KombatVirus
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Hello everyone
I recently bought the Triton V3 LEDs from VLEDS, considered one of the brightest LEDs available for cars. They are about 100$ for a PAIR, but does the price meet the output? This review is for the Triton LEDs in RED color, for the Accord sedan (98-02). I believe the coupe`s use a different bulb size, but it will work regardless, just get the correct adapter for your bulb type when checking out.

Now onto the packaging. Inside you get the following:

Now, most must be thinking about how to install these into the housing. Well, first you must put the rubber grommet over the LED. I found that for our tail light housing, the smallest rubber grommet fits perfectly. They are the ones in the top row.

The next step would be to install the screws. Near the LED, there are the screw holes. These screws are used in order to hold the bulbs in the housing. For our housing, I found it best to put one screw in virtually anywhere, and then another one exactly opposite to it. Dont screw these all the way, leave a bit of thread sticking out so they can hold onto your housing!

Now finally onto the actual installation. The steps are quite simple, pull out your old bulb and put the Triton inside. I used some heavy-duty double sided tape on the control module box to mount it. I mounted it on the closest flat surface I could find near the tail lights. The wires from it are long enough to easily reach, bend around, etc to make everything nice and tidy. One wire from the control box connects to the wire from the Triton LED. The other wire from the control box connects to your adapter, which is basically the male version for your socket. You plug that into your socket from your original brake lamp and voila, youre done!

*Some things to note*
1) Remember not to put any tape on the Triton. Virtually the entire bulb is a heat-sink, so it will melt and cause problems (potentially)
2) The LED is actually adjustable / focusable in the sense that you can screw it in/out. Just grab the silver part just below the glass bulb and twist either way to extend/shorten. I haven't tested it, but I believe the best way for our housings would be to have the bulb all the way in, so it uses all the reflectors as much as possible.
3) There are some things in the packaging that we DO NOT NEED. These include the other grommets, some 4mm screws, and a pair of collars. These items are meant for other applications so don't worry about having extra "stuff"
4) The glass dome on top acts as a diffuser. So you get a lot of radial output, in fact I got better radial and direct output than my previous 21 SMD-LED tower from SuperBrightLEDs
I will soon have more pictures of the actual light output of the bulbs. The only issue is that I had my tail lights tinted but just had to replace them due to leaking, and so I can't really tell how much better the light output is until I re-tint them this weekend. However, in the stock housing with no tint I can already tell that the bulbs are 1.5x - 2x brighter than stock incandescent! Amazing for LEDs!
Now onto the pictures. The first picture is obviously up close. The second picture was taken about 3m away from the car. Finally the 3rd picture was taken about 15m from the car. As you can see, braking is clearly visible. All of these pictures were taken in DIRECT DAYLIGHT, about 2pm. As a comparsion, stock bulbs could barely be caught on camera from 15m away. Unfortunately, I dont have pictures for that
Up Close

3m From Car

15m from car

Rep me if this helped you
Feel free to ask any questions
I recently bought the Triton V3 LEDs from VLEDS, considered one of the brightest LEDs available for cars. They are about 100$ for a PAIR, but does the price meet the output? This review is for the Triton LEDs in RED color, for the Accord sedan (98-02). I believe the coupe`s use a different bulb size, but it will work regardless, just get the correct adapter for your bulb type when checking out.

Now onto the packaging. Inside you get the following:
2 x LED Control Module Box? I guess that's what it is
A bunch of assorted Grommets
Some 3mm and 4mm Screws
A 7443 Adapter! REMEMBER TO SELECT THIS WITH YOUR ORDER

Now, most must be thinking about how to install these into the housing. Well, first you must put the rubber grommet over the LED. I found that for our tail light housing, the smallest rubber grommet fits perfectly. They are the ones in the top row.

The next step would be to install the screws. Near the LED, there are the screw holes. These screws are used in order to hold the bulbs in the housing. For our housing, I found it best to put one screw in virtually anywhere, and then another one exactly opposite to it. Dont screw these all the way, leave a bit of thread sticking out so they can hold onto your housing!

Now finally onto the actual installation. The steps are quite simple, pull out your old bulb and put the Triton inside. I used some heavy-duty double sided tape on the control module box to mount it. I mounted it on the closest flat surface I could find near the tail lights. The wires from it are long enough to easily reach, bend around, etc to make everything nice and tidy. One wire from the control box connects to the wire from the Triton LED. The other wire from the control box connects to your adapter, which is basically the male version for your socket. You plug that into your socket from your original brake lamp and voila, youre done!

*Some things to note*
1) Remember not to put any tape on the Triton. Virtually the entire bulb is a heat-sink, so it will melt and cause problems (potentially)
2) The LED is actually adjustable / focusable in the sense that you can screw it in/out. Just grab the silver part just below the glass bulb and twist either way to extend/shorten. I haven't tested it, but I believe the best way for our housings would be to have the bulb all the way in, so it uses all the reflectors as much as possible.
3) There are some things in the packaging that we DO NOT NEED. These include the other grommets, some 4mm screws, and a pair of collars. These items are meant for other applications so don't worry about having extra "stuff"
4) The glass dome on top acts as a diffuser. So you get a lot of radial output, in fact I got better radial and direct output than my previous 21 SMD-LED tower from SuperBrightLEDs
I will soon have more pictures of the actual light output of the bulbs. The only issue is that I had my tail lights tinted but just had to replace them due to leaking, and so I can't really tell how much better the light output is until I re-tint them this weekend. However, in the stock housing with no tint I can already tell that the bulbs are 1.5x - 2x brighter than stock incandescent! Amazing for LEDs!
Now onto the pictures. The first picture is obviously up close. The second picture was taken about 3m away from the car. Finally the 3rd picture was taken about 15m from the car. As you can see, braking is clearly visible. All of these pictures were taken in DIRECT DAYLIGHT, about 2pm. As a comparsion, stock bulbs could barely be caught on camera from 15m away. Unfortunately, I dont have pictures for that
Up Close

3m From Car

15m from car

Rep me if this helped you
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