integrated turn signal LED tailights on eBay now, and each one has had different light output (brake & running lights). If you get one, I suggest doing what I did and wire in some bright auxiliary brake lights.
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Re: Attachment Points on Rear Cowling & Tail Light

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I fitted the smoked one for a change, and was a little concerned about light outputs, but it seems bright enough- brighter than the last clear one I had, tbh.
It's this brand, from Hong Kong:

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