The manufacturers have to engineer in a failure rate or they would be out of business.
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The bulb I put in my tail light is very bright and when I hit the brake it will flash brighter for a moment but doesn’t appear to stay much brighter. I’d prefer it the other way around.
I've run into "not enough difference in brightness" LED bulbs too.
So have are You saying different bulbs behave differently? They are inexpensive enough to try a different one.
The lamps I linked in post #8 went into the lights on my Eleven Special. I can attest to the fact that those go significantly brighter when the brakes are applied. There is no mistake. (I am not running an LED headlight linked in the same post, only the red and amber bayonet bulbs.)
Something like this may be the cat's PJ's
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1930211373...1291&msclkid=cc9b627551c11e426d69066279736054
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1930211373...1291&msclkid=cc9b627551c11e426d69066279736054
Another possibility
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1748429518...uYO0BiZPlgdWG7+wB2XQUxih+M|tkp:Bk9SR8zK4qffYQ
an amber /white 1157 bulb uses white for "tailight" then "Amber brake light" Kills the white part of the bulb while on.
It would give you a white license light when in taillight mode.
again no idear if will be ideal as a tail/brake light bulb..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1748429518...uYO0BiZPlgdWG7+wB2XQUxih+M|tkp:Bk9SR8zK4qffYQ
an amber /white 1157 bulb uses white for "tailight" then "Amber brake light" Kills the white part of the bulb while on.
It would give you a white license light when in taillight mode.
again no idear if will be ideal as a tail/brake light bulb..
I just use an 1157 white replacement led bulb in my tails and they work fine. The XS used to have a red / white led bulb but it wasn’t very bright. It also did not work with my brake light modulator.
Mine was just a dual filament 1157 that I replaced with the equivalent LED replacement (supposedly) I’m not sure if the headlight has anything to do with it on mine but it has the same brightness with the lights off. I have a feeling it’s the LED.
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