It's Tail Light Tuesday Whatchya Got?

[Charles Cook]

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[chargervert]

Winging it!

 

[chargervert]

The Daytona press car,note the missing rear window plug.

 

[chargervert]

The Chrysler Turbine car at the Chrysler Pavilion at the New York Worlds Fair 1965. The second picture is my wife and her two brothers and her sister in the Chrysler Turbine Car at the 1965 New York World's Fair.

 

[Coelacanth]

The Chrysler Turbine Car



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What, it's not yours??

 

[chargervert]

What, it's not yours??

Nope,maybe I can borrow Jays!

 

[Rat Rod Al]

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[1 Wild R/T]

So, a tricky thing Chrysler designed into the 68 Coronet tail lights... When the parking lights or brake lights are on but the car is not in reverse all three segments of the tail light glow red, you can see the bulb in the center segment.... But, when you put the car in reverse...

The inboard segments light up bright white and the outboard segments glow red.... The park/brake lights are not on..

And with all the bulbs off you can see the white inner segments...

 

[chargervert]

The wife's Challenger R/T classic

 

[rklewis1005]

Mine are in progress - does that count?

 

[autoxcuda]

From Cruise- In Sunday morning

 

[Some Car Guy]

For if they get too close to your tail lights

 

[Kern Dog]

Mine are in progress - does that count?

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You will find that the lights will be brighter if you paint the insides of those housings WHITE rather than silver.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

You will find that the lights will be brighter if you paint the insides of those housings WHITE rather than silver.

Yeah, I was tempted to mention that, but he's done such a nice job of painting them silver I didn't want to bust his balls... My pictures above the housings are painted with ceiling white...

 

[rklewis1005]

Yeah, I was tempted to mention that, but he's done such a nice job of painting them silver I didn't want to bust his balls... My pictures above the housings are painted with ceiling white...

Feel free to bust them I read the threads about taillights and painting the insides white BEFORE I painted them silver. I just couldn't bring myself to do it when they were silver from the factory.

I can always change them later, but also don't planning on driving at night much. I have another set of taillights, so maybe I'll paint them white inside for a future swap. The other taillight lenses have the reflector built in as well. They're not correct for my build date, but might be safer / more visible.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Feel free to bust them I read the threads about taillights and painting the insides white BEFORE I painted them silver. I just couldn't bring myself to do it when they were silver from the factory.

I can always change them later, but also don't planning on driving at night much. I have another set of taillights, so maybe I'll paint them white inside for a future swap. The other taillight lenses have the reflector built in as well. They're not correct for my build date, but might be safer / more visible.

I use to chase correct details & still do to a point... But since I like actually driving my cars I've decided anything that makes them more visible to the typical brain dead zombies on the road with us is a worthwhile change....

 

[Some Car Guy]

The 3x bright led bulbs get it done for me. Less amp draw too.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

The 3x bright led bulbs get it done for me. Less amp draw too.

Funny thing, I had some supposedly highly rated LED bulbs in my Challenger... Till someone commented about how dim they had become.... I was oblivious since I never see my own tail lights.. I figured I've got really good LED bulbs, my lights should be easily visible.... Not the case....Apparently it's pretty common for LED's to dim as they age... Nobody talks about it...

 

[SSmoothie]

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[Kern Dog]

I can always change them later, but also don't planning on driving at night much.

Oddly, the gains you'd get are not from them being brighter at night but rather brighter during the day where our old cars really need the help.

I like actually driving my cars so I've decided anything that makes them more visible to the typical brain dead zombies on the road with us is a worthwhile change....

This plays to your point too. The brighter the lights are, the better chances that other drivers will see them whether it is night or day.