MG B LED vs Incandescent tail lamps – Classic British Sports Car Parts & Accessories

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Brian from BMC British Automobile, LLC bmcautos.com Compares a set of Modern LED tail-lights to a set of Incandescent for MGBs and Spridgets. If people didn’t know you were there before, they certainly will when you install these- and they don’t melt your tail lamp assemblies like high output bulbs will! bmcautos.com
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Brian from BMC British Automobile LLC bmcautos.com talks about the new LED designs for British taillights, shows the LED Display and discusses some of the reasons for running modern lighting in our classics. You can find these lights at: bmcautos.com or for an easier link to follow check out: mgv6.com

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5 Responses to “MG B LED vs Incandescent tail lamps – Classic British Sports Car Parts & Accessories”

luisvizi on January 22, 2011 @ 3:29 pm

do you guys have a karmann ghia 1972 LED kit

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BMCC75 on January 22, 2011 @ 3:53 pm

Correct. Both are late model Bs and should both have the same tail lamp lens as the black car. The minor difference between the two lenses would have been no more than 1% different. The early type tail lamp was preferred for the white MGB- a personal preference. Both the late and early type lenses with the corresponding LED setup work far superior to the original tail lamps- this has been proven as can be seen in this video. Essentially, this will not effect Brightness, ONLY appearance.

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capmconnundrum on January 22, 2011 @ 4:07 pm

It looks like the white B has the early style tail-light lenses, and the black B has the later style. (see the screw in the middle of the lens on the black car, is absent on the white car) They should both have the the late style, btw. Don’t know how this would affect relative brightness though.

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BMCC75 on January 22, 2011 @ 4:23 pm

They are identical cars manufactured within 6 months of each other. Both of them had good batteries and we ran the black car (NON-LED) to allow it to charge and brighten up. The standard (black) MGB brightness was normal. With identical plastic lens designs, the LEDs would have had an even better advantage.One of the reasons this test was so good was that the L.E.D.s had a slight disadvantage.

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rootesrooter on January 22, 2011 @ 5:10 pm

Changing out the tail-light style on one car makes it apples and oranges.

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